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Ultimate vocab amstu
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| epiphany | n.) a sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something; a revelation. |
| facetious | adj.) playfully jocular; humorous: |
| feckless | adj.) lacking purpose or vitality; careless or irresponsible. |
| fiduciary | adj.) of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another; held in trust. |
| filibuster | n.) The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action. |
| gauche | adj.) Lacking grace or social polish; awkward or tactless. |
| gerrymander | verb) To divide a geographic area into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections. |
| hegemony | noun) The predominant influence of a state, region, or group over others: |
| hubris | noun) Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance. |
| incognito | adj or adv) With one’s identity disguised or concealed. |
| abjure | (verb): to renounce |
| auspicious | (adj): marked by favorable circumstances; successful; prosperous |
| abrogate | (verb): to abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority |
| circumlocution | (noun): the use of wordy and indirect language; evasiveness in speech and writing |
| antebellum | (adj): belonging to a period before a war, especially the American Civil War. |
| abstemious | adj) marked by restraint especially in the consumption of food or alcohol |
| enervate | verb) lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor |
| acumen | noun) keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination |
| enfranchise | verb) Meaning: to set free |
| belie | verb)to give a false idea of |
| bellicose | adj)feeling or displaying eagerness to fight |
| chicanery | noun) the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end |
| churlish | adj)having or showing crudely insensitive or impolite manners |
| deleterious | adj) causing or capable of causing harm |
| diffident | adj)not comfortable around people |
| expurgate | To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable materials from a work before publication |
| Homogenous | Uniform in structure or composition; of the same or similar nature or kind. |
| incontrovertible | Impossible to dispute; unquestionable |
| Impeach | to make an accusation against a person |
| Evanescent | Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor. |
| infrastructure | The basic system or underlying structure of an organization, community, or society. |
| suffragist (n) | An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women. |
| supercilious (adj) | feeling or showing haughty disdain. |
| usurp (v) | to seize and hold; to take over or occupy without right. |
| xenophobe (n) | A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples. |
| unctuous (adj) | characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness. |
| tempestuous (adj) | characterized by violent emotions or actions; tumultuous; stormy. |
| . laissez faire (n) | (2) noninterference in the affairs of others. economics |
| lexicon (n) | a stock of terms; a vocabulary |
| totalitarian (adj) | a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed. |
| obsequious (adj) | full of or exhibiting servile compliance; |
| reciprocal (adj) | Done, given, felt, or owed in return |
| reparation (noun) | the act or process of making amends for a wrong |
| loquacious | adj) very talkative |
| paradigm (noun) | assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality |
| Sanguine (adj) | cheerfully confident; optimistic |
| vacuous (adj) | devoid of substance or meaning; inane |
| irony (noun) | an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected |
| vehement (adj) | forceful or intense in expression, emotion, or conviction |
| pecuniary (adj) | ) of or relating to money |
| Fatuous (adj) | foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way. |
| Inculcate (v.) | to impress something upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill. |
| Jejune (adj) | (1) not interesting or dull; (2) lacking maturity, childish. |
| Kinetic (adj) | produced by motion. |
| . Kowtow (v.) | to show servile deference: |
| . Lugubrious (adj) | mournful, dismal, or gloomy, |
| Moiety (n) | a part, portion, or share. |
| . Nonsectarian (adj) | not limited or associated with a particular religious denomination. |
| . Plagiarize (v) | to use and pass off as one’s own. |
| Tautology (n) | needless repetition, redundancy. |
| bowdlerize | to remove material that is considered objectionable from a publication. |
| circumnavigated | (v.) = to proceed completely around, to go around |
| Equinox (n.) | either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the equator |
| Metamorphosis (n) | change in appearance, character, condition, or function; a transformation. |
| Interpolate (v. | to insert or introduce between other elements or parts, particularly in a text or conversation. |
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