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Vocab Test 75-105
Words 75-105
Term | Definition |
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Refute | Verb: To prove something wrong; disprove |
Posit | Verb: To propose as an explanation, to suggest or postulate |
Posthumous | Adj: Occurring, awarded or appearing after death of the originator |
Explicate | Verb: To analyze (a literary work) in order to reveal its meaning |
Emanate | Verb: To come out from a source; to emit |
Calamitous | Adj: Involving calamity, catastrophic, disastrous |
Solitude | Noun: Seclusion, loneliness |
Obstinate | Adj: Stubborn |
Tautology | Noun: A phrase or expression in which the same thing is said twice in different words |
Colloquial | Adj: Conversational, informal (in terms of speaking or writing) |
Venerable | Adj: Respected, old, and wise |
Languid | Adj: Weak, listless, slow |
Morbid | Adj: Relating to death or disease |
Divan | Noun: A long, low sofa |
Enmity | Noun: Hostility, hatred |
Ensconce | Verb: Shelter, conceal |
Tedious | Adj: Too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous |
Fidelity | Noun: Loyalty, devotion |
Candor | Noun: Honesty |
Pallid | Adj: Pale, sickly |
Tremulous | Adj: Shaking or quivering slightly |
Lucrative | Adj: Profitable, money-making |
Indolent | Adj: Lazy, idle, languid |
Myriad | 1. Noun: A countless or great quantity 2. Adj: Countless, innumerable |
Vain | Adj: Conceited, prideful |
Querulous | Adj: Fretful, cantankerous |
Revelry | Noun: Wild and noisy partying |
Incorrigible | Adj: Of a person or their tendencies not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed |
Anodyne | Noun: A painkilling drug or medicine |
Petulant | Adj: Insolent or rude, peevish, sulky |
Insolent | Adj: Having or showing a lack of respect for other people; petulant |
Repent | Verb: To feel or express sincere regret or remorse |