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14Sep10
From 5000 words set 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abjure | formally reject formerly held belief under pressure |
| acquittal | free of charge |
| agnostic | one who is skeptical of the exsitence of god or ultimate reality |
| airy | immaterial; unreal |
| alcove | a recess in a wall (for books; bed) |
| allude | refer indirectly |
| alms | money given to the poor |
| ape | imitate; mimic a person manner |
| apostate | sb who abandons his religious faith |
| apotecary | druggist |
| apotheosis | ideal example (god like) |
| aquiline | curved (like eagle nose) |
| arch- | chief |
| array | arrange in order; adorn (clothing); marshal |
| arsenal | place for keeping military equip |
| aspersion | slanderous remark |
| aspiran | seek after position |
| astringent | binding; causing contraction; harsh |
| avalanche | great mass of falling snow & ice |
| avenge | take vengence on behalf of someone |
| avuncular | like uncle |
| beatitude | blessedness; great happiness |
| behove | appropriate & necessary |
| benison | blessing |
| bequeath | to pass down will |
| betroth | become engaged to marry |
| bluster | blow in heavy gusts; bully; speak noisily |
| bode | proten |
| bohemian | unconventional in an artistic way |
| bombast | pompous speech |
| brawny | muscular |
| buffet | strike forcefully; slap |
| canard | false exaggerated rumor |
| career | rush wildly; go at full speed |
| cataclysm | deluge; earthquake; violent & sudden event of change |
| catapult | hurling machine; slingsholt |
| chagrin | annoyance; vexation caused by humiliation |
| chassis | framework of automobile |
| cogent | convincing |
| compendium | summary |
| complicity | involvement in questionable act |
| comport | behave oneself |
| compost | mixture of decaying organic matter used as fertilizer |
| condign | well-deserved (punishment) |
| conflagration | great fire |
| congenial | pleasant; suiting one's taste or nature ~weather |
| countermand | cancel; revoke order |
| crabbed | sour; bad-tempered; difficult to read (handwriting) |
| cross | bad-tempered |
| cruel | deadly (of disease); cruel |
| decadance | decay; fall to lower level (of morality; civilization) |
| decimate | kill |
| decreptitude | state of collapse caused by illness; old age |
| decry | condemn openly; express strong disapproval |
| defray | provide for the payment for |
| deft | skillful |
| denigrate | defame |
| depravity | excessive corruption |
| despoil | plunder |
| detrimental | harmful; damaging |
| deviod | lacking |
| devious | erratic; not straightforward\ |
| diabolical | devilish; fiendish |
| disclaim | disown; deny |
| discriminating | dicerning; prejudiced |
| disenfranchise | deprive of civil right |
| dispatch | speediness; message sent with speed |
| don | put on |
| dour | sullen; |
| duplicity | hypocrisy |
| dysentry | inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract |
| emanate | issue forth |
| enstranged | alienated |
| entomology | study of insects |
| enumerate | mention one by one |
| epithet | word given characteriscially to describe a person |
| euphony | pleasant sound |
| evocative | calling up emotions; memory |
| exhilarating | invigorating & refresing |
| expatiate | talk; write at length |
| exploit | successful act |
| extradition | surrender of prisoner by one state to another |
| factious | likely to cause faction; dissension |
| falter | hesitate; wekaen in purpose; move unsteadily |
| fanciful | whimsical; imaginary |
| feral | wild (of animal) |
| fetter | restrick the freedom |
| flay | strip off skin; plunder; criticize harshly |
| flit | fly swiftly & lightly |
| flotsam | drifting wrekage |
| forebears | ancestors |
| foreboding | premonition of evil; warning of sth unpleasant |
| fray | fight; unravel by rubbing; have loose threads developing |
| furor | frenzy; great anger & excitement |
| furrow | groove made by plow; wrinkle in skin |
| galley | medieval ship with rolls of oars; area for food preparation on a ship |
| gamely | spiritedly; with courage |
| garish | overly bright in color |
| gerrymander | change voting district to favor political party |
| gist | essence |
| glut | overstock; oversupply |
| grovel | crawl on ground; remain prostrate; behave servilely |
| heresy | opinion contrary to popular belief |
| high-flown | highly pretentious |
| histrionic | theatrical; very dramatic; |
| ignoble | dishonerable |
| immolate | kill as sacrifice (by fire) |
| imperative | absolutely necessary; that must be done |
| implicate | incriminate |
| inane | sillyness |
| incandescent | strikingly bright with heat |
| inculcate | teach; instill (ideas; principles) |
| indeterminate | uncertain |
| indigence | poverty |
| indoctrinate | cause to accept a doctrine without questinging it |
| ineluctable | irresistible; unavoidable |
| ingrate | ungrateful person |
