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Dr. B's Vocab Quiz 2
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| altruistic | adj. unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others. ex. The gesture was not necessarily altruistic ; he was hoping for a donation in return. |
| chimerical | adj. unreal; imaginary; visionary ex. The pursuit of the artificial heart has not been completely chimerical . |
| deprecate | verb. to express earnest disapproval of; to protest against ex. He wore his clothes casually yet impressively, in a manner that the advocates of loud sports shirts deprecate but secretly envy. |
| enervate | verb. to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken. ex. Although eventually the emotionally dark atmosphere may enervate the reader, the novel has a haunting power. |
| fortuitous | adj. happening or produced by chance; accidental; fortunate ex. It's certainly true that he encouraged improvisation on set, and had a genius for seizing on fortuitous accidents. |
| garrulous | adj. excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters; wordy ex. Kids go from goo-goo to garrulous one step at a time. |
| homogeneous | adj. of the same kind or nature; essentially alike. ex. Toronto, once a homogeneous city of staid British tradition, now counts more than 40 percent of the people as foreign born. |
| immutable | adj. unchangeable ex. Scientists once believed that long-term memories were immutable . |
| lethargy | noun. the quality or state of being drowsy and dull; unenergetic; apathetic or sluggish inactivity. ex. Gloom leads to lethargy , and lethargy exacerbates the sadness. |
| mitigate | verb. to lessen in force or intensity; to make less severe. ex. One way to mitigate this problem is scheduling fewer flights at congested airports during peak times. |
| officious | adj. objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome ex. What they mind is being abused by officious unhelpful staff. |
| prodigious | adj. extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force; wonderful or marvelous ex. His prodigious reading and uncannily retentive memory have long been legendary. |
| recalcitrant | adj. resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant noun. a recalcitrant person ex. On the rare occasion when they disagree about something, she will be the one urging him to be more outraged or recalcitrant . |
| spurious | adj. not genuine, authentic, or true ex. Flight controllers suspected it was a spurious signal, but could not be sure. |
| vicarious | adj. performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another ex. The difference between him and everybody else is that he has refused to settle for the vicarious pleasures of the society columns. |
| iconoclast | noun. a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions ex. Equal parts icon and iconoclast , he shocked respectable opinion even as he seemed to embody the contradictory moods of his era. |
| dearth | noun. an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack Given the author's creativity and output, there is no dearth of material. |
| raze | verb. to tear down; demolish ex. to raze a row of old buildings. |
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