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The Color of Water
Vocabulary for Freshman
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AFFRONT | N.VB. TREAT, MENTION, OR SPEAK TO RUDELY. |
| AMBITION | N.VB. A CHERISHED DESIRE.A STRONG DRIVE FOR SUCCESS. |
| AMORPHOUS | ADJ. HAVING NO DEFINITE FORM OR DISTINCT SHAPE. |
| BACCALAURETE | N. A FAREWELL SERMON TO A GRADUATING CLASS AT THEIR COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES.AN ACADEMIC DEGREE CONFERRED ON SOMEONE WHO HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES. |
| BARRAGE | N.VB. THE RAPID AND CONTINUOUS DELIVERY OF LINGUISTIC COMMUNICATION (SPOKEN OR WRITTEM).tHE HEAVY FIRE OF ARTILLERY TO SATURATE AN AREA RATHER THAN HIT A SPECIFIC TARGET. |
| BENEVOLENT | ADJ. DOING OR PRODUCING GOOD.INTENDING OR SHOWING KINDNESS.GENEROUS IN PROVIDING AID TO OTHERS.GENEROUS IN ASSISTANCE TO THE POOR. |
| BILGE | LOWEST POINT OF ASHIP'S INNER HULL THAT COLLECTS A SHIP'S WASTES AND STAGNANT WATER |
| BILLOW | N.VB. A LARGE SEA WAVE.BILLOWS FORTH; AS OF SMOKE OR WVES |
| BOURGEOISIE | N. THE SOCIAL CLASS BETWEENT THE LOWERR AND UPPER CLASSES. |
| CALLOUS | VB. ADJ. THICKENED, ROUGH SKIN THAT IS NOT SENSITIVE TO THE TOUCH. YOU MIGHT HAVE THESE ON THE BOTTOMS OF YOUR FEET OR THE PALMS OF YOUR HANDS.EMOTIONALLY HARDENED. |
| CHASTISE | VB. TO CRITICIZE SEVERELY; TO PUNISH. |
| CLAUSTROPHOBIC | UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSED OR HEMMED IN.SUFFERING FROM CLAUSTROPHOBIZ; ABNORMALLY AFRAID OF CLOSED-IN PLACES. |
| CONNOISSEUR | N. AN EXPERT ABLE TO APPERCIATE A FIELD; ESPECIALLY IN THE FINE ARTS. |
| CONTINGENCY | N. A POSSIBLE EVENT OR OCCURRENCE OR RESULT.THE STATE OF BEING CONTINGENT ON SOMETHING. |
| CURTLY | IN A RUDLEY ABRUPT AND DISCOURTEOUS MANNER. |
| DAIS | N. A PLATFORM RAISED ABOVE THE SURROUNDING LEVEL TO GIVE PROMINENCE TO THE PERSON ON IT. |
| DENIZEN | N. A PERSON WHO INHABITS A PARTICULAR PLACE.A PLANT OR ANIMAL NATURALIZED IN A REGION. |
| DERISION | N. THE ACT OF DERIDING OR TREATING WITH CONTEMPT. |
| DILAPIDATED | ADJ. BRING INTO A CONDITION OF DECAY OR PARTIAL RUIN BY NEGLECT OR MISUSE.IN DEPLORABLE CONDITION. |
| DISTRAUGHT | ADJ. DEEPLY AGITATED ESPECIALLY FROM EMOTION. |
| DIVULGE | VB. MAKE KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN ONLY TO A FEW PEOPLE OR THAT WAS MEANT TO BE KEPT A SECRET. |
| DOWRY | N. MONEY OR PROPERTY BROUGHT BYY A WOMAN TO HER HUSBAND AT MARRIAGE. |
| EPICENTER | N. THE POINT ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH DIRECTLY ABOVE THE FOCUS OF AN EARTHQUAKE. |
| EPITOMIZE | VB. EMBOCY THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF OR BE A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF. |
| ETHICS | N. THE PRINCIPLES OF RIGHT AND WRONG THAT ARE ACCEPTED BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR A SOCIAL GROUP. |
| FRAUGHT | ADJ. MARKED BY DISTRESS.FILLED WITH OR ATTENDED WITH. |
| IMMACULATE | ADJ. COMPLETELY NEAT AND CLEAN.FREE FROM STAIN OR BLEMISH.WITHOUT FAULT OR ERROR. |
| IMMINENT | ADJ. CLOSE IN TIME; ABOUT TO OCCUR. |
| INADVERTENTLY | ADJ. ADV. WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OR INTENTION. |
| INFALLIBLE | ADJ. INCAPABLE OF FAILURE OR ERROR. |
| INSIGHT | N. CLEAR OR DEEP PERCEPTION OF A SITUATION.A FEELING OF UNDERSTANDING.THE CLEAR (AND OFTEN SUDDEN) UNDERSTANDING OF A COMPLEX SITUATION.GRASPING THE INNER NATURE OF THINGS INTUITIVELY. |
| INSULAR | ADJ. SUGGESTIVE OF THE ISOLATED LIFE OF AN ISLAND.NARROWLY RESTRICTED IN OUTLOOK OR SCOPE. |
| LAMENT | N. VB. A CRY OF SORROW AND GRIEF. |
| MACABRE | ADJ. SHOCKINGLY REPELLENT; INSPIRING HORROR. |
| MEEK | ADJ. HUMBLE IN SPIRIT OR MANNER; SUGGESTING RETIRING MILDNESS OR EVEN COWED SUBMISSIVENESS. |
| NEBULOUS | ADJ. LACKING DEFINITE FORM OR LIMITS.LACKING DEFINITION OF DEFINITE CONTENT. |
| NONCHALANCE | N. THE TRAIT OF REMAINING CALM AND SEEMING NOT TO CARE; A CASUAL LACK OF CONCERN. |
| OBSEQUIOUS | ADJ. ATTEMPTING TO WIN FAVOR FROM INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE BY FLATTERY. |
| PARANOIA | N. A PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY DELUSIONS OF PERSECUTION OF GRANDEUR. |
| PERIPHERAL | N. ADJ. ON OR NEAR AN EDGE OR CONSTITUTING AN OUTER BOUNDARY; THE OUTER AREA.RELATED TO THE KEY ISSUE BUT NOT OF CENTRAL IMPORTANCE. |
| PERPETRATOR | N. VB. ONE WHO COMMITS A CRIME, FRAUD, TRICK, OR ANYTHING BAD OR FOOLISH. |
| PROVIDENCE | N. THE PRUDENCE AND CARE EXERCISED BY SOMEONE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES. |
| REVEILLE | A SIGNAL THAT SIGNIFIES THE TIME TO WAKEN. |
| STRIDENCY | HAVING ATHE TIMBRE OF A LOUD HIGH-PITCHED SOUND. |
| STUPOR | N. MARGINAL CONSCIOUSNESS. |
| SUBMISSIVE | ADJ. INCLINED OR WILLING TO SUBMIT TO ORDERS OR WISHES OF OTHERS OR SHOWING SUCH INCLINATION. |
| TYRANNY | N. SEVERE, UNFAIR POWER EXERCISED BY A GOVERNMENT |
| VACILLATING | BE UNDECIDED ABOUT SOMETHING; WAVER BETWEEN CONFLICTING POSITIONS OR COURSES OF ACTION. |
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