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Vocabulary List
Word List 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pulchritude | great physical beauty and appeal |
| wary | cautious, watchful; on guard |
| extant | not destroyed, lost, or extinct |
| succinct | clear, concise expression |
| sallow | of a sickly yellow pigment/hue |
| intrepid | fearless, resolutely courageous |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage, cowardly |
| punctilious | attentive to minute detail, precise |
| propitiate | To render favorably inclined; to appease; to conciliate |
| propitious | presenting favorable circumstances -- (2) kindly ; gracious |
| portentous | pending omen, indication of something important or calamitous. |
| putative | supposed; generally regarded as such ; reputed |
| intractable | difficult to manage or govern |
| immutable | not subject to change |
| redolent | having or emmitning fragrance, acromatic -- (2) suggestive; reminiscent |
| noisome | offensive to the point of arousing disgust ; foul -- (2) harmful or dangerous |
| hackneyed | trite, over familiar through over use |
| fetid | giving, possessing, or emitting an offensive odor; stinking; smelling very bad |
| fatuous | 1. adjective: Foolish or inane, especially in a complacent and smug manner; silly; absurd; stupid. 2. Illusory; delusive. |
| complaisant | desire to please |
| mein | bearing or manner |
| lugubrious | mornful, dismal, glommy, especially to an exagerated degree |
| pilgarlic | A bald-headed man; a person looked on with humorous contempt or mock pity. |
| dissemble | disguise; pretend; conceal behind a mask |
| incunabulum | early printed books, especially those printed before 1501. |
| zuchetto | skull cap work by a Roman Catholic clergyman varying in color with rank |
| antimacassar | A small cover on the arms and back of a chair |
| muezzin | crier who calls Moslems to prayer, usually from a minaret |
| Chimera | fire-breathing she-monster in Greek mythology; 1. A fanciful fabrication; illusion. 2. An organism having genetically different tissues. |
| effulgence | great brilliance; radiance; brightness |
| ephemeral | short-lived |
| naiad | nymph living in and by the water; female swimmer |
| contumacious | insubordinate; disobedient ; obstinate; resisting authority; |
| mordant | caustic; sarcastic; cutting |
| macerate | to soften and break down by soaking; to break or tear; become lean by starving |
| sophist | one who uses clever but sometimes misleading reasoning or arguments |
| potentate | one with much power; a ruler |
| disparage | disrespect ; to discredit; speak ill of; belittle; downgrade; minimize" |
| soporific | inducing sleepiness, causing drowsiness |
| phantasm | product of the imagination; illusion; fantasy |
| seraglio | harem; section of a moslem's house where his wives live |
| pareve | made without meat or milk or their derivitives; therefore, edible with meat or milk |
| parvenu | one who has risen above his social or economic class but not yet accepted |
| kabuki | popular Japanese play where men use dance, song, and movement to enact a tragedy or comedy |
| provenance | place of origin; roots; source; derivation |
| odalisque | a female slave or member of a harem; concubine |
| coterie | close group of friends usually with a common interest, backgroud; clique |
| synod | council, usually of church officials |
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