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Schmitz List 13
Vocab List - major tests - word list 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alleviated | made less severe |
| Apostrophe | 1. punctuation mark; 2. appeal to someone not present (a figure of speech) |
| Centurion | roman soldier (commander of a company of 100 soldiers) |
| Emollient | softening (a); something which softens (n) |
| Fusillade | long burst of gunfire |
| Inerrancy | infallibility; inability to make mistakes |
| Mince | 1. chop into small pieces; 2. walk with tiny steps, 3. speak in an affected manner |
| Palpate | medical term meaning to examine with the hands |
| Platitude | unoriginal, obvious saying |
| Quibble | 1. (v) to argue about minor matters; to play on words when finding fault; 2. (n) a minor verbal point in an argument |
| Apprehension | slight fear; sense of something unfavorable |
| Conniving | cunning; scheming |
| Derision | mockery |
| Epigram | short, witty saying |
| Lassitude | lack of energy; weariness |
| Pedantic | over-insistent on matters of book-learning |
| Phenomenology | branch of science concerned with things as they are perceived; not directly derived from theory |
| Precipitate | 1. hurried (a); 2. insoluble product of a reaction in chemistry(n), 3. to instigate or speed up an action (v) |
| Renege | go back on promise or retract statement |
| Armada | fleet of ships |
| Dawdler | slow person who falls behind others |
| Dross | something worthless; impurities left after refining |
| Expiate | atone; make amends for |
| Hack | 1. chop roughly; 2. person who writes to earn money, 3. hired horse |
| Prone | 1. vulnerable to; 2. horizontal |
| Propensity | tendency; inclination |
| Scabbard | cover for a sword |
| Skiff | small boat |
| Umbrage | 1. shadow; 2. offence; sense of injury |
| Dilettantism | dabbling esp. in the arts |
| Enervate | weaken |
| Malevolent | having evil intentions |
| Neophyte | new convert; tyro |
| Panegyric | speech praising someone; laudatory words |
| Presage | forewarn of; indicate |
| Serration | jagged edge |
| Slight | 1. minor (a); 2. perceived insult (v) and (n) |
| Tare | 1. weed; 2. allowance made for container when weighing |
| Unprepossessing | unattractive |
| Aberration | deviation from the normal |
| Cant | insincere talk |
| Disinter | dig up [opposite inter |
| Façade | 1. front elevation of building, 2. false appearance or demeanor |
| Impeding | hindering |
| Lacuna | gap; missing part |
| Monolithic | united in purpose; forming a single unit |
| Pied | multicolored |
| Roster | list of names |
| Seemly | appropriate (of behavior); decorous |
| Analogue | 1. something similar; 2. output proportional to input (engineering) |
| Coda | piece of music at the end of a musical work; finale; final part of document |
| Commingle | mix |
| Equivocal | ambiguous; open to interpretation |
| Fallible | capable of making mistakes |
| Hallow | respect; worship |
| Indigence | poverty |
| Papyrus | material used for writing on before paper was invented |
| Pique | 1. annoyance (n); 2. to stimulate interest; to annoy (v) |
| Sap | 1. liquid inside plants (n); 2. to drain; to undermine (v); 3. a fool (n) |
| Arbitrator | mediator; person appointed to judge a dispute |
| Descry | to see (esp. at a distance); catch sight of |
| Facetious | not intended to be taken seriously |
| Indecorous | unseemly; inappropriate (of behavior) |
| Proliferate | grow and spread |
| Scotch (v) | to prevent; stop; disable |
| Strut | 1. supporting rod (n); 2. to walk in an arrogant manner; show off (v) |
| Toy (v) | to play with |
| Usury | lending money at high interest rates |
| Wag (n) | a witty person |
| Atavism | reappearance of ancestral traits; regression |
| Filibuster | delaying tactics |
| Gambit | opening move; transaction |
| Mitigation | making less severe |
| Obligate | compulsory |
| Predilection | leaning; interest; talent |
| Propitiate | appease; try to gain favor |
| Stanch | to stop |
| Travesty | parody; ridiculous error |
| Waft | drift smoothly (v); whiff; smell (n) |
| Forage | search for food |
| Lumber | 1. walk in an ungainly way; 2. timber (wood) |
| Muse | 1. think; meditate (v); 2. a source of inspiration (n) [in mythology, a goddess who gives inspiration] |
| Prescience | foreknowledge |
| Prune | 1. to trim; 2. a dried plum |
| Ready | (used of wit) quick |
| Resolve | firmness (n) |
| Squalid | dirty and demeaning |
| Sullied | made dirty or impure |
| Veneration | worship; respect |
| Demur | object; hesitate to accept |
| Duplicity | cunning; deception; double dealing |
| Exigency | urgent matter; pressing need |
| Expostulate | offer strong objections; remonstrate |
| Gossamer | delicate; filmy; like gauze |
| Inefficacious | ineffective |
| Pine | 1. type of evergreen tree; 2. grieve |
| Prudish | narrow-minded; excessively concerned with morals |
| Quixotic | impractically idealistic |
| Stipple | cover with dots of paint etc. |
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