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last 100 vocab 1
Question | Answer |
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abstemious | sparing in the use of food and drink |
chimerical | fanciful |
facet | side;aspect |
fetish | object of worship |
Machiavellian | politically cunning |
ochlocracy | mob rule |
omniscient | all-knowing |
pariah | outcast |
peremtorty | decisive and final |
poignant | painfully moving |
querulous | complaining |
specious | subtly false |
ubiquitous | found everywhere |
unctuous | bland and smugly smooth in pretense of concern, sincerity, or spirituality |
vainglorious | boastful |
monograph | a treatise on one subject |
monologue | one person speech |
monomania | mental derangement confined to one idea |
monoplane | an airplane with one wing |
monopoly | control of any one thing |
monosyllable | one syllable word |
monotheism | belief in one god |
monotone | one unvarying tone |
monarchy | one ruler |
monastery | place in which a person lives alone under religious vows |
monk | the inhabitant of the place where they can live under religious vows |
monotonous | continuing in one unvarying way or tone |
bicycle | two wheeled vehicle |
biennial | occurring every two years |
bifocals | eyeglasses having two kinds of lenses |
bigamy | second marriage while the first marriage is still in effect |
bimonthly | every two months |
binoculars | something used for two eyes |
biped | an animal with two feet |
biscuit | something cooked twice |
bisect | cut into two |
bivalve | a marine animal with two shells |
tricycle | a vehicle of three wheels |
trilateral | having three sides |
trilingual | made up of, or pertaining to, three languages |
trilogy | a series of three literary or musical compositions |
trimonthly | every three months |
trinity | the union of three persons, as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost |
trio | three people who sing a song |
triple | consisting of three |
triplets | three children born simultaneously from the same mother |
tripod | a three-legged stand, as for a camera |