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Final Vocab test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tantalizing | 1. Adj: Having or exhibiting something that provokes or arouses expectation, interest, or desire, especially that which remains unobtainable or beyond one's reach. 2. Synonyms: Alluring, drawing, beautiful, persuading, mouthwatering, enticing |
| Vindictive | 1. Adjective: Disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful. 2. Synonyms: Cruel, malicious, merciless, resentful, ruthless, spiteful, unforgiving, vengeful |
| Falter | 1. Verb: To hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc. 2. Synonyms: Flounder, hesitate, reel, waver, wobble |
| Omnipotent | 1. Adjective: Almighty or infinite power. 2. Synonyms: Almighty, divine, godlike, might supreme, unlimited, unresicted |
| Portray | 1. Verb: To represent; imitate. 2. Synonyms: Act like, characterize, copy, describe, draw, figure, illustrate, image, impersonate, interpret, mimic |
| Malice | 1. Noun: Desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness. 2. Synonyms: Bitterness, grudge, hatred, hostility, ill will, meanness, resentment |
| Germane | 1. Adj: Closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent. 2. Synonyms: Applicable, apropos, apt, pertinent, relevant |
| Hypertension | 1. Noun: Excessive or extreme emotional tension. 2. Synonyms: Pressure, strain, stress |
| Omniscient | 1. Adjective: Having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; percieving all things. 2. Synonyms: All-seeing, almighty, infinite, knowledgable, pansophical, preeminent, wise |
| Conjecture | 1. Noun: The formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof. 2. Synonyms: Conclusion, fancy, guess, guesstimate, guesswork, hunch, hypothesis, inference, notion, opinion |
| Posthumously | 1. Adjective: Arising, accurring, or continuing after one's death. 2. Synonyms: Post-mortem, post-orbit, post-obituary |
| Alienation | 1. Noun: An act of alienating. 2. Synonyms: disaffection, estrangement, indifference, seperation |
| Malnourish | 1. Verb: Provide with insufficient quality or quanity of nourishment. 2. Synonyms: Undernourished, underfed, underweight, starving, famished, half-starved, hungry, emanciated, wasted, thin |
| Dissent | 1. Verb: To differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from. 2. Synonyms: Discard, dissension, disunity, objection, opposition, protest, resistance, schism, strife |
| Sullen | 1. Adjective: Showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve. 2. Synonyms: Gloomy, glum, grumpy, hostile, somber, ugly |
| Bureaucratic | 1. Adjective: Of, pertaining to, or charateristic or bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; orbitrary and routine. 2. Synonyms: Departmental, governmental, legislative, managerial |
| Ridicule | 1. Noun: Speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision. 2. Synonyms: Jeer, taunt, taunting, laughterm, mockery, parody, sarcasm |
| Peril | 1. Noun: Exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger. 2. Synonyms: Hazard, insecurity, jeopardy, menance, pitfall, uncertainity, vulneravility |
| Improbable | 1. Adjective: Not probable, unlikely to be true or happen. 2. Synonyms: Fanciful, implausible, rare, unbelievable, unlikely |
| Utopia | 1. Noun: An ideal place or state. 2. Synonyms: Bliss, paradise |
| Hyperbole | 1. Noun: Obvious and intentional exaggeration. 2. Synonyms: Hype, metaphor, overstatement |
| Commemorate | 1. Verb: To serve as a memorial or reminder of. 2. Synonyms: Celebrate, memorialize, observe, remember, salute |
| Steward | 1. Noun: A person who manages another's property or financial affairs. 2. Synonyms: Administrator, agent, purser, representative |
| Workmanlike | 1. Like or befitting a workman. 2. Synonyms: Efficient, professional, skilled, expert, masterly, careful, satisfactory |
| Leeward | 1. Adjective: Pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the quarter toward which the wind blows (opposed to windward. 2. Synonyms: Calm, quiet, safem smooth, still |
