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BIG lang vocab 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accordant | a being in agreement or harmony; consonant |
| albeit | used to add information (although, even if) |
| amorous | inclined or disposed to love, esp. sexual love |
| analogous | comparable in certain respects, corresponding in some fashion |
| assail | to attack vigorously or violently; assault |
| astute | marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; sagacious; clever; cunning |
| auspicious | promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable |
| beget | to procreate or generate offspring |
| bellicose | inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious |
| bereft | deprived of somebody or something; to deprive ruthlessly or by force |
| beseech | to request earnestly; to beg eagerly for; solicit |
| brigand | a member of a gang |
| capitulate | to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms; to give up resistance |
| cavil | to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessary |
| chastening | a rebuke for making a mistake |
| confound | archaic; to bring to ruin; to perplex or amaze |
| copious | large in quantity or number, abundant |
| countenance | appearance, a person's face or facial expression |
| curate | member of the clergy |
| delusion | a false belief of opinion held in the face of evidence to the contrary |
| deportment | personal conduct; behavior |
| deposition | the action of depositing something; removal from an office |
| deprecating | to belittle; to urgent reasons against; protest against |
| discursive | digressing from subject to subject, rambling |
| disdain | extreme contempt or disgust for something or somebody; to treat with contempt |
| dubious | doubtful |
| ebullient | overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited |
| emissary | a person sent on a special mission or errand |
| emulate | to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass |
| entourage | group of attendants or associates, as of a person of rank or importance |
| epigram | a concise, with, or pointed remark or saying that is tersely expressed |
| errant | deviating from the regular or proper cause; erring; straying |
| etheral | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth; airy, light |
| extol | to praise highly; laud; eulogize |
| fatuous | foolish or inane |
| febrile | pertaining to or marked by fever; feverish |
| feign | to give a false appearance of; to represent falsely |
| felicity | intense happiness; the state of bliss |
| gambol | to skip about in play to leap about playfully; frolic |
| garrison | a body of troops stationed in a fortified place |
| garrulous | excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters |
| glean | to collect or gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit |
| goad | a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for prodding into motion |
| gratis | without charge, cost, or payment |
| imperious | domineering in a haughty manner; intensely compelling; urgent; dictatorial |
| incendiary | device or attack designed to cause fires |
| incredulous | skeptical, disinclined or indisposed to believe |
| intercession | the act of pleading on somebody's behalf |
| irksome | annoying; irritating; exasperating; tiresome |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words |
| languid | lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow |
| languor | sluggish; a relaxed comfortable feeling |
| lineaments | features or details of a face, body, or figure |
| manganimous | very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival |
| morose | gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood |
| mutability | prone to change, fickle, inconsistent |
| nascent | coming or having recently com einto existence |
| nonplused | to cause to be at a loss to what to say, think, or do; perplexed |
| obliquely | devious, misleading, or dishonest |
| pernicious | causing insidious harm or ruin |
| pertinacity | the quality of being firm, decisive, and resolute |
| plight | a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation |
| presage | something that portends or foreshadows a future event |
| prodigal | wastefully or recklessly extravagant; lavish |
| prolixity | tiresome wordiness; tedious length |
| proprietary | pertaining to property or ownership |
| quail | to give away; falter; to lose heart or courage in difficulty |
| repartee | conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies |
| resolute | a solve or determination; a formal expression of opinion or intention made |
| resplendent | shining brilliantly; having great beaut or splendor |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well being |
| sardonic | scornfully or cynically joking; mocking, sneering |
| scrupulous | having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right |
| sinecure | office or position requiring little or no work |
| transcendent | going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding |
| tumultuous | full of riotousness; marked by disturbance; raising a great clatter and commotion |
| ubiquitous | present, appearing, or found everywhere |
| ultimatium | a final, uncompromising proposal or statement of condition |
| venerable | accorded a great deal of respect, esp. because of age, wisdom, or character |
| vigilant | keenly watchful to detect danger; alert; wary |
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