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BL 1-15
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| malapropism | ludicrous misuse of a word |
| nonplussed | perplexed |
| postlude | concluding section |
| hierarchy | ranking |
| portly | stout |
| interdiction | prohibition |
| vide | see |
| omnibus | covering many things |
| monolithic | massive and uniform |
| imponderable | difficult to ponder |
| benediction | blessing |
| incredulous | not believing |
| omniscient | all-knowing |
| neophyte | beginner |
| unilateral | one-sided |
| hypothecate | pledge as security |
| heterodox | unorthodox |
| paterfamilias | male head of family |
| putative | thought-to-be |
| aver | affirm or declare |
| megaton | force of a million tons of dynamite |
| sangfroid | cold-blooded composure |
| alter ego | second self |
| altercation | heated dispute |
| contravene | go against |
| confluence | a flowing together |
| circumlocution | talking in circles |
| soliloquy | speech to oneself |
| mollify | make soft |
| gregarious | sociable |
| declaim | speak rhetorically |
| sotto voce | in a low voice |
| translucent | semi-transparent |
| forte | strong point |
| fortissimo | very loud |
| acerbity | sharpness of temper |
| perambulate | wander through |
| perfidy | breach of faith |
| impugn | attack as false |
| non sequitir | an idea which does not follow |
| egocentric | self-centered |
| loquacious | talkative |
| sacrosant | sacred |
| cacophony | bad sound |
| tangible | touchable |
| obiter dictum | passing remark |
| obsequious | servilely following |
| abase | to lower |
| pathetic fallacy | ascribing feelings to things |
| ratiocination | methodical thinking |
| mutatis mutandis | with necessary changes |
| interstice | small space |
| terra incognita | unknown land |
| sedate | calm |
| retort | swift reply |
| nihilism | belief in nothing |
| supersede | replace |
| inanimate | lifeless |
| condescend | lower oneself |
| epigram | witty comment |
| anthropocentric | man-centered |
| gastronome | gourmet or epicure |
| autodidact | self-taught person |
| monism | doctrine that reality is one |
| in medias res | in the middle of things |
| lycanthrope | werewolf |
| circumambient | surrounding |
| transmogrify | change form |
| reify | treat as real |
| au contraire | to the contrary |
| vivacious | livey |
| circumvent | get around |
| heliotropic | sun-following |
| exculpate | free from blame |
| introspective | inward looking |
| a priori | from theory |
| a posteriori | from observation |
| parthenogenesis | unfertilized birth |
| assonance | vowel repetition |
| objurgation | rebuke |
| demotic | of the common people |
| soporific | sleep-inducing |
| internecine | mutually destructive |
| sesquipedalian | very long (words) |
| sui generis | unique |
| plutocracy | government of wealthy |
| delineate | to outline |
| dichotomy | two-part division |
| epiphany | revelation |
| tortuous | twisting |
| thanatopsis | |
| vacuous | |
| lucubration | |
| ex cathedra | |
| legerdemain | |
| suspiration | |
| nepotism | |
| synoptic | |
| lionize |
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