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Card A 451-475
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| n. enthusiastic and lengthy applause | ovation |
| n. a leader who obtains power by appealing to the emotions and passions of the people | demagogue |
| v. to stir up negative feelings, esp. those that lead to violent action | foment |
| v. to prod or urge, as if with a pointed stick; n. a long stick used to prod animals; something used to urge on | goad |
| v. to torment or tease by showing something desirable while keeping it out of reach | tantalize |
| adj. warm and friendly; hearty | cordial |
| v. add beauty; to decorate | adorn |
| n. a professional copyist of manuscripts and documents, esp. in ancient times | scribe |
| adj. not easy to please; very critical or discriminating | fastidious |
| v. to claim, esp. falsely | purport |
| v. to define the limits of | circumscribe |
| n. leaves | foliage |
| adj. too pleased with oneself; self-satisfied | complacent |
| n . the forms of behavior of polite society | etiquette |
| adj. gruesome; awful | morbid |
| v. to hold back | inhibit |
| adj. based on personal experience or feeling, not from external evidence | subjective |
| v. to happen subsequently | ensue |
| adj. extremely wicked; abominable | heinous |
| adj. sophisticated | urbane |
| v. to influence, esp. by persuasion; to bring about; to infer by inductive reasoning | induce |
| adj. easy and carefree in manner | debonair |
| n. the study of origins of words | etymology |
| adj. apparently indifferent to joy, grief, pleasure, or pain | stoic |
| n. an excessive amount | plethora |
Created by:
mei
on 2011-07-14