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JRA Vocab 6
Vocab List 6 EYHE
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| primeval | adj. belonging to the first or earliest age; original or ancient |
| preposterous (n. preposterousness, adv. preposterously) | adj. foolish; contrary to reason, nature, or common sense - Reasonable, sensible, prudent, practical |
| fortitude (adj. fortitudinous, adv. fortitudinously) | n. strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage - Weak mindedness, indecisiveness, feebleness or weakness |
| bane | n. fatal injury or ruin - Blessing, benefit |
| cohort | n. a group of people; a companion or associate |
| impervious (n. imperviousness, adv. imperviously) | adj. incapable of being affected or penetrated - Penetrable, permeable |
| bellicose (n. bellicosity, adv. bellicosely) | adj. warlike in manner or temperament; belligerent - Gentle, peaceful, pacifistic |
| cogitation (v. cogitate) | n. deep thought |
| portly (n. portliness) | adj. corpulent; stout; plump; fat - Thin, skinny |
| a priori | adj. deductive, as in reasoning; from general law to particular instance |
| prima mobilia | n. prime motivator; that which motivates one to action |
| a posteriori | adj. inductive, as in reasoning; from particular instance to general law |
| epoch (adj. epochal, adv. epochally) | n. a period in history, especially a notable one |
| sophistry | n. a false argument; a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible but generally fallacious method of reasoning - Truth, certainty |
| phrenology (adj. phrenological, adv. phrenologically) | n. psychological theory or means of analysis based on belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by configurations of the skull |
| involution (adv. involutional, adv. involutionally) | n. act or instance of entangling or involving; involvement - Exclusion, state of being untangled |
| supererogation (v. supererogate) | n. an effort above and beyond the call of duty; the doing of more than duty requires - Insufficient, lack, or scarcity of effort |
| circumlocution (adj. circumlocutory) | n. roundabout or indirect means of expression - Conciseness, sensibility |
| obtrude (adj. obtruding, n. obtrusion) | v. to thrust (something)forward or upon a person, esp. without warrant or invitation - To avoid, to shun, to neglect |
| amativeness (adj. amative, adv. amatively) | n. amorousness; love or the quality or inclination to love - Hate, enmity, dislike |
| propensity | n. an inclination, predisposition, or tendency - Averseness, disinclination, indisposition |
| innate (n. innateness, adv. innately) | adj. inherent; possessed at birth; inborn - Learned, gained, acquired |
| precipitate (precipitating) - To halt, to hinder, to stop | v. to make something happen suddenly and quickly; to send somebody or something suddenly and rapidly into a particular state or condition; to throw somebody or something from a great height; adj. done or acting too quickly and without enough thought |
| annihilation (adj. annihilated, v. annihilate) | n. complete destruction; utter obliteration - Construction, creation |
| fetter | n. chains or shackles, usually worn around the feet; v. to chain or shackle - To free, to unchain, to emancipate |
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