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July 15, 2009
Third and fourth Homework Lists
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| deceit | deception or trick |
| hypocrisy | insincerity; pretending to be what one is not |
| duplicity | deception; double-dealing; deceit |
| fallacious | false; misleading; deceptive |
| gouge | to cheat or defraud someone |
| specious | false |
| prevaricate | to lie |
| charlatan | an impostor; a quzck; a con artist |
| fabricate | to make up for the purpose of deception; to manufacture |
| guile | deceit; cunning; trickery; duplicity |
| affected | acting in an artificial way; putting on a false appearance |
| chicanery | deception by artful trickery |
| insidious | treacherous; sneaky; sly |
| bilk | to defraud; to cheat; to swindle |
| feign | to put on a false appearance; to pretend for deceptive purposes |
| stratagem | a plan to deceive or trick |
| spurious | counterfeit; false |
| apocryphal | of doubtful origin; false |
| jollity | merriment; fun; gaiety |
| jubilee | a special anniversary or occasion of celebration |
| carouse | rowdy, drunken merrymaking |
| cavort | to skip about; prance; excessive partying |
| buoyancy | the ability to float; lightness of spirit |
| effervescent | bubbling; vivacious; exhilarated |
| blithe | filled with gaiety; cheerful; careful; jovial |
| gambol | to leap about; to frolic; to play |
| sanguine | cheerful; hopeful |
| destitute | impoverished |
| pauper | a poor person |
| insolvent | out of money |
| squalor | filthiness caused by poverty |
| indigent | impoverished |
| penury | extreme poverty |
| mendicant | a beggar; a poor person |
| impecunious | poor; having no money |
| brevity | briefness; shortness of duration |
| concise | briefly stated; succinct |
| terse | effectively concise; short yet polished |
| pithy | short; concise; precisely meaningful |
| laconic | using a minimum number of words; concise |
| taciturn | disinclined to talk; silent |
| sententious | short and moralistic in expression |
| irreverent | lacking respect |
| desecrate | to treat with disrespect |
| profane | ungodly; not sacred |
| heresy | dissent from traditional beliefs |
| blasphemy | lack of respect for God; heresy |
| iconoclasm | attacking traditional ideas |
| savory | good tasting |
| aromatic | fragrant; having an agreeable odor |
| euphony | sweet-sounding; pleasing to the ear |
| redolent | fragrant; having an agreeable odor |
| dulcet | pleasing to the ear; melodious |
| abashed | embarrassed; made ashamed |
| chagrin | distress caused by humiliation or failure |
| mortify | to cause to suffer extreme embaarrassment |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| abstract | theoretical; lacking substance |
| amorphous | without shape or form |
| incorporeal | without shape; without a body |
| ethereal | without form; heavenly |
| nebulous | vague and indistinct |
| inclined | tending toward one direction or opinion; a liking |
| propensity | a natural inclination; a tendency |
| penchant | leaning toward or liking something or someone |
| proclivity | a natural tendency to do something; an inclination |
| novice | an inexperienced person |
| fledgling | young and inexperienced |
| neophyte | someone without experience; beginner |
| callow | immature; inexperienced |
| contempt | scornful disdain; the act of despising |
| animosity | hatred |
| antagonism | opposition; hostility; resistance |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt; to treat as unworthy of notice |
| vindictive | vengeful; viscious; spiteful |
| antipathy | feeling of ill-will |
| abhor | to hate intensely; to despise |
| malevolent | having vicious ill-will and hatred |
| loathe | to hate |
| enmity | a feeling or condition of hatred; animosity |
| inimical | hostile and unfriendly |
| rancor | hatred; ill will |
| misanthrope | one who hates mankind |
| fluctuate | to change frequently; to vary |
| fickle | unpredictable |
| waver | to sway; to hesitate; to vacillate |
| volatile | unstable; easily stirred to anger |
| erratic | irregular |
| whimsical | impulsive; unpredictable |
| capricious | impulsive; unpredictable |
| vacillate | to fluctuate; to waver |
| mercurial | temperamental; emotionally unstable |
| vicissitude | change or fortune; alternating changes; flucation |
| morsel | a small amount |
| infinitesimal | extremely small |
| scant | skimpy; small in amount |
| paltry | small in amount |
| mote | a small particle or speck; a small amount |
| iota | a small amount |
| scintilla | a small amount |
| snippet | a small piee; a fragment |
| paucity | lack; scarcity |
| dearth | lack; small amount |
| augment | to increase;to add to; to make greater; to enlarge |
| flourish | to prosper; to thrive |
| enhance | to increase; to intensify; to make greater; to heighten |
| aggrandize | to make larger, greater, to increase |
| burgeon | to develop rapidly; to flourish; to grow vigorously |
| proliferation | reproduction; multiplication |
| agile | able to move with ease,spped and coordination |
| adept | skillful; cleaver |
| spry | limber |
| lithe | graceful and limber |
| supple | plaint and limber |
| saturate | to spread through; to wet thoroughly |
| pervade | to spread through every part of; to penetrate |
| permeate | tp penetrate and spread through |
| imbue | to spread through |
| curtail | to cut back; to lessen; to shorten |
| taper | to decrease gradually in width; to come to a point |
| truncate | to cut short |
| abate | to decrease; to diminish |
| arable | fertile (as in land) |
| prolific | very productive |
| fecund | productive; fertile |
| pragmatic | practical |
| expedient | practical; quick; efficient |
| utilitarian | practically functional |
| fleeting | short-lived |
| transient | short-lived; not around for a long time |
| ephemeral | fleeting; short-lived |
| evanescent | vanishing; fleeting; short-lived |
| temporal | not lasting forever |
| transitory | not lasting or enduring; bfief; short-lived |
| nostalgia | a longing for things/ experiences belonging to the past |
| wistful | full of unfilled longing or desire; yearning |
| maudlin | overly emotional or sentimental |
| mawkish | overly emotional or sentimental |
| simpering | over emotional or sentimental |
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