Vocab for midterm Word Scramble
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(n.) one who believes that nothing can be known about God (adj.) without faith, skeptical | agnostic |
(n.) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected (adj.) left abandoned; neglectful of duty | derelict |
(n.) a crude image of a despised person | effigy |
(adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value | inane |
(adj.) certain, not to be doubted or denied | indubitable |
(adj.) open to discussion and debate, unresolved (v.) to bring up for discussion (n.) a hypothetical law case argued by students | moot |
(n.) a new convert, beginner, novice | neophyte |
(adj.) complete in all aspects and essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members | plenary |
(adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody | sylvan |
(n.) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex (v.) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion | travesty |
(adj.) beastlike; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility | bestial |
(n.) a circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest | coterie |
(v.) to object or take exception to (n.) an objection | demur |
(v.) to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details | embellish |
(adj.) appropiate, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy | felicitous |
(adj.) glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way | garish |
(adj.) needy, impoverished | indigent |
(v.) to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome | jettison |
(adj.) very persistent; holding firmly to a course of action or a set of beliefs; hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied | pertinacious |
(n.) clothing, garment | raiment |
(adj.) thoroughgoing, out and about; shameless, blatant | arrant |
(v.) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; make consistent | conciliate |
(n.) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement | echelon |
(adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way | fatuous |
(n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path | juggernaut |
(n.) a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with repsonses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list | litany |
(n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth | paucity |
(v.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out | raze |
(v.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully | saturate |
(v.) to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud (n.) a mire, a state of depression | slough |
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