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Harris 08 Final exam vocab.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid | congeal |
| so great or demanding as not to be satisfied | insatiable |
| relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting | germane |
| deliberately setting or causing fiers; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion | incendiary |
| improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred | sacrilege |
| nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment | myopic |
| having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity | viscous |
| language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content; wordiness | verbiage |
| ridiculous, laughable, absurd | ludicrous |
| humorous, jesting, jolly, joking | jocular |
| shame and disgrace | ignominy |
| marked by evil and corruption; devoid of moral principles | depraved |
| one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic | agnostic |
| a bitter and prolonged verbal attack | diatribe |
| beastlike; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility | bestial |
| done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty | furtive |
| clothing, garments | raiment |
| to assert without proof or confirmation | allege |
| one of a seried of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit | echelon |
| grisly; gruesom; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject | macabre |