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List 49-31 practice
5 words from lists 49-31
Question | Answer |
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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 |