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Test 11 LA Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abhor | To utterly hate |
| Absurd | Ridiculous |
| Anthropologist | Person who studies mankind |
| Artifact | A hand made object |
| Bigot | One who is not tolerant of others idea |
| Bizzare | Weird |
| Contemptuous | Looking down on someone or something |
| Entreaty | plea, appeal |
| Fetish | A magical object |
| Imperitive | Necessary |
| Imprudent | Unwise |
| Inanimate | Without life |
| Inviobale | Completely Projected |
| Originate | Begin, arise |
| Prohbition | Forbidding of certain actions |
| Taboo | Forbidden |
| Taint | Contaminate |
| Tradition | Long-standing practice |
| Universal | Widespread |
| Vulnerable | Able to be hurt |
| To get off one's high horse | To act like an ordinary person |
| Of the first water | The greatest |
| Dyed-in-the-wool | Set in one's ways |
| Blue chip | A highly valued asset |
| Analogous | Comparable, simmilar |
| Catastrophic | Disasturous |
| Compensentory | Serving to pay back |
| Decade | Ten years |
| Encunate | To utter, proclaim |
| Gamut | Range |
| Heterogeneous | Dissimilar |
| Inordinate | Excessive |
| Introspecetive | Looking into one's feelings |
| Irascible | Irritable |
| Malajusted | Disturbed |
| Mandate | Authoritative command |
| Mortality | Death |
| Neurotic | Having a nervous disorder |
| Nuetralize | Counteract |
| Pedagogue | Teacher |
| Perpetuate | To cause to countinue |
| Perspicacious | Shrewd |
| Phenomenon | Unusual occurance |
| Susceptable | Easily affected |
| The distaff side | Women |
| On the qui vive | On the alert |
| To get one's back up | Become angry |
| Bring home the bacon | Earn a living |