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Vocabulary22
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bellicose | aggressive |
| consummate | complete, supremely good |
| elusive | hard to pin down |
| gregarious | outgoing, sociable |
| jaundiced | pessimistic |
| nettle | annoy |
| superlative | extremely good, the best |
| whet | sharpen |
| belligerent | aggressive, ready to fight |
| contemporary | living or happening at the same time |
| emaciated | very thin, withered |
| gritty | coarse, granular |
| jaunt | short pleasure trip |
| niggardly | miserly, stingy |
| red tape | formalities, paperwork, official procedure |
| surly | grumpy, rude |
| whimsical | changeable, capricious |
| bemoan | complain about |
| contrite | sorry |
| emancipate | set free |
| guffaw | sudden loud laughter |
| jeopardize | put at risk, endanger |
| nomadic | wandering from place ot placee |
| philistine | uncultured person |
| redolent | smelling of, giving off odors |
| surreptitious | secret, sneaky, stealthy |
| willful | stubborn |
| contrition | sorrow and repentance |
| embezzle | defraud, steal |
| guile | cunning, craftiness |
| jingoistic | patriotic, nationalistic |
| phlegmatic | calm, imperturbable |
| redress | pu right something that was wrong |
| surreptitiously | secretly, stealthily |
| wily | cunning |
| benign | kindly |
| contumacious | stubborn |
| embroil | involve in hostility or argument |
| guileless | frank, straightforward, honest |
| jocular | in a joking manner |
| nondecript | having no speacial features, dull and ordinary |
| pillage | plunder |
| susceptible | vulnerable |
| wispy | flimsy, delicate |
| benignity | compassion, fondness |
| contusion | bruise |
| jollity | happiness, gaiety |
| nonentity | person of o importance, not famous |
| pinnacle | top of a point |
| referendum | public vote |
| suspect | doubtful |
| wistful | melancholy, pensive, expressing a longing for |
| bequeath | leave somehtin in ones will to be given after ones death |
| conundrum | a puzzle |
| emulate | to imitate somehting admied |
| jubilant | estatic, |
| nostalgia | longing for the past |
| pious | very religious |
| refute | disprove |
| sybarite | lover of luxury |
| zany | crazy, wacky |
| berate | scold, criticize |
| conventional | usual, customary, common |
| gustatory | concerned with the sense of tase |
| judicious | correct in judgement, wise |
| notoriety | infamy, known for wrong doing |
| pivotal | of central importance |
| regale | entertain |
| scophant | bootlicker, flaterer |
| zeal | enthusiasm |
| beret | type of cap |
| corpulent | fat |
| hackneyed | common and over-used |
| jurisprudence | science or study of law |
| novel | new unuual |
| placate | pacify, soothe, calm |
| relegate | dismess to a lower position |
| taciturn | quiet, saying little |
| zealot | fanatic |
| bestial | behaving like a beast, brutal |
| corrugated | highly fooled |
| enduring | lasting |
| hallowed | worshipped, consecratd |
| juxtapose | place next to |
| novice | a beginner, tyro |
| remorse | regret, sorrow, contrition |
| tactile | concerned with the sense of touch |
| zenith | summit |
| abate | reduce in intensity |
| abjure | renounce; swear to refrain from smething |
| blandishment | words used to coax or flatter |
| boor | ill-mannered person |
| cardinal | high ranking church official major, important |
| deliberate | slow to think over on purpose |
| equivocation | speaking ambiguously |
| feckless | feeble, helpless, lacking in initiative |
| impertrbability | quality of being calm and not easily disturbed |
| meretricious | falesely attractive, tawdry |
| augury | prediction, looking for omens |
| glib | slick, superficial esp in speech |
| incise | cut into, incision |
| moralistic | concerned with morals |
| ostracism | shunning, social isolation |
| penchant | indination, leaning, tendency, predilection |
| rarefy | make less dense |
| repine | fret, be discontented |
| stipulate | specify |
| diaphanous | transparent, thin and delicate |
| feint | pretended attack, a move intended to deceive |
| inured | hardened, habituated |
| mettlesome | spirited |
| puissance | power |
| recondite | obscure |
| stygian | very dark |
| touting | advertissing, supporting |
| virtuosity | skill, expertise |
| volubility | excessive talkativeness |
| caret | punctuation mark signifying omission |
| contiguous | adjacent, touching, abutting |
| damp | reduce in extent |
| ellipsis | omission of essential words |
| extirpation | wiping out, destruction |
| foppish | behaving or dressing like a dady, concerned with fashion |
| gaffe | blunder, social mistake |
| hortatory | encouraging, exhorting |
| opprobrious | expressing great scorn |
| recumbent | reclining, lying down |
| culpability | guilt |
| discernment | judgment, perceptiveness |
| encomium | praise |
| inveigle | cax, cajole, entice |
| minatory | threatening |
| ossified | turned to bone, become rigid |
| plumb | measure depth |
| quintessental | most typical, the perfect example |
| runic | mysterious, magical |
| devout | devoted to religion |
| unorthodox | against accepted religious beliefs |
| heretical | against accepted religious beliefs |
| travail | hard work |
| indolence | laziness |
| impudence and insolence | being disrespectful |
| eminence | high rank |
| treatise | detailed formal writing |
| invaluable | can't put a value on it, really important |
| eclectic | drawn from various sources |
| vitriol | abuse |
| ditties | songs |
| vehicle | to showcase a star |
| unassailable, incontrovertible | definite determination |
| self-evident | doesn't need proof |
| ingenuity | inventively talented |
| paragon | parallel, to compare |
| verve | enthusiasm, liveliness |
| piqued | excited |
| vindicated | justified, proven true |
| antipathy | aversion, or disklike |
| amiably | agreeably |
| allay | relieve |
| impunity | exemption from punishment, no restrictions |
| exacting | very strict |
| lax | loose, careless, sloppy |
| eminence | a state of superiority |
| scabbard | sword holder |
| holster | gun holder |
| assent | agreement |
| inflammable | flammable |
| augur | predict the future |
| exonerate | to clear of blame |
| debilitate | to weaken |
| soporific | brings sleep |
| anodyne | brings relief |
| diluvial | having to do with a flood |
| derisive | critical |
| rapt | to be attentive |
| brigand | individual member of a band |
| haughty | arrogant |
| nuptial | has to do with a wedding |
| natal | has to do with a birth |
| expurgate | remove the obscenity from something |
| hone | to sharpen |
| burnish | to wipe, or to polish |
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