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XU Organic Vocab 4
words 621-660 09/29
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| excoriate | to critize harshly; to censure; (literally to tear off a piece of skin) |
| amnesia | loss of mamory |
| cumbersome | clumsy or difficult to manage; unwieldy |
| cupidity | extreme selfishness; avarice: greed |
| cursory | not thorough; superficial; hasty. |
| cynic | one who believes that all humans are insincere and selfish; a sneering and sarcastic person. |
| hypothetical | based only on theory or supposition; assumed but not proved. |
| amorphous | shapeless; with no special form. |
| excruciating | extremely painful; agonizing |
| incubus | anything greatly oppressive or discouraging; a mental burden; a nightmare; a mythological, night-visiting evil spirit. |
| inculcate | to teach or impress by frequent repetition; to instill. |
| exiguous | scanty; small; insufficient |
| exorcised | freed from evil spirits by chanted words or other spirits. |
| exotic | strangely enticing or facinating; not native; foreign. |
| incumbent | required as one's duty or obligation; one holding an office or position. |
| mundane | wordly; ordinary; uninspired or uninspiring. |
| munificent | excessively generous; very liberal; lavish |
| mutability | tendency to change; alteribilitu; inconstistency. |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration in expression; overstatement. |
| hypercritical | overly critical; faultfinding; carping. |
| hypochondriac | one who is unduly anxious over personal health; one who imagines illness. |
| indefatigable | not able to be fatigued. never tiring; unflagging. |
| expedient | suitable or advisable at the moment opportune or useful but not necessarily right, such an action or means. |
| explicit | distinctly stated; specific. exact. |
| execrable | detestable; revolting; abominable; deserving to be cursed. |
| preposterous | contrary to common sense; absurd; ridiculous. |
| credible | believable; trustworthy; reliable. |
| credulous | willing to believe too readily; trusting of scant evidence; gullible. |
| criterion | a standard for judging; a recognized requirement; a model or essential measure. |
| console | to lesses sadness or disappointment; to comfort or cheer in distress; to solace; the keyboard of an organ, computer. etc; a cabinet. |
| construe | to understand or explain the meaning of; to interpret or deduce. |
| subside | to become less active; to decrease from violence or agitation to calmness; to sink or settle. |
| contemned | despised; scorned; treated with contempt. |
| contentious | quarrelsome; arguementative; uncooperative. |
| contiguous | touching; adjoining. |
| contingent | dependent upon but uncertain; a group or delegation. |
| contrite | deeply sorry for wrong doing; repentant; penitent. |
| contumacy | defiance of authority; rebelliousness; insubordination. |
| conversant | able to discuss meaningfully; well acquainted; knowledgable; familiar; informed. |
| convivial | enjoying company; sociable; festive. |
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