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MAT VocRev 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sidereal | related to the stars; astral |
| gelding | a castrated male horse |
| reciprocal | (1) mutuall shared; common; (2) inversely related |
| apogee | the point in a satellite's orbit that is farthest from the center of the earth |
| dross | waste material from molten metal |
| ineluctable | inescapable; inevitable |
| epiphany | a sudden, and often divine, enlightenment or realization |
| labyrinth | a place full of intricate passageways; something extremely complex or intricate |
| megalomaniac | one who exhibits delusions of omnipotence or grandeur |
| antipathy | firm dislike; hatred ANTONYM: sympathy |
| tittle | a particle |
| sophomoric | (literally "wise fool") believing one's level of knowledge and maturity to be higher than it actually is |
| turbid | muddy |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical and idealistic; capricious |
| incongruous | not like the others in a group; out of place; incompatible |
| nyctophobia | the fear of darkness |
| nexus | a connection or link |
| philistine | (1) characterized by material rather than spiritual or artistic balues; (2) narrow-minded or uninformed with respect to a specific topic area |
| ossify | to become hard as a bone |
| fractious | unruly; quarrelsome |
| abrogate | to break, as a treaty or law |
| hoary | gray or white with age |
| abstruse | hard to understand or grasp; esoteric |
| bombastic | pompous; overblown; turgid |
| pecuniary | having to do with money |
| vulpine | foxlike; crafty |
| incommodious | troublesome; inconvenient |
| anathema | a ban or curse; a denunciation accompanied by excommunication |
| obliterate | to destroy completely; to cause to disappear |
| salubrious | healthy; promoting well-being; salutary ANTONYM: deleterious |
| garner | to collect; to accumulate |
| indigenous | having originated naturally in a particular environment |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words whose sounds convey their meaning (e.g., buzz, hiss) |
| catholic | universal ANTONYM: provincial; parochial |
| paradigm | an example; a pattern; an archetype |
| cacophony | a harsh-sounding mixture of words, voices, or sounds |
| impecunious | having little or no money |
| elegy | a lament for the dead |
| hypertrophy | an exaggerated increase or complexity |
| conundrum | a puzzle; a riddle |
| loggia | a roofed, open gallery, like a porch |
| qualm | (1) a sudden onset of illness, especially of nausea; (2) a feeling of unease about a point of conscience |
| volatile | easily aroused; explosive |
| kaleidoscope | (1) a succession of changing patterns or scenes; (2) a changing pattern or scene |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| sequester | (1) to set apart from others; to segregate; (2) to confiscate |
| fulsome | (1) abundant; copious; (2)morally offensive; disgusting |
| stoma, stomata | a minute opening on outside surface of a plant (e.g. a leaf) for the passage pf gases |
| cabal | group united to plot, especially the overthrow of authority |
| effusive | overflowing very demonstrative |
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