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vocab 103-155
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fervor | 1. great intensity of feeling or belief; ardour; zeal 2. (rare) intense heat |
| filibuster | 1. the process or an instance of obstructing legislation by means of long speeches and other delaying tactics 2. a buccaneer, freebooter, or irregular military adventurer, esp a revolutionary in a foreign country |
| flabbergasted | to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound. |
| flagitious [fluh-jish-uhs] | 1. shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times. 2. heinous , as a crime; infamous. |
| flagrant | 1. shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: 2. notorious; scandalous: a flagrant crime; |
| flamboyant | 1. strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: 2.conspicuously dashing and colorful: 3.florid; ornate; elaborately styled: |
| flummox | to bewilder; confound; confuse. |
| forage | 1. the act of searching for provisions of any kind. 2.to search about; seek; rummage; hunt: |
| formative | 1.pertaining to formation or development: 2.shaping; moulding: |
| fortuitous | 1. happening or produced by chance; accidental: 2.lucky; fortunate: |
| frigid | 1. very cold in temperature 2. without warmth of feeling; without ardor or enthusiasm: 3. unemotional or unimaginative; lacking passion, sympathy, or sensitivity |
| gerrymandered | U.S. Politics . the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible. |
| glib | 1. readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; 2.easy or unconstrained, as actions or manners. |
| gratuitous | 1. given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary. 2.being without apparent reason, cause, or justification: |
| gregarious | 1. fond of the company of others; sociable. 2.living in flocks or herds, as animals. 3.Botany . growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together. 4.pertaining to a flock or crowd. |
| grievous | 1. very severe or painful: 2. very serious; heinous: 3. showing or marked by grief: 4. causing great pain or suffering: |
| gyrate | 1. ( intr ) to rotate or spiral, esp about a fixed point or axis — adj 2. biology curved or coiled into a circle; circinate |
| harbinger [hahr-bin-jer] | 1. a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald. 2.anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign: |
| hectic | characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.: |
| heinous | hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible: |
| hiatus | 1. a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc. 2.a missing part; gap 3.any gap or opening. |
| idiosyncrasy | 1. a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual. 2.the physical constitution peculiar to an individual. |
| ignominious [ig-nuh-min-ee-uhs] | 1. discreditable; humiliating: 2.bearing or deserving ignominy; contemptible. |
| illustrious | 1. highly distinguished; renowned; 2.glorious, as deeds or works: |
| immaculate | 1. free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: 2.free from moral blemish or impurity; pure; undefiled. 3.free from fault or flaw; free from errors: |
| impeccable | 1. faultless; flawless; irreproachable: 2.not liable to sin; incapable of sin. |
| impromptu | 1. made or done without previous preparation: 2.suddenly or hastily prepared, made, etc.: 3.improvised; having the character of an improvisation. |
| impudent | 1. mischievous, impertinent, or disrespectful |
| impunity | 1. exemption from punishment. 2.immunity from detrimental effects, as of an action. |
| inane | 1. lacking sense, significance, or ideas; silly: 2.empty; void. |
| incendiary | 1. used or adapted for setting property on fire 2. a person who stirs up strife, sedition, etc.; an agitator |
| incorrigible | 1. not easily swayed or influenced: 2. bad beyond correction or reform: |
| incredulous | 1. disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical. 2.indicating or showing unbelief: |
| indignant | feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base: |
| inept | 1. without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit: He is inept at mechanical tasks. 2.generally awkward or clumsy; haplessly incompetent. |
| inevitable | 1. unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary: 2.sure to occur, happen, or come; unalterable: |
| inherently | existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute: |
| innate | 1. existing in one from birth; inborn; native: innate musical talent. 2. originating in or arising from the intellect or the constitution of the mind, rather than learned through experience: an innate knowledge of good and evil. |
| innocuous [ih-nok-yoo-uhs] | 1. not harmful or injurious; harmless: 2.not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive; 3.not interesting, stimulating, or significant; pallid; insipid: |
| insidious | 1. intended to entrap or beguile: 2.stealthily treacherous or deceitful: 3.operating or proceeding in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way but actually with grave effect: |
| interminable [in-tur-muh-nuh-buhl] | 1. incapable of being terminated; unending: 2.monotonously or annoyingly protracted or continued; unceasing; incessant: 3.having no limits: |
| intimation | to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest. |
| iota | 1. a very small quantity; jot; whit. |
| irrevocable | not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: |
| jocose [joh-kohs, juh-] | given to or characterized by joking; jesting; humorous; playful: |
| juxtapose | to place close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast. |
| kitsch | something of tawdry design, appearance, or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste. |
| knave | an unprincipled, untrustworthy, or dishonest person. |
| laconic | using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: |
| languish | 1. to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade. 2.to lose vigor and vitality. 3.to suffer deprivation, hardship, or neglect: 4.to put on a tender, nostalgic, or melancholic expression |
| lascivious | 1. inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: 2.arousing sexual desire: 3.indicating sexual interest or expressive of lust or lewdness: |
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