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ASP Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Salient | something that projects upward or outward from its surroundings |
| Droll | amusing in an odd or wry way |
| Inveigle | to lead on with deception; entice or trick into doing something, going somewhere |
| Seigneurs | alternate spelling of seigniors, lords or nobles |
| Matriarchal | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a woman who rules her family or tribe |
| Venerable | worthy of respect or reverence by reason of age and dignity, character, or position |
| Inured | made accustomed to something difficult or painful |
| Insidious | characterized by treachery or slyness; crafty; wily |
| Blitzkrieg | sudden, swift, large-scale offensive warfare intended to win a quick victory; any sudden, overwhelming attack |
| Inebriating | intoxicating; exciting |
| Encroaching | approaching or intruding, especially in a gradual or sneaking way; advancing beyond customary limits |
| Effulgence | great brightness; radiance; brilliance |
| Latent | present but invisible or inactive; lying hidden and undeveloped in a person or thing, as a quality of power |
| Undulation | a wavy, curving form or outline, especially one of a series |
| Transfixed | made motionless, as if impaled |
| Decalogue | the Ten Commandments |
| Ludicrous | so absurd, ridiculous, or exaggerated as to cause or merit laughter |
| Irresolutely | in an indecisive way; wavering in decision, purpose, or opinion |
| Nave | usually, the main part of the interior of a church; here, a large, open, central space |
| Apse | semicircular or polygonal projection of a building, especially one at the east end of a church, with a domed or vaulted roof |
| Vindicated | cleared from criticism, blame, guilt, suspicion; served as justification for, justified |
| Idiosyncratic | particular to the individual; eccentric |
| Infinitesimal | too small to be measured; infinitely small |
| Sinecure | any office or position providing an income or other advantage but requiring little or no work |
| Dispensations | releases or exemptions from obligations |
| Gabardine | a cloth of wool, cotton, rayon, twilled on one side and having a fine, diagonal weave |
| Fratricide | the act of killing one's own brother |
| Contretemps | an inopportune happening causing confusion or embarrassment; awkward mishap |
| Puttees | coverings for the lower legs, in the form of cloth or leather leggings, or cloth strips wound spirally |
| Burlesque | broadly comic; caricatured |
| Misbegotten | wrongly or badly conceived |
| Virtuoso | a person displaying great technical skill, usually in a fine art |
| Versailles | a reference to the magnificent palace built at Versailles by the French king Louis XIV |
| Opulent | very wealthy or rich; luxurious |
| Reticent | habitually silent or uncommunicative; having a restrained, quiet, or understated quality |
| Provencal | in the style of Provence, a region of southern France |
| Rococo | of a style characterized by profuse and delicate ornamentation, reduced scale, lightness and grace |
| Aphorisms | short, concise statements of principle; pointed sentences expressing wise or clever observations or general truths |
| Accession | usually, the act of coming to or attaining, as a throne, power; here, an increase by something added |
| Vagaries | odd, eccentric, or unexpected actions or bits of conduct |
| Recessional | a musical piece played at the end of a performance, play, or service while the audience or congregation is leaving |
| Multifariously | having many kinds of parts or elements; of great variety |
| Dowager | an elderly woman of wealth and dignity |
| Presaged | warned of a future event; foretold |
| Austerity | sternness of look or matter; stinginess; the quality of showing strict self-discipline and self-denial |
| Aesthete | one highly sensitive to art and beauty |
| Querulous | complaining; peevish |
| Rejoinder | an answer to a reply |
| Primevally | relating to the earliest times or ages |
| Terminus | boundary or limit; an end or final point |
| Tacit | not expressed or declared openly; understood |
| Torpidly | slowly and dully; apathetically; sluggishly |
| Timbre | the characteristic quality of sound that distinguishes one voice or musical instrument from another |
| Incarnate | in bodily form; being a living example of |
| Pontiff | a bishop or high priest |
| Incongruity | the condition, quality, or fact of lacking harmony, agreement, or appropriateness |
| Innately | having the quality of existing naturally as an inherent attribute |
| Bellicose | of a quarrelsome or hostile nature; eager to fight |
| Cogitation | serious thought; meditation |
| Assimilate | to absorb and incorporate into one's thinking |
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