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Vocab List 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| v.t- to unite/ adj.- combined/ n.- to form another | Aggregate |
| n.- an opposite or contrast | Antithesis |
| n.- self-confidence; poise | Aplomb |
| n.- a wasting away/ v. to waste or fail to waste away | Atropy |
| n.- quality or condition of being independent | Autonomy |
| n.- a quack; an imposter | Charlatan |
| v.t- to surround; to catch in trap | Circumvent |
| v.i- to grow together; to merge into one | Coalesce |
| n.- discourage or dispute especially one of malicious criticism | Diatribe |
| adj.- lightly joking | Facetious |
| v.- to steal/ n.- the thing taken; the theif | Filch |
| adj.- thundering; exploding; hurling denunciation | Fulminating |
| adj.- containing, holding opinions oppositeof what is generally accepted | Heretical |
| n.- the act of planning with evil intent | Machinations |
| n.- invocation of evil; curse; slander; a speaking of evil about some collection of things | Malediction |
| v.i- to swing to and fro; to be indecisive | Osciallate |
| n.- a careful and thorough reading | Perusal |
| adj.- inclined to find fault; habitually complaining | Querulous |
| adj.- faint-hearted; cowardly | Pusillanimous |
| n.- the act of leaping or springing back; a rebound | Resilence |
| n.- a split or divisionin organized group | Schism |
| v.t- to shorten by cutting | Truncate |
| adj.- courteous in manners; polite | Urbane |
| n.- an odd action or bit of conduct | Vagary |