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vocab 13 for en 102
En 102, Vocab 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Prerogative | An exclusive or special right, power, or privilege |
| Autocrat | [Dk. autos, self+dratos, power, rule] A ruler with supreme power over his people; a dictator; a despot |
| Entrench | to surround or fortify with a trench or trenches;hence, to establish security |
| static | Having no motion;at rest; inactive |
| vituperation | The sustained us of harsh language |
| sonorous | producing or capable of producing sound, esp. sound full of deep or rich quality; resonant. |
| prolific | [Latin: proles, prol- offspring] Producing offspring or fruit in great abundance |
| ferment | [l. fermentum, leaven, yeast, from fervere, to boil, be agitated] A substance causing fermentation in other substances, as yeast, bacteria, etc; unrest;agitation. |
| effrontery | Brazen boldness; presumptuousness |
| contingent | conditional, dependent |
| tacit | implied by or inferred from actions; silent |
| ostensible | apparent; seeming; professed |
| indolent | disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy |
| salient | [l. saliens, pr.part, of salire, to leap] Leaping, jumping; gushing, jetting forth; projecting; standing out from the rest, noticeable, conspicuous, prominent |
| replete | [L. repletus, p.part. of replere, to fill again, from re-, again + plere, to fill] filled, abundantly supplied |