| Memoir | 1. Noun: A record of events written by a oerson having intimate knowledge of them based on personal observation. 2. Synonyms: Account, anecdote, autobiography, chronicle, diary, essay, journal, life story, memory, narrative. |
| Denote | 1. Verb: To be a mark or sign of, indicate. 2. Synonyms: Stand for, announce, argue, bespeak, betoken, cannote, evidence, express, finger, flash, imply, import, indicate, insinute |
| Deportation | 1a. The lawful expulsion of an undesired alien or other person from a state. 1b. An act or instance of deporting. 2. Synonyms: Displacement, eviction, expusion, extraditon, removal |
| Allegiance | 1. Noun: The loyality of a citizen to his or her government or of a subject to his or her sovereign. 2. Synonyms: Adherence, dedication, deference, devotion, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, homage, obedience, obligation |
| Hyperventilate | 1. Verb: To cause (a patient) to breath more rapidly and deeply than normal. 2. Synonyms: Gasping and panting |
| Devastating | 1. Adjective: Tending or threatening to devastate. 2. Synonyms: Destructive, disastrous, overwhelming |
| Beneficial | 1. Adjective: Conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful. 2. Synonyms: Constructive, favorable, good, helpful, profitable, useful |
| Sentient | 1. Adjective: Having the power of preception by the senses; consciousness. 2. Synonyms: Able to recognize, alert, apperceptive, attentive, awake, aware |
| Specter | 1a. Noun: A visual incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; appartion. 1b. Some object or source of terror or dread 2. Synonyms: Shadow, demon, apparition |
| Reproached | 1. Verb: To find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure. 2. Synonyms: Adomonish, chide, discred, rebuke, reprimand, scold, upbraid |
| Consternation | 1. Noun: A sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay. 2. Synonyms: Alarm, amazement, anxiety, awe, bewilderment, confusion, dread, fright, horror, panic, perplexity, terror |
| Ideology | 1. Noun: The body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, unstitution, class, or large group. 2. Synonyms: Creed, culture, dogma, outlook, philosophy, theory, view |
| Mutinous | 1. Adjective: Disposed to, engaged in, or involving revolt against authority. 2. Synonyms: Radical, rebel, revolutionarym rioting |
| Indomitable | 1. Adjective: That cannot be subdued or overcome, as persons, will, or courage; unconquerable. 2. Synonyms: Impregnable, invincible, invulnerble, obstinate, stubborn, unassailable, unbeatable, willful |
| Instill | 1. Verb: To infuse slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings. 2. Synonyms: Diffuse, disseminate, engender, imbue, impart, inculcate, inspire |
| Assailiant | 1. Noun: A person who attacks 2. Synonyms: Aggressor, mugger, antagonist, assaulter, enemy, foe, invader |
| Sentimental | 1. Adjective: Expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalogia. 2. Synonyms: Affectionate, corny, dreamy, idealistic, maudlin, mushy, nostalgic, passionate, saccharine, sappy, silly |
| Rapport | 1. Noun: Relation; connection; espeically harmonious or sympathetic realtion. 2. Synonyms: Affinity, compatibility, empathy, harmony, sympathy, togetherness |
| Incontrovertible | 1. Adjective: Not controlverible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable. 2. Synonyms: Accurate, authentic, certain, established, no mistake |
| Introspective | 1. Adjective: Characterized by introspective the act or process of looking into oneself. 2. Synonyms: Reflective, thoughful, inner-directed, subjective |
| Atrocities | 1. Noun: The quality or state of being atrocous. 2. Synonyms: Atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, enormity, fiendishness, heinousness, horror, monstorousness, nefariousness, shockingness, villianousness, wickness |
| Noteworthy | 1. Adjective: Worthy of notice or attetion; notable; remarkable. 2. Synonyms: Conspicious, evident, exceptional, extraordinary, meaningful, memorable, notable, noticeable, outsiding |
