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MD Vocab 108-133

QuestionAnswer
cogent keen, forceful
crucible -a severe test, hard trial-container resisting great heat for melting
compendious voluminous
prudential wise, cautiously wise
transient temporary, lasting a short time
placard poster for display in public
sinecure easy job requiring little work
indulge yield to one's desires or wishes
whimsy caprice, odd, curious fanciful notion
yaw turn or deviate a ship unintentionally from its course
importunity urgent, beseeching, insistant request
blithe carefree
ruddy red colored
venerable worthy of respect
filial of a son or daughter
complacent sinus, self-satisfied
revelry wild, merrymaking
derision scornful laughter
revery deep thought, reflection
impotence powerlessness
wane decrease
doxology hymn of praise
tempest storm
cordage collective number of cords and tapes in ship's rigging
tableau scene, picture
spasmodic fitful, intermitent, often sudden and violent bursts
festoon to hang a wreath or garland in a curve
libertine person given to promiscuous sensual pleasures
portent omen
inscrutable unknowable, hard to understand or figure out
despot tyrant, ruler with absolute authority
vindicated proven right or correct
maelstrom any large or violent whirpool
craven cowardly
Created by: jdavis91991
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