| inkling | slight indication; hint |
| innuendo | subtle derogatory hint |
| inopportune | untimely; porly chosen |
| intelligentsia | members of educated elite (insult) |
| inveigh | denounce; utter censure; invective |
| jetsam | things thrown out of ship |
| jingoist | militant; extreme patriotic |
| jocose | joking |
| lackadaisical | lacking interest & effort & zest |
| lagoon | shallow body of water; lake sparated from sea by sandbar |
| licentious | amoral; unrestrained |
| lien | legal claim on property |
| lineaments | features on the face; distinctive shape or contour |
| litter | to cover untidily with scattered litter |
| madrigal | pastoral song (for several singers with no instrument) |
| magisterial | authoritative; commanding |
| magistrate | official with power to administer law |
| malignant | causing death |
| mangy | shabby; wretched; bad appearance |
| maniacal | raging mad; insane person |
| matinee | musical performance given in afternoon |
| maudlin | very sentimental |
| memorialize | commemorate |
| miscellany | mixture of writings on verious subjects |
| momentous | very important |
| monograph | scholarly article |
| monotony | sameness leading to boredom |
| mordant | biting; sarcastic |
| mutter | utter indistinctly low tones |
| myopic | short-sighted |
| nomenclature | system of name/naming |
| nugatory | futile; worthless |
| oblivion | obscurity; being forgotten |
| odium | detestation (from bad act) |
| orgy | unrestrained indulgence in an activity |
| overturn | topple\ |
| palimpsest | reused (erased) writing material |
| pang | sudden sharp pain |
| parley | conference between opponents |
| patent | obvious; open to public |
| peon | landless farmer; bond servant |
| perverse | purposely continuing to do wth wrong |
| petulant | ill tempered; peevish |
| phalanx | formation of infantry |
| philology | study of language; words |
| physiognomy | โหงวเฮ้ง |
| pinnace | small boat |
| pith | core; spongelike substance in center of stems |
| pithy | concise & meaningful; meaty |
| prate | talk idly; foolishly |
| prefigure | foreshadow |
| preternatural | beyond nature |
| pretext | excuse |
| privation | lack of basic necessities |
| protuberance | swelling; bulge |
| psychosomatic | of the influence of mind on body (disease) |
| pugilist | boxer |
| punctilious | fussy; scrupulous |
| pundit | expert |
| quintessence | apotheosis |
| quirk | sudden turn or twiset; caprice; peculiarity of behavior |
| rag | scrap cloth |
| ragged | old and torn; seemed unfinished |
| rankle | irritate |
| rarefy | make less dense |
| recapatulate | summarize |
| recess | a small concavity; a pause (from work) |
| recondite | abstruse |
| recreant | a coward; disloyal person |
| rectitude | moral correctness |
| redition | rendering; artistic interpretation (of a song) |
| reduce | demote; lower in rank; separate into components by analysis |
| render | represent in verbal or artistic form |
| resent | feel angry about |
| resentment | bitterness |
| resound | be filled with sound; echo |
| ribald | vulger lewd humor; wanton; profane |
| rumble | making rolling sound\ |
| ruminant | ? |
| scorch | surface burn; discoloration due to heat |
| scrappy | quarrelsome |
| scurrilous | abusive; indecent |
| sedate | composed; with no excitement |
| seemly | proper (of behavior) |
| semblance | outward appearance; guise |
| shrew | scolding bad-tempered woman |
| slink | move furtively; stealthy |
| sordid | filthy; vile |
| squat | short & thick; stocky |
| stem | stop (the flow) |
| stock | typical; routine |
| stockage | line of posts used as defensive barrier |
| stratagem | deceptive scheme |
| subversive | tending to overthrow; undermean |
| sullen | showing ill humour; resentment |
| supererogatory | superfluous; more than needed |
| surfeit | supply excessively |
| swell | long wave of water that moves without breaking |
| tardy | slugginsh; late |
| tarry | linger |
| tenacious | persistent; holding strong belief |
| titter | giggle |
| tribute | ส่วย mark of respect |
| truism | self-evidence truth |
| unaccoutnable | cannot be explained; free from responsibility |
| uninhibited | unrepressed |
| unintimating | unfrightening |
| unprepossessing | unattractive |
| unseemly | improper (of behaviour) |
| untoward | unexpected and adverse; unfortunate |
| vagary | capricious |
| vagrant | wandering from place to place (~mind) |
| vainglorious | boastful; conceited |
| valediction | saying farewell |
| valor | bravery |
| variegated | having many colors |
| venal | corrupt |
| vendetta | blood fued (bw two families |
| vintner | wine merchant; wine maker |
| vouchsafe | grant condescendingly; guarantee |
| waggish | humorous; tricky |
| warp | twist out of shape |
| warren | tunnels in which rabbits live; overcrowded living area |
| welt | whipping mark |
| whorl | circular arrangement |
| zeal | eager enthusiasm |
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