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Word Wealth #1
Aileen's Word Wealth class-2008 fall semester
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| phantasmal | illusion or apparition |
| unenlightened | lacking information or instruction |
| exuberant | filled with excitement |
| vernacular | everyday language |
| emphatic | expressing something forcibly or clearly |
| egregious | outstandingly bad |
| flabbergast | surprise or astonish |
| corybantic | wild, frenzied |
| clairvoyant | a person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future |
| salient | most noticeable |
| obstetric | related to childbirth |
| ambulatory | related to walking |
| feral | in a wild state (after escape from captivity) |
| hybrid | a mixture |
| infirmity | physical or mental weakness |
| incite | stir up (negative behavior) |
| regress | to return to a less developed state |
| dormant | asleep, inactive |
| argot | jargon, slang |
| perpetuated | continue indefinitely |
| transcendence | beyond or above the range of normal or merely physical human experience |
| qualitative | relating to or measured by the quality (value) of something |
| brandishing | flourish, shake, wave |
| incandescent | emitting light |
| idiom | language,mode of expression, speech |
| fundamental | basic core, foundational |
| capacity | ability or power to do or hold |
| emancipation | set free |
| prodigious | impressively great in size or degree |
| deficient | lacking some element of characteristic |
| enterprises | project or undertaking, typically one that is difficult or requires effort |
| interface | a point where two systems, subjects, organizations, etc., meet and interact |
| rigorous | extremely thorough or exhausting |
| enthrall | captivate, charm |
| vainly | producing no result, uselessly |
| soughing | moaning, whistling or rushing sound |
| incurable | chronic, untreatable |
| locution | style of speech |
| embark | begin, start, commence |
| perspective | a point of view |
| existential | affirming or implying the existence of a thing |
| eloquence | fluent or persuasive speaking or writing |
| animus | hostility or ill-feeling |
| impedes | hinders |
| incognito | having one's true identity concealed |
| enfranchisement | give the right to vote to |
| proposition | a statement that expresses an opinion or judgement |
| diverged | deviate from a set course |
| primitive | preserving the character of an early stage in the development of something |
| congenitally | present from birth |
| progressive | increasing in severity or extent |
| endeavor | to try hard to do or achieve something |
| misconceived | fail to understand correctly |
| prohibition | the action of forbidding something |
| irrepressible | not able to be controlled |
| virtually | strikingly, totally, ultimately, perfectly |
| formulation | the act of devising or creating something |
| discourse | written or spoken communication or debate |
| syntax | the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences |
| unwittingly | not aware of the full facts, unintentional |
| incredulity | the state of being unwilling or unable to believe something |
| calamities | disasters, tragedies |
| pantomime | performers express meaning through gestures |
| turmoil | a state of great disturbance or uncertainty |
| inception | the establishment or starting point of an institution or activity |
| valiant | possessing or showing courage or determination |
| fervor | intense and passionate feeling |
| righteous | good, virtous |
| sagacious | having or showing good judgement |
| hereditary | genetic, inborn |
| cerebral | characterized by the use of intellect rather than intuition and instinct |
| tragic | causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow |
| sentient | able to perceive or see things |
| inflexion | vary the intonation or pitch of (the voice). ; to express mood or feeling |
| educable | capable of learning |
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