| Evocative | 1. Adjective: Tending to call up or produce. 2. Synonyms: Expressive, reminiscent, graphic, remindful of. |
| Dehumanize | 1. Verb: To deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality. 2. Synonyms: Automate, brutalize, automize, barbarize, imbrute, robotize |
| Demented | 1. Adjective: Crazy, insane; mad 2. Synonyms: Deranged, hysterical, mad, manic, psychotic, unhinged |
| Imperative | 1. Adjective: Absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable. 2. Synonyms: Compulsory, critical, crucial, essential, immediate, important, urgant |
| Contemplate | 1. Verb: To look or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully. 2. Synonyms: Aim, consider, envisage, forsee, intend, mean, mull over, ponder, propose, think of, weigh |
| Semiautonomous | 1. Adjective: Partially self-governing, especially with reference to internal affairs. |
| Notorious | 1. Adjective: Widely and unfavorably known. 2. Synonyms: Infamous, popular, prominant, wanted, well-known |
| Versatile | 1. Adjective: Capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of enfeavor, etc. 2. Synonyms: Accomplished, adaptable, all-around, functional, gifted, resourceful, skilled, skillful, talented |
| Disseminate | 1. Verb: To scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; pomulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse. 2. Synonyms: Advertise, circulate, disperse, propagate, publicize, publish |
| Consenus | 1. Noun: Majority of opinion. 2. Synonyms: Accord, consent, harmony, unanimity, unity |
| Hypervigilant | 1. Adjective: Keenly watchful to detect danger; wary. 2. Synonyms: Anxious, attentive, aware, cautious, circumspect, keen, obserrvant, wary |
| Dreamlike | 1. Noun: A succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep. 2. Synonyms: Surreal, hypnagogic |
| Wayward | 1. Adjective: Turned or turning away from what is proper; will full; disobedient. 2. Synonyms: Caprocious, delinquent, errant, erratic, headstrong, rebellious, recalcitrant, unruly |
| Overzealous | 1. Adjective: Too ardently active, devoted, or diligent; full of, characterized by, ot due to zeal. 2. Synonyms: Demonstrative, fidgety, fiery, high-strong, hysterical, restless, skittish, tempermental |
| Detrimental | 1. Adjective: Causing detriment; damaging; harmful. 2. Synonyms: Adverse, bad, baleful, deletrious, destructive, disturbing, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill inimical, injurious, mischievous, negative, nocuous, pennicious, prejudgical, unfavorable |
| Indoctrinate | 1. Verb: To instruction in a doctrinem principle, ideology, etc, especially to imbue with a specfic partison or biased belief or point of view. 2. Synonyms: Break down, convince, drill, ground, imbue, implant, inclucate, influence, intiate |
| Heinous | 1. Adjective: Hateful; odious, abominable; totally reprehensible. 2. Synonyms: Abhorrent, abominable, accursed, atrociousm awful, bad, beastly, crying, cursed, evil, execrable, flagitious, flagrant, frightful |
| Incessant | 1. Adjective: Continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending. 2. Synonyms: Ceaseless, constant, continual, continous, endless, interminable, nonstop, perpetual, relentless, round-the-clock, unceasing, unending, unrelenting, unremitting |
| Propaganda | 1. Noun: Information, ideas or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, instition, nation, etc. 2. Synonyms: Disinformation, hype, indoctrination, publicity |
| Compelling | 1. Adjective: Having a powerful and irrestable effect; requiring acute admiration, attention, or respect. 2. Synonyms: Fascinating, constraining, compulsory, forcible, imperative |
| Speculate | 1. Verb: To engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed on, upon, or a clause. 2. Synonyms: Contemplate, figure out, guess, hypothesize, read, reflect, ruminate, surmise, weigh, wonder |
| Significant | 1. Adjective: Important, of consequence Noun: Something significant; a sign, 2. Synonyms: Compelling, important, momentous, powerful, serious, symbolic |
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