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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| connoisseur | N. an informed and astute judge in matters of taste N. an expert |
| convoluted | Adj. complex or complicated |
| disabuse | V. to undeceive V. to set right |
| discordant | Adj. conflicting Adj. dissonant or harsh in sound |
| disparate | Adj. fundamentally distinct Adj. dissimilar |
| effrontery | N. extreme boldness N. presumptuousness |
| eloquent | Adj. well-spoken Adj. expressive Adj. articulate |
| enervate | V to weaken V to reduce in vitality |
| ennui | N. dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy |
| equivocate | V. to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent |
| erudite | Adj. very learned Adj. scholarly |
| exculpate | V. exonerate V. to clear of blame |
| aberrant | Adj. Deviating from the norm |
| abscond | V. to depart clandestinely V. to steal off and hide |
| alacrity | N. eager and enthusiastic willingness |
| assuage | V. to ease or lessen V. to appease or pacify |
| audacious | Adj. daring and fearless Adj. recklessly bold |
| austere | Adj. without adornment Adj. bare; severely simple Adj. ascetic |
| axiomatic | Adj. taken as a given Adj. possessing self-evident truth |
| canonical | Adj. following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards |
| nebulous | Adj. vague; Adj. cloudy; Adj. lacking clearly defined form |
| neologism | N. a new word, expression, or usage; N. the creation of new words or senses |
| noxious | Adj. harmful; injurious |
| obtuse | Adj. lacking sharpness in intellect; Adj. not clear or precise in thought or expression |
| obviate | V. to anticipate and make unnecessary |
| onerous | Adj. troubling; burdensome |
| paean | N. a song or hymn of praise or thanksgiving |
| parody | N. a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect |
| perennial | Adj. recurrent through the years or many years; Adj. happening repeatedly |
| perfidy | N. intentional breach of faith; N. treachery |
| perfunctory | Adj. cursory; Adj. done without care or interest |
| perspicacious | Adj. acutely perceptive; Adj. having keen discernment |
| exigent | Adj. urgent; Adj. pressing; Adj. requiring immediate attention |
| extemporaneous | Adj. Improvised; Adj. Done without preparation |
| filibuster | N. intentional obstruction; N. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action |
| fulminate | V. to loudly attack or denounce |
| ingenuous | Adj. artless; Adj. frank and candid; Adj. lacking in sophistication |
| inured | Adj. accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
| irascible | Adj. easily angered; Adj. prone to temperamental outbursts |
| laud | V. to praise highly |
| magnanimity | N. the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. forgiving. |
| martial | Adj. associated with war and armed services |
| mundane | Adj. of the world; Adj. typical of or concerned with the ordinary |
| nascent | Adj. coming into being; Adj. in early developmental stages |
| prattle | V. to babble meaninglessly V. to talk in an empty and idle manner |
| precipitate | Adj. acting with excessive haste or impulse V. to cause or happen before anticipated or required |
| prescience | N. foreknowledge of events N. knowing of events prior to their occuring |
| prevaricate | V. to deliberately avoid the truth V. to mislead |
| capricious | Adj. inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; Adj. unpredictable; Adj. erratic |
| censure | V. to criticize severely; V. to officially rebuke |
| chicanery | N. trickery or subterfuge |
| qualms | N. misgivings; N. reservations; N. causes for hesitancy |
| recant | V. to retract, esp. a previously held belief |
| refute | V. to disprove; V. to successfully argue against |
| relegate | V. to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position |
| reticent | Adj. quiet; reserved; Adj. reluctant to express thoughts and feelings |
| solicitous | Adj. concerned and attentive; Adj. eager |
| sordid | Adj. characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; Adj. foul |
| sporadic | Adj. occurring only occasionally, or only in scattered instances. |
| squander | V. to waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
| static | Adj. not moving, active, or in motion; Adj. at rest |
| stupefy | V. to stun, baffle, or amaze |
| torque | N. a force that causes rotation |
| tortuous | Adj. winding, twisting, excessively complicated |
| truculent | Adj. fierce and cruel; Adj. eager to fight |
| veracity | N. truthfulness, honesty |
| virulent | Adj. extremely harmful or poisonous; Adj. bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
| voracious | Adj. having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; Adj. ravenous |
| waver | V. to move to an fro; V. to sway; V. to be unsettled in opinion |
| didactic | Adj. intended to teach or instruct |
| discretion | N. cautious reserve in speech; N. ability to make responsible decisions |
| abate | V. to lessen in intensity or degree |
| accolade | N. an expression of praise |
| aesthetic | Adj. dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful |
| ameliorate | V. to make better or more tolerable |
| ascetic | N. one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion |
| avarice | N. greed, esp. for wealth |
| axiom | N. a universally recognized principle |
| bucolic | Adj. rustic and pastoral; Adj. characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants |
| burgeon | V. to grow rapidly or flourish |
| cacophony | N. harsh, jarring, discordant sound; N. dissonance |
| castigation | N. severe criticism or punishment |
| catalyst | N. a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; N. a person or thing that causes change |
| disinterested | Adj.-free of bias or self-interest; impartial |
| dogmatic | Adj. expressing a rigid opinion base on unproved or unprovable principles. |
| ebullience | Adj.-the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings |
| eclectic | Adj.-composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| elegy | N. a mounful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead |
| emollient | Adj. soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; N. mollifying; an agent that smoothes or softens the skin |
| empirical | Adj. based on observation or experiment |
| enigmatic | Adj. mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand |
| ephemeral | Adj. brief; fleeting |
| esoteric | Adj. intended for or understood by a small, specific group |
| eulogy | N. a speech honoring the dead |
| exonerate | V. to remove blame |
| acerbic | Adj. having a sour or bitter taste or character; Adj. sharp; biting |
| aggrandize | V. to increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige |
| alchemy | N. a medieval science aimed at transmutation of metals, esp. metals into gold |
| anachronism | N. something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context |
| astringent | Adj./N. having a tightening effect on living tissue; Harsh; severe |
| bombast | N. self-important or pompous writing or speech |
| contiguous | adj. sharing a border; touching; adjacent |
| convention | N. a generally agreed upon practice or attitude. |
| credulous | Adj. tending to believe to easily; gullable |
| cynicism | N. an attitude or belief that all people are motivated by selfishness |
| decorum | N. polite or appropriate conduct or behavior |
| derision | N. scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment. |
| facetious | Adj.-Playful, humorous |
| fallacy | N. an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief |
| furtive | Adj. marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious |
| gregarious | Adj. sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people |
| harangue | N. – to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech |
| heretical | Adj.-violating accepted dogma or convention |
| hyperbole | N. an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech |
| impecunious | Adj. lacking funds; without money |
| incipient | Adj. beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| inert | Adj. unmoving; lethargic; sluggish |
| intransigent | Adj. refusing to compromise |
| inveigle | V.- to obtain by deception or flattery |
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