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Lesson 5+ vocabulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anagram | a word or phrase created from moving around the letters of a different word or phrase. |
| assertion | a belief statement. |
| banter | an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; |
| coherent | logically connected; consistent: |
| congenital | of or relating to a condition present at birth, whether inherited or caused by the environment, especially the uterine environment. |
| connotation | the suggesting of an additional meaning for a word or expression, apart from its explicit meaning. |
| dissolute | indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; |
| epithet | any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality: “Richard the Lion-Hearted” is an epithet of Richard I. |
| foreshadow | to show or indicate beforehand; |
| fulminate | to explode with a loud noise; detonate; to issue condemnation; |
| goad | something that encourages, urges, or drives; a stimulus. |
| inexplicable | incapable of being accounted for or explained. |
| lucid | easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible |
| noncommittal | indefinite, vague, equivocal, evasive, guarded; |
| nostalgic | a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation. |
| novice | a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; |
| proboscis | any long, flexible snout; |
| quixotic | extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable; impulsive and rashly unpredictable. |
| stipend | a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student; fixed or regular pay; |
| surmise | to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess. |