| Question |
Answer |
| abeyance |
suspended action |
| abrogate |
repeal or annul by authority |
| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend; obscure |
| alacrity |
eager and cheerful readiness |
| aplomb |
self-confidence |
| arrant |
in the highest degree |
| ascetic |
practicing self-denial; austere; stark |
| aspersion |
slander |
| augury |
omen; sign |
| baleful |
harmful; ominous; causing evil |
| bedizen |
to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner |
| bellicose |
belligerent; pugnacious; warlike |
| benefactor |
person who has given help or benefit |
| blithe |
cheerful; casual; carefree |
| brook |
to tolerate; endure |
| cabal |
a scheme or plot; a group of plotters |
| cajole |
use flattery or deceit to persuade |
| cant |
insincere talk/jargon |
| chary |
cautious; wary |
| cloture |
closing device; to end a debate by voting |
| coda |
passage that completes a piece of music |
| coeval |
of the same period; coexisting |
| commodius |
having plenty of space for what is needed |
| concilliatory |
reconciling; soothing; comforting; mollifying |
| connotation |
suggestion; in addition to |
| consequential |
pompous; self-important |
| constrain |
compel |
| contentious |
argumentative; pugnacious; combative; quarrelsome |
| contiguous |
touching; neighboring; near |
| convoluted |
complicate; coiled; twisted |
| corporeal |
physical; of or for the body |
| countervail |
counterbalance |
| crass |
very great (especially stupidity) |
| craven |
cowardly |
| curmudgeon |
bad-tempered person |
| daunt |
intimidate; make fearful |
| decry |
disapprove of |
| demur |
to hesitate; raise objections |
| deprecate |
protect against; express disapproval of |
| descry |
catch sight of; see something in the distance |
| diaphanous |
transparent; gauzy |
| disconcert |
upset the self-possession of; embarrass |
| disparate |
essentially different |
| divestiture |
taking off; getting rid of; giving up |
| droll |
jesting |
| ecumenical |
representing the whole christian world |
| egress |
way out; exit |
| emote |
stir up; excite |
| enmity |
hatred; being an enemy |
| ensign |
flag/badge |
| epistle |
letter |
| expedient |
likely to be useful for a purpose |
| extant |
still in existance |
| extirpate |
to destroy; exterminate; cut out; exscind |
| facile |
easily done |
| fecund |
furtile |
| feint |
pretend |
| finical |
too fussy about food, clothing, etc. |
| foppish |
like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes |
| foreswear |
renounce; disallow; repudiate |
| fulmination |
bitter protest |
| gainsay |
to deny; to oppose |
| garrulity |
talkativeness |
| gossimer |
soft, light, delicate material |
| grandiloquent |
using pompous words |
| halcyon |
calm and peaceful |
| harbinger |
something or somebody that foretells what is to come |
| harrow |
to distress; create stress; torment |
| hemetic |
sealed by fusion |
| hubrus |
arrogant pride |
| idyll |
a carefree episode or experience |
| immutable |
that cannot be changed |
| impecunious |
having little or no money |
| incorrigibility |
cannot cured or corrected |
| indolence |
laziness |
| insouciant |
unconcerned; carefree |
| inured |
accustomed to; adapted |
Mandi June Turner
on 2009-08-15
Cardio Block2anatomy
