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MAT VocRev 01
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| debauchery | wild living; corruption by sensuality |
| wright | a worker, especially in wood; used in combination with another word (e.g. wheelwright, playwright) |
| iconoclast | one who destroys religious images or attacks established beliefs |
| refurbish | to freshen or make new; to renovate |
| exacerbate | to make more violent or more severe ANTONYM: assuage; sppease |
| mandatory | necessary; obligatory |
| yowl | to cry out loudly; to wail |
| imbue | to permeate or influence |
| immutable | not susceptible to change |
| inure | to accustom to accept something undesirable; to habituate |
| mercurial | quickly changing; inconstant |
| tort | a civil wrong for which the injured party is entitled to compensation |
| gauge | the size of a shotgun; measure of the interior diameter of the barrel |
| franchise | the right to vote; a special privilege granted to a few; the right to market certain goods in a particular region |
| cooper | a maker of casks or barrels |
| calumny | a lie told to damage another's reputation; slander |
| denre | an artistic category or type |
| gregarious | liking companionship; sociable |
| aphelion | the point in a planet's orbit that is farthest from the sun |
| platen | (1) a roller on a typewriter; (2) a flat plate |
| jargon | specialized terminology of a certain group; a lingo |
| necrophobia | the fear of death |
| ostentatious | showy; pretentious |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| sterile | inimaginative; unfruitful; bare ANTONYM: fecund; fertile |
| homophones | words that sound alike but have different meanings |
| androphobia | the fear of men |
| reprehend | to voice disapproval of |
| austral | southern ANTONYM: boreal |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| mitigate | to soften; to lessen the severity of |
| necropolis | a cemetery |
| pundit | an expert; an authority; a critical; a savant |
| caustic | acrid; biting |
| objurgate | to denounce harshly; to declaim; to castigate |
| corroborate | to confirm; to back up with evidence |
| wanton | flirtatious; lascivious |
| burnoose | a hooded Arabic cloak |
| canonical | orthodox; authoritive |
| euphemism | (1) the substitution of a positive expression for something that may be interpreted as negative or distasteful; (2) the expression that is substituted |
| nuance | a subtle distinction, variation, or quality |
| oscillate | to swing back and forth; to vary |
| dissuade | to persuade someone not to do something |
| gauche | lacking social grace; crude; awkward |
| vapid | lacking vitality; flat; uninteresting |
| chastise | to criticize harshly; to castigate |
| remonstrate | to object; to protest |
| abscond | to depart secretly; to hide (oneself) |
| hermetic | sealed off from external influencel airtightl abstruse or occult |
| ludicrous | laughable; rediculous |
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