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MAT VocRev 05
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| timbre | the quality of a sound or tone, distinctive of a particular voice or instrument |
| strident | loud; harsh; grating |
| adamant | unyielding; stubborn |
| sectarian | of or relating to a sect or a smaller group within a larger group that adopts only certain beleifs; narrow-minded |
| denim | a durable, twilled, usually cotton fabric qoven with white filling thread |
| rotund | round; plump; chubby |
| meticulous | extremely concerned with details; well organized |
| surreptitious | secret; covert ANTONYM: brazen; overt |
| aestivate (estivate) | to spend the summer in an inactive state |
| tawdry | appearing gaudy or cheap |
| coalesce | to grow together; to unite into a whole |
| junta | a political group or committee, especially after a revolution |
| millennium | a thousand years |
| abstemious | sparing or moderate, especially in eating or drinking ANTONYM: dluttonous |
| tacit | unspoken; implied ANTONYM: explicit |
| egress | (1) n. an exit; (2) v. to go out from |
| quaff | to drink hearily |
| propinquity | closeness; proximity |
| redolent | having a pleasing scent; fragrant |
| sanction | to authorixe or approve |
| jenny | a female donkey |
| paucity | a small amount; a scarcity |
| dray | a vehicle used to haul goods |
| obtrude | to force, usually oneself or one's ideas on another without request |
| ruminate | to reflect on something; to ponder |
| explicate | to explain |
| invective | insulting or abusive language |
| homophobia | the fear of homosexuals |
| fraught | laden; charged |
| inimical | hostile; unfriendly ANTONYM: amicable |
| undulate | to move in wavelike motions; to fluctuate |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing; official misconduct |
| declaim | to make a bombastic speech |
| facetious | humorous; not serious |
| terrestrial | having to do with the earth |
| torpid | dormant; lacking energy; lethargic; apathetic; dull |
| ungainly | hard to handle; unwieldy; clumsy |
| voracious | ravenous; gluttonous; insatiable |
| judicious | wise; sagacious; prudent |
| partisan | one who is committed to a particular person, cause, or idea |
| agoraphobia | the fear of open spaces |
| acrophobia | the fear of heights |
| immiscible | incapable of being mixed |
| improvident | not providing for the future; careless |
| emanate | to send out; to emit |
| zenith | (1) the highest point; (2) the highest point reached by a celestial body ANTONYM: nadir |
| delineate | to describe; to portray; to sketch |
| stygian | (1) dark and gloomy; (2) relating to the Styx (in Gree mythology, the river of the underworld) |
| fervid | very hot; intense in feeling or emotion; impassioned |
| disinterested | unbiased |
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