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MAT VocRev 03
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| brusque | abrupt or short in manner or speech |
| ignominious | infamous; despicable |
| trenchant | (1) caustic; penetrating; (2) separate; distinct |
| puerile | childish juvenile |
| virago | a loud, overbearing woman; a termagant |
| captious | critical; fault-finding |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| fagoting | a type of embroidery |
| arachnophobia | the fear of spiders |
| vicarious | experienced through another medium; experienced through imaginary participation in the events of another's life |
| empirical | based on expertise, observation, or experimental evidence |
| kudos | praise; compliments |
| circumlocution | an indirect expression; wordy or evasive language |
| nuncupative | no written; oral |
| fecund | fruitful; fertile |
| omnipotent | all-powerful |
| abdicate | to denounce; to discard; to abandon |
| debilitate | to weaken ANTONYM: invigorate |
| fortuitous | happening by chance; unplanned |
| cassock | a loose robe worn by priests |
| carp | to complain |
| profusion | a great amount; an abundance |
| termagant | a shrew; a nagging woman, as Xanthippe (Socrates' wife); a virago; an ogress; a harpy |
| impermeable | impervious; not permitting passage through |
| artifice | cleverness; ingenuity |
| fuchsia | vivid reddish purple |
| omnivore | one who eats both animals and vegetables |
| antiseptic | free from germs, exceptionally clean |
| incarnadine | blood red |
| recidivism | repeated relapse, as in tendency to repeat criinal activity |
| therapeutic | used in the treatment of diseases or disorders; curative |
| efface | to make indistinct by wearing away; to erase or remove |
| plethora | a superfluity; an excess |
| caduceus | the emblem of the medical profession (a staff wutg ubtertwubed snajes and wings at the top) |
| recusant | marked by refusal to obey authority |
| chauvinism | excessive or blind patriotism |
| hyaline | transparent or almost so; glassy |
| philatelist | one who studies and collects stamps |
| quagmire | a bog; a difficult or entrapping situation; a predicament |
| garrulous | wordy; extremely talkative; gabby ANTONYM: taciturn |
| goad | to urge, egg on, or incite to do something ANTONYM: curb |
| pusillanimous | cowardly; fearful |
| wroth | intensely angry; incensed |
| coda | a passage that concludes a musical or literary work |
| xenophobia | the fear of strangers |
| atrophy | a wasting away; degeneration |
| puce | dark red |
| dialectic | logical argumentation |
| inciphient | just beginning; in the early stages; commencing |
| indigent | impoverished |
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