| Question |
Answer |
| imbibe
|
(verb) to consume (liquids) by drinking;
drink: When I'm thirsty I imbibe lots of water. |
| defunct |
(adj) no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning: I couldn't
get on the website because it was defunct. |
| temporal |
(adj) of or pertaining to time: Some may say the temporal joys on Earth are nothing compared to those in Heaven |
| epicure |
(noun) a person who cultivates a refined taste, esp. in food and wine;
connoisseur.: My mother's fine taste in food makes her an epicure. |
| aversion |
(noun) a strong feeling of dislike, opposition,repugnance, or antipathy(usually followed by to): I have a strong aversion to racism. |
| urchin |
(noun) a mischievous boy :In Oliver Twist Fagen's gang of boys are considered street urchins. |
| disencumber |
(verb) to free from a burden or other encumbrance; disburden :I disencumbered my mom by helping her bring in the groceries.
|
| ardor |
(noun) great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion: The speaker talked about her organization with much ardor. |
| veracity |
(noun) habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness: He was not known for his veracity so no one really trusted him. |
| manumit |
(verb) to release from slavery or servitude: During the civil war many slave owners in the north manumitted their slaves. |
| licentiousness |
(adj.) unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral. Most teenagers think they are licentiousness, until they
get into lots of trouble.
|
| vitiated |
(verb) to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil: My food was
vitiated by my sisters,because they thought it would be funny. |
| sophistry |
(noun) a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning : During the witch trials,
the high court made their decisions very sophistry. |
| palliating |
(verb) to relieve or lessen without curing;
mitigate; alleviate: I palliate my mom by
carrying some of the groceries
in. |
| expostulation |
(noun) the act of expostulating; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest: In spite of my expostulations, he insisted on driving me home. |
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