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Ferguson AP English
Ferguson AP 11 English List 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abstemious | (adj) moderate in eating and drinkin; temperate |
| aesthetic | (adj) pertaining to the beautiful and what constitutes beauty and what accounts for people's reaction to it |
| aroma | (n) scent, usually pleasant |
| ascetic | (adj) self-denying and austere for the purpose of reaching a higher spiritual state |
| blatant | (adj) noisy; obtrusive; crassly obvious |
| cadence | (n) a rhythmic sequence of sounds |
| clarion | (n) sound of trumpet. (adj) clear, sharp, and shrill |
| comely | (adj) of pleasing apperance |
| condiment | (n) a seasoning or relish for food, as pepper, mustard, etc. |
| connoisieur | (n) expert, esp. in the fine arts |
| coruscate | (v) to glitter or sparkle |
| culinary | (adj) pertaining to the kitchen or cooking |
| delectable | (adj) delightful; deliciously flavored |
| dilettante | (n) an amateur; a trifler or dabbler, esp. in the fine arts |
| dissolute | (adj) indulging in pleasure (esp. immoral or illicit pleasure) to excess; dissipated |
| drab | (adj) dull; monotonous |
| dulcet | (adj) pleasant to hear; melodius |
| ejaculate | (v) to exclaim |
| epicure | (n) a lover of luxury and sensuous pleasure; an expert in foods and liquors; connoisieur |
| euphony | (n) the quality of having a pleasing sound |
| fetid | (adj) bad smelling; stinking; malordorous |
| gaudy | (adj) bright and showy, but in a bad taste |
| gossamer | (n) a very thin, soft, filmy (cobweb-like) cloth (adj) light, thin, and filmy; gauzy |
| hedonist | (n) one who believes that pleasure is the principle good and should be the aim of action |
| inebriety | (n) drunkenness |
| insipid | (adj) flat; flavorless; dull |
| limpid | (adj) perfectly clear; transparent |
| lurid | (adj) 1. glowing through a haze as flames through smoke 2. startling; sensational, esp. because of violence or crime |
| mephitic | (adj) bad smelling |
| murky | (adj) dark or gloomy |
| pellucid | (adj) very clear |
| profligate | (adj) abandoned to vice; given to wild living, such as drugs, alcohol, sex, etc. dissipated; dissolute |
| pungent | (adj) biting; keen; stimulating |
| rasping | (adj) grating; harsh sounding |
| raucous | (adj) hoarse; rough sounding |
| redolent | (adj) fragrant or smelling |
| sartorial | (adj) pertaining to clothes |
| savor | (v) to taste or smell |
| scintillate | (v) to flash, sparkle or twinkle |
| stentorian | (adj) very loud |
| stigma | (n) a brand as a mark of disgrace |
| strident | (adj) harsh sounding |
| succulent | (adj) juicy |
| tart | (adj) sharp; sour |
| tenebrous | (adj) dark and gloomy |
| tureen | (n) a large, covered dish for serving soup |
| vapid | (adj) flat, insipid, uninteresting |
| victuals | (n) food |
| virtuoso | (n) one who excels in musical performance |
| vociferous | (adj) shouting noisily; clamorous |
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