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vocab 13 for en 102
En 102, Vocab 13
Question | Answer |
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Prerogative | An exclusive or special right, power, or privilege |
Autocrat | [Dk. autos, self+dratos, power, rule] A ruler with supreme power over his people; a dictator; a despot |
Entrench | to surround or fortify with a trench or trenches;hence, to establish security |
static | Having no motion;at rest; inactive |
vituperation | The sustained us of harsh language |
sonorous | producing or capable of producing sound, esp. sound full of deep or rich quality; resonant. |
prolific | [Latin: proles, prol- offspring] Producing offspring or fruit in great abundance |
ferment | [l. fermentum, leaven, yeast, from fervere, to boil, be agitated] A substance causing fermentation in other substances, as yeast, bacteria, etc; unrest;agitation. |
effrontery | Brazen boldness; presumptuousness |
contingent | conditional, dependent |
tacit | implied by or inferred from actions; silent |
ostensible | apparent; seeming; professed |
indolent | disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy |
salient | [l. saliens, pr.part, of salire, to leap] Leaping, jumping; gushing, jetting forth; projecting; standing out from the rest, noticeable, conspicuous, prominent |
replete | [L. repletus, p.part. of replere, to fill again, from re-, again + plere, to fill] filled, abundantly supplied |