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Final Exam
Vocab List 8-14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Perdition | damnation; hell |
| Aesthetic | pertaining to beauty |
| Empirical | based on practical experience rather than theory |
| Germane | relevant; fitting |
| Querulous | complaining; grumbling |
| Flaccid | flabby |
| Egregious | remarkably bad; outrageously evil |
| Recant | to withdraw or disavow a statement or opinion |
| Jocular | Humorous; light hearted |
| Palliate | to ease; to lessen; to alleviate |
| Malleable | capable of being changed; easily shaped |
| Affinity | attraction to |
| Impalpable | unable to be felt |
| Miscreant | vicious person |
| Lascivious | lustful |
| Hector | to bully |
| Coalesce | to blend |
| Beguile | to charm; to deceive |
| Hiatus | a break |
| Auspicious | favorable or promising results |
| Vociferous | loud noise |
| Proletariat | working class |
| Tenacious | strongly held |
| Refractory | difficult to control |
| Platonic | absence of romance |
| Apex | highest point |
| Acrid | bitter |
| Credulity | to believe readily |
| Dross | trash |
| Verisimilitude | appearance of truth |
| Intractable | stubborn |
| Disseminate | to scatter |
| Extemporaneous | spontaneous |
| Diaspora | dispersion of people |
| Acerbic | sarcastic |
| Androgynous | male and female characteristics |
| Furlough | leave of absence |
| Misogyny | hatred to women |
| Stolid | unemotional |
| Succor | something to give relief or aid |
| Clandestine | secret |
| Camaraderie | friend |
| Zealous | fervent or fanatical |
| Replete | full; abundant |
| Interminable | tiresome and ling |
| Vernacular | everyday language |
| Equanimity | composure and calmness |
| Metamorphosis | a transformation or dramatic change |
| Nonchalant | unconcerned |
| Cosmopolitan | wordy and sophisticated |
| Peremptory | authoritative |
| Usurp | to take over |
| Patronizing | acting superior |
| Iniquity | evil or wicked act |
| Vacillate | to waver indecisively |
| Talisman | a charm |
| Efficacious | effective |
| Inundate | to fill up to capacity |
| Estrange | to alienate |
| Intrinsic | inherent |
| Anomaly | out of the norm |
| Innocuous | harmless |
| Plethora | excess |
| Flippancy | disrespect |
| Incongruous | unsuitable for the situation |
| Hubris | overbearing pride |
| Platitude | a obvious remark |
| Venerate | to respect |
| Stringent | restrictive |
| Haughty | arrogant |
| Convoluted | complicated |
| Anecdote | a short account of an incident |
| Churlish | boorish and vulgar |
| Livid | extremely angry |
| Lurid | explicit |
| Puerile | childish |
| Renunciation | rejection |
| Allay | to relieve |
| Ameliorate | to improve |
| Culpable | guilty |
| Penultimate | next to last |
| Blithe | carefree |
| Soporific | to induce sleep |
| Pervasive | spread throughout |
| Benign | favorable |
| Corroborate | to confirm |
| Luminous | emit light |
| Circuitous | roundabout |
| Largesse | generosity |
| Indolent | lazy |
| Turpitude | wickedness |
| Punctilious | attentive to detail |
| Conflagration | large destructive fire |
| Protégé | a person under the guidance |
| Virulent | toxic |
| Curmudgeon | a stubborn person |
| Gustatory | taste |
| Misanthrope | hatred to humankind |
| Malevolent | having ill-will |
| Paladin | a heroic champion |
| Tangential | merely touching |
| Exculpate | not guilty |
| Squelch | to squash |
| Ethereal | angelic |
| Ascetic | a person who practices extreme self-denial |
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