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Vocabulary Unit 15
accolade, bludgeon, chastisement, clairvoyant, concoct
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accolade - | noun / an honor, expression of approval, applause, approval, praise, award, badge |
| bludgeon - | verb \ to hit someone with a stick, to beat, to whack, to attack |
| chastisement - | noun \ severe criticism, punishment, penalty, reprimand, upbraid, admonish |
| clairvoyant - | adjective \ psychic, visionary, far-sighted, discerning, telepathic |
| concoct - | verb / to create, formulate, batch, brew, compound, originate, fabricate, invent, make |
| divvy - | verb \ to divide, to distribute, to deal, to share, to split, to ration |
| fastidious - | adjective \ concerned about accuracy and perfection, very careful, nickpicky, choosy, finicky, neat-freek, overly neat, |
| hubbub - | noun \ chaos, commotion, disorder, brouhaha, fuss, pandamonium |
| kowtow - | verb \ give into or accept, pander, obsequious, genuflect |
| nomenclature - | noun \ the choosing of names for things, vocabulary, glossary, classification |
| preposterous - | adjective \ ridiculous, bizarre, absurd, crazy, foolish, impossible, incredible, insane, ludicrous, unreasonable |
| quixotic - | adjective \ idealistic, dreamy, foolish, impossible, overly perfect, utopian |
| recalcitrance - | noun \ defiance of rules, insubordination, headstrong, difficult |
| sobriquet - | noun \ a nickname, label, tag, AKA, assumed name, pen name, professional name, sudanym |
| tempestuous - | adjective \ wild, turbulent, stormy, heated, agitated, blustering, tumelteous |