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Hobbs Vocab Test #5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Disposition | (N) - temperamental make-up |
| Distemper | (N) - bad humor or temper |
| Distill | (V) - to extract the essence of |
| Docile | (ADJ) - easily taught; easily lead or managed |
| Dolor | (N) - mental suffering or anguish |
| Dogma | (N) - something held as an established opinion; a doctrine or body of doctrines concerning faith or morals as proclaimed by a church |
| Dower | (N) - part of or interest in the real estate of a deceased husband given by law to his widow during her life |
| Ecclesiastical | (ADJ) - of or relating to a church |
| Effectual | (ADJ) - producing or able to produce the desired effect |
| Embroil | (VT) - to throw into disorder or confusion; to involve in a conflict |
| Eminence | (N) - position of prominence or superiority |
| Encumber | (V) - to weigh down or burden; to hinder |
| Epicure | (N) - one with sensitive and discriminating tastes |
| Equivocate | (V) - to avoid committing oneself to what one says |
| Esoteric | (ADJ) - designed for or understood by the specially initiated group alone; of or relating to knowledge that is restricted to a small group |
| Ethereal | (ADJ) - of or relating to the regions beyond earth; lacking material substance; marked by unusual refinement of delicacy |
| Expedient | (ADJ) - suitable for achieving a particular end; characterized by concern for what is opportune |
| Extort | (VT) - to obtain from a person by force or undue or illegal power |
| Factious | (ADJ) - of or relating to a self-seeking and contradictory group or party within a government |
| Faculty | (N) - ability or power as either an innate or acquired ability to act |