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5 words from lists 49-31
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| discern | identify |
| misnomer | wrong name |
| chauvinism | fanatical devotion |
| inexpugnable | unconquerable |
| etiology | study of insects |
| hebetude | state of dullness |
| axiology | study of value |
| congeries | heap |
| Sinology | study of china |
| nonentity | a nobody |
| prognosis | medical forecast |
| entomology | insect zoology |
| perspicacity | insight |
| synthesis | combonation |
| mobocracy | mob rule |
| interpolate | insert |
| subjugate | bring under the yoke |
| replete | filled |
| effusion | outpouring |
| condign | worthy |
| pharisaism | hypocrisy |
| remunerate | repay |
| epistle | long instructivel letter |
| anapest | three-syllable foot, stress on third |
| hyperbole | overstatement |
| dissemble | conceal through prestense |
| beatify | make blissfully happy |
| execrate | curse |
| ne plus ultra | peak of perfection |
| perihelion | orbital point nearest sun |
| sanctimonious | affectedly holy |
| malfeasence | public misconduct |
| superego | unconscious conscience |
| expostulate | to object earnestly |
| syndrome | complex of symptoms |
| dissonant | inharmonious |
| antinomy | contradicting reasonable principles |
| eschatology | theology of last things |
| opprobrium | disgrace |
| apocryphal | not authentic |
| transom | window or door crossbar |
| cognizant | aware |
| remonstrate | plead in protest |
| solipsism | docrine:only self exists |
| recondite | abstruse |
| obloquy | verbal abuse |
| abrogate | annul |
| disjecta membra | scattered fragments |
| metampsychosis | transmigration of souls |
| biogenesis | theory of life from life |
| bas-relief | low-relief sculpture |
| postprandial | after dinner |
| superannuated | obsolete |
| intractable | stubborn |
| abjure | renounce |
| discursive | rambling |
| expedite | hasten |
| mirable dictu | wonderful to say |
| patronize | condescend to |
| inter alia | among other things |
| ignominious | disgraceful |
| expository | explanatory |
| exegesis | critical interpretation |
| magnum opus | great work |
| emissary | messenger |
| apostasy | desertion of principle |
| sententious | full of maxims |
| manumission | release from slavery |
| funi | cord |
| syllogism | three-part deduction |
| metonymy | association name |
| anaphora | repetition in succesive phrases |
| locus classicus | classic example |
| lyssophobia | fear of insanity |
| idee fixe | obsession |
| apotheosis | raising to god status |
| precursor | forerunner |
| lucubration | late studying |
| suspiration | deep sigh |
| synoptic | general in view |
| subterfuge | evasive dodge |
| bon vivant | indulger in luxary |
| pusillanimous | small-minded |
| discern | identify |
| misnomer | wrong name |
| chauvinism | fanatical devotion |
| inexpugnable | unconquerable |
| etiology | study of insects |
| hebetude | state of dullness |
| axiology | study of value |
| congeries | heap |
| Sinology | study of china |
| nonentity | a nobody |
| prognosis | medical forecast |
| entomology | insect zoology |
| perspicacity | insight |
| synthesis | combonation |
| mobocracy | mob rule |
| interpolate | insert |
| subjugate | bring under the yoke |
| replete | filled |
| effusion | outpouring |
| condign | worthy |
| pharisaism | hypocrisy |
| remunerate | repay |
| epistle | long instructivel letter |
| anapest | three-syllable foot, stress on third |
| hyperbole | overstatement |
| dissemble | conceal through prestense |
| beatify | make blissfully happy |
| execrate | curse |
| ne plus ultra | peak of perfection |
| perihelion | orbital point nearest sun |
| sanctimonious | affectedly holy |
| malfeasence | public misconduct |
| superego | unconscious conscience |
| expostulate | to object earnestly |
| syndrome | complex of symptoms |
| dissonant | inharmonious |
| antinomy | contradicting reasonable principles |
| eschatology | theology of last things |
| opprobrium | disgrace |
| apocryphal | not authentic |
| transom | window or door crossbar |
| cognizant | aware |
| remonstrate | plead in protest |
| solipsism | docrine:only self exists |
| recondite | abstruse |
| obloquy | verbal abuse |
| abrogate | annul |
| disjecta membra | scattered fragments |
| metampsychosis | transmigration of souls |
| biogenesis | theory of life from life |
| bas-relief | low-relief sculpture |
| postprandial | after dinner |
| superannuated | obsolete |
| intractable | stubborn |
| abjure | renounce |
| discursive | rambling |
| expedite | hasten |
| mirable dictu | wonderful to say |
| patronize | condescend to |
| inter alia | among other things |
| ignominious | disgraceful |
| expository | explanatory |
| exegesis | critical interpretation |
| magnum opus | great work |
| emissary | messenger |
| apostasy | desertion of principle |
| sententious | full of maxims |
| manumission | release from slavery |
| funi | cord |
| syllogism | three-part deduction |
| metonymy | association name |
| anaphora | repetition in succesive phrases |
| locus classicus | classic example |
| lyssophobia | fear of insanity |
| idee fixe | obsession |
| apotheosis | raising to god status |
| precursor | forerunner |
| lucubration | late studying |
| suspiration | deep sigh |
| synoptic | general in view |
| subterfuge | evasive dodge |
| bon vivant | indulger in luxary |
| pusillanimous | small-minded |
| autodidact | self-taught person |
| monism | doctrine that reality is one |
| circumambient | surrounding |
| transmogrify | change form |
| reify | treat as real |
| obsequious | servilely following |
| pathetic fallacy | ascribing feelings to things |
| mutatis mutandis | with necessary changes |
| declaim | speak rhetorically |
| aver | affirm or declare |
| circumlocution | talking in circles |
| monolithic | massive and uniform |