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Library Vocab 2
Term | Definition |
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Scrutinize | to look very carefully; to examine |
Torque | a twisting force |
Arduous | hard, difficult, tiresome |
Astute | marked by a practical hardheaded intelligence |
Consensus | general agreement |
Hovel | a small, miserable dwelling; an open, low shed |
migratory | living, wandering, nomadic; moving from place to place, especially to find food |
Misnomer | a wrong or inappropriate name |
Accolade | an award, an honor; approval, praise |
Docile | easily taught or controlled; obedient, easy to handle |
Dulcet | melodious, soft, soothing; pleasing to the ear |
Gird | to prepare oneself as if for battle, to bind with something round or circular |
Gossamer | something delicate, light and flimsy; delicate floating cobwebs; a sheer gauzy fabric |
Irascible | easily angered, irritable |
Muster | gather or bring together; the act of inspection or critical exmination |
Languish | to become weak or feeble; to sag with loss of stength |
Reminisce | recalling the past |
Resurgent | rising again to new life and vigor |
Obtuse | insensitive; block-headed, slow in comprehension |
Noisome | stinking; offensive; disgusting |
Laconic | brief and to the point; using few words |
Incongruous | not appropriate, unsuited to the surroundings; not fitting in |
Histrionic | overly dramatic |
Harrowing | extremely distressing; disturbing or frightening |
Giddy | lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; light-headed and dizzy |
Fraught | teeming with; laden; full; involving; accompanied by |
Fjord | a long narrow inlet from the sea between steep cliffs or hills |
Fetish | an extremely strong devotion to something, n object of obsessive devotion |
Fathom | to come to understand; a linear unit of measurement for water depth |
Expunge | to remove; to delete; to erase |
Queue | to form or to wait in line |
Bludgeon | a heavy; thick club used as a weapon; o strike or club |
Blather | to talk nonsensically; foolish gibberish |
Citadel | a fortress; a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle |
Roster | a list of names, especially of people available for duty |
Artisan | a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft |
Gossamer | something delicate, light and flimsy; delicate floating cobwebs; a sheer gauzy fabric |
Chasm | a deep opening in the earth's surface; a gorge; differences of opinion, interests, loyalties |
Ballistic | the study of the dynamic or flight characteristics of projectiles |
Coterie | a circle of close associates or friends |
Curvilinear | characterized or following a curved line |
Draconian | unusually severe and cruel |