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vocabulary mgccc
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| automony | being self governing |
| culinary | pertaining to cooking |
| deference | courtous yielding |
| rapport | relationship of mutual understanding |
| volition | conscious choice |
| martial | pertaining to war |
| protocol | forms of etiquette observed by diplomats |
| emulation | imitation of another |
| cursory | hasty |
| verbatim | word for word |
| latent | lurk |
| criterion | means of judging |
| subvert | undermine |
| dichotomy | divide in to two equal parts |
| manifest | to make clear |
| symbiosis | living together of two dissimular organisms |
| deja vu | thinking new situation has occurred before |
| atrophy | waste away |
| entrepreneur | someone who oranizes a business venture and assumes the risk |
| tirade | violent speech |
| nemesis | rival one can not best |
| catharsis | purging |
| hierarchy | organization of people in different ranks |
| faux pas | tactless act |
| cynical | sneering disbelief |
| germane | appropriate |
| tactile | producing sensation of touch |
| vestige | trace |
| bastion | fortification |
| acumen | insightfulness |
| carte blanche | freedom to do as one wishes |
| absolve | acquit |
| euphemism | tactful phrase substituted for another |
| panacea | cure-all |
| peruse | study |
| transient | not perminant |
| rancor | malice |
| nadir | the lowest point |
| fulcrum | a means of exerting pressure |
| torque | force that produces rotation |
| jettison | throw overboard |
| decorum | proper behavior |
| lethargy | drowsiness |
| altruism | concern for others |
| cul de sac | dead end road |
| hedonism | way of life devoted to pleasure |
| circumspect | careful |
| pique | offend |
| nebulous | indistinct |
| equanimity | quality of remaining calm |
| impugn | to attack physically |
| cognizant | having awareness of |
| untuous | charateristic of an ointment |
| prerogative | distinctly superior advantage |
| siren | bird/woman lure sailors to their death |
| sartorial | of clothing or dress |
| empathy | projection of one's personality into an object |
| paradox | statement contrary to common belief |
| sedentary | marked by much sitting |
| arduous | difficult |
| virulent | infectious |
| termagant | shrewish woman |
| sanguine | reddish |
| aversion | intense dislike |
| ambiguous | having more than one interpretation |
| macabre | gruesome |
| vignette | small graceful litaray sketch |
| hirsute | hairy |
| assuage | satisfy |
| subliminal | not able to produce conscious awareness |
| wane | to become less intense |
| stoic | person uneffected by emotions |
| gregarious | iving in herds or flocks |
| parity | similarity |
| expedite | to speed up |
| mandate | authorative command |
| amorphous | without shape |
| aberrent | turning away from what is right |
| harbinger | a forerunner |
| entourage | group of followers |
| condone | to forgive |
| rebut | present opposing arguments |
| mercurial | fickle |
| overt | open to view |
| salient | prominent |
| stygian | hellish |
| proctor | exam supervisor in school |
| ethereal | highly delicate |
| mundane | common |
| advocate | one who pleads a cause |
| forensic | relating to public speaking |
| rhetoric | speaking effectively |
| punitive | inflicting punishment |
| heinous | shockingly evil |
| malfeasance | misconduct of public oficial |
| machiavellian | deceitful |
| fallacios | not real |
| syllogism | deductive reasoning |
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