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30 Days- Day 27
Word Building By The "Unfolding Process"
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| peremptory | final, brooking no opposition or arguement, decisive to the point of being dictorial |
| ochlocracy | Mob rule |
| pariah | outcast |
| Machiavellian | shrewdly cunning, politically devious |
| omniscient | all-knowing |
| fetish | object of worship |
| poignant | sharply affecting the feelings, touching |
| ubiquitous | found everywhere |
| facet | one side, face, or aspect of something |
| querulous | complaining, whining, showing discontent |
| abstemious | very moderate, almost austere, in one's habits of eating and drinking |
| specious | seemingly true, but actually false |
| vainglorious | boastfully conceited and self-important |
| chimerical | absurdly fanciful or unreal |
| unctuous | smooth and ingratiating, but obviously insincere, in one's pretense of piety, spirituality, concern, or earnestness |