2nd semester vocab
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| emulate | to match or surpass, typically through imitation | ||||
| entail | to involve as a necessary consequence | ||||
| etymology | the study of words and the way which their meanings have changed through history | ||||
| exculpate | to show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing | ||||
| exhort | to strongly encourage someone to do something | ||||
| extraneous | irrelevant | ||||
| fabricate | to invent or manufacture | ||||
| feral | in a wild state | ||||
| figurative | not using words literally | ||||
| foster | to encourage or promote the development or growth of | ||||
| gratuitous | uncalled for; unnecessary | ||||
| haughty | arrogantly superior and disdainful | ||||
| hypocrisy | claiming to hold a certain belief or principle but acting according to another | ||||
| idiosyncratic | Peculiar; individual | ||||
| implicit | implied though not plainly expressed | ||||
| ingenious | clever, original or inventive | ||||
| insatiable | unsatisfiable; unappeasable | ||||
| irreverence | lack of respect | ||||
| juxtaposition | placement for contrasting effect | ||||
| laceration | deep cut or wound | ||||
| lethargic | sluggish or apathetic | ||||
| luminous | giving off light; glowing | ||||
| malevolent | having a wish to do evil to others | ||||
| morose | sullen and ill-tempered | ||||
| nebulous | cloudy or hazy | ||||
| notorious | famous or well-known (usually for something bad) | ||||
| ominous | giving the impression that something bad is going to happen | ||||
| ostentatious | pretentious or vulgar display; designed to impress or attract notice | ||||
| palatable | pleasant tasting | ||||
| pathology | science of the causes and effects of diseases | ||||
| penitent | repentant or regretful for wrongdoing | ||||
| petulance | childlike sulkiness | ||||
| precocious | developing earlier than usual | ||||
| propensity | inclination to act a certain way | ||||
| putrid | decaying or rotting | ||||
| quagmire | complex or awkward situation | ||||
| querulous | complaining in a petulant manner | ||||
| rectitude | righteousness | ||||
| rescind | revoke or cancel | ||||
| resilient | able to recoil easily | ||||
| ruminate | think deeply about something | ||||
| sanguine | cheerful | ||||
| scintillating | sparkling | ||||
| sovereign | possessing extreme power | ||||
| speculative | based on observation rather than fact | ||||
| tenuous | very weak or slender | ||||
| truculent | eager to fight | ||||
| turpitude | wickedness | ||||
| ubiquitous | present or appearing everywhere | ||||
| vacuous | not able to think; unintelligent | ||||
| vicarious | experienced through another person's thoughts or feelings | ||||
| whimsical | playfully fanciful or quaint | ||||
| zealous | full of zeal |
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Created by:
Amanda Parsons
on 2010-06-03