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Stack#113174
fall 2007 semester exam review vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| confront | to meet face-to-face, especially as a challenge: come to grips with |
| manipulates | handle or use skillfully; to manage or control for personal gain |
| stamina | strength needed to keep going or overcome physical or mental strain; staying power |
| maximum | greatest possible amount or degree; reaching the greatest possible |
| disinterested | fair minded free from selfish motives; indifferent |
| serene | peaceful, calm, free of emotional upset.; clear and free of storm; majestic, grand |
| assailant | person who attacks violently |
| mimic | person who does imitations to imitate; make fun of |
| ruffle | to wrinkle, make uneven; to anoy, upset, flip through; gathered strip of material used for trimming edges; ripple; low drumbeat |
| adverse | unfavorable, negative, working against, hostile |
| expend | to pay out spend; an accidental death |
| illicit | not permitted, unlawful, improper |
| prevaricate | to lie, tell an untruth, to mislead on purpose |
| pathetic | marked by strong emotion, especially pity and sorrow; woefully inadequate |
| writhe | to make twisting or turning movements in a way that suggests pain or struggle |
| martial | warlike; fond of fighting; relating to war, army, or military life |
| taut | tightly drawn, tense, neat in good order |
| retrieve | to go get something |
| cringe | to shrink back or hide in fear or submissiveness |
| crotchety | cranky, ill-tempered; full of odd whims |
| recede | to go or move backward; to become more distant |
| immense | very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurement |
| denounce | to condemn openly; to accuse formally |
| gainful | profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage |
| libel | written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made; to write or publish such a statement |
| barrage | rapid, large-scale outpouring of something |
| wither | to dry up, wilt, sag to cause someone to feel ashamed, humiliated or very small |
| slake | satisfy, relieve, or bring to an end |
| queue | line of people waiting for something, to form such a line |
| illusion | false idea; something that one seems to see or to be aware of that does not exsist |
| ingratitude | lack of thankfulness |
| strand | beach or shore; string of wire, hair; to drive or run aground; to leave in a hopeless position |
| ovation | enthusiastic public welcome, an outburst of applause |
| topple | to fall forward; to overturn; bring about the downfall of |
| repenting | to feel sorry for what one has done or has failed to do |
| ravenous | greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction |
| setback | something that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat; a steplike recession in a wall |
| synopsis | brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc, a summary |
| pacify | to make peaceful or calm; to soothe |
| headstrong | willful, stubborn |
| vagabond | idle wanderer; a tramp; wandering, irresponsible |
| blight | disease that causes plants to wither and die; condition or disease or ruin |
| gory | marked by bloodshed, slaughter, or violence |
| debut | first public apperance; formal entrance into society |
| agenda | program for a meeting; list outline or plan of things being considered or done |
| vocation | trade, profession, or occupation; a sense of fitness or speical calling for one's work |
| designate | to indicate, point out; appoint; selected but not yet installed |
| restrict | keep in certain limits; to contain |
| waylaid | to lie in wait for and attack; ambush |
| pacifist | one who is against war or the use of violence |
| plight | sorry condition or state;pledge, promise solemnly |
| elusive | difficult to catch or to hold, hard to explain or understand |
| mortals | being that must eventually die; of or relating to such a being; causing death; fatal; possible, conceivable |
| idolize | worship as an idol, make an idol of; to love very much |
| keepsake | something kept in memory or the giver; sovereign |
| eerie | causing fear because of strangeness, weird, mysterious |
| fray | brawl, noisy quarrel; to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn, to strain irritate |
| inhabitant | one living permanently in a given place |
| refute | to prove incorrect |
| bluster | to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts |
| maze | network of paths through which it is hard to find one's way; something very mixed up and confusing |
| partisan | strong supporter of a person, party, or cause; one whose support is unreasoning; resistant fighter; strongly supporting one side only |
| agenda | program for a meeting; a list, outline or plan of things to be consitered or done |
| leeway | extra space for moving along a certain route; allowance for mistakes or inaccuracies; margin or error |
| amiable | friendly, good-natured |
| fatality | event resulting in death; an accidental death |
| reminisce | recall one's past thoughts, feelings, or experiences |
| tribute | something done or given to show thanks or respect; a payment |
| immerse | plunge or dip into a fluid; to involve deeply |
| persevere | keep doing something in spite of difficulties; refuse to quit even when the going is tough |
| perishable | likely to spoil or decay |
| sinister | appearing evil or dangerous; threatening evil or harm |
| sage | very wise person |
| arrears | unpaid or overdue debts; unfinished duty |
| affluence | wealth, riches, prosperity; great abundance, plenty |
| douse | plunge into a liquid; drench, to put out quickly, extinguish |
| billow | large wave; to rise or swell like a wave |
| depict | portray; to represent or show in the form of a picture |
| diversity | difference, variety, a condition of having many different types or forms |
| enigma | someone or something that is extremely puzzling; that which cannot be understood or explained |
| strife | bitter disagreement; fighting, struggle |
| fray | drawl, noisy quarrel; to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; stain, irritate |
| remorse | deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds; pangs of conscience |
| oracle | someone or something that can predict the future |
| dissect | cut apart in preparation for scientific study; to analyze with great care |
| dawdle | waste time, to be idle; to spend more time in doing something than is necessary |
| manacle | something that confines or restrains |
| gory | characterized by much bloodshed or physical violence |
| reimburse | to pay back |
| scour | clean by scrubbing vigorously, as with an abrasive |
| relish | appetitie for something; appreciation |
| dissect | cut apart in preparation for scientific study; to analyze with great care |
| nimble | quick and light in a movement or action |
| sinister | appearing evin or dangerous; threatening evil or harm |
| jovial | good humor in high spirits; merry |
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