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Schmitz Vocab 11
vocab list - major tests - word list 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abate | reduce in intensity |
| Abjure | renounce; swear to refrain from something |
| Blandishment | words used to coax or flatter |
| Boor | ill-mannered person |
| Cardinal | 1. high ranking church official; 2. major, important |
| Deliberate | 1. slow (a); 2. to think over (v); 3. on purpose (a) |
| Equivocation | speaking ambiguously |
| Feckless | feeble; helpless; lacking in initiative |
| Imperturbability | quality of being calm and not easily disturbed |
| Meretricious | falsely attractive; tawdry |
| Augury | prediction, looking for omens |
| Boycott | refuse to have dealings with |
| Glib | slick; superficial esp. in speech |
| Incise | cut into |
| Moralistic | concerned with morals |
| Ostracism | shunning; social isolation |
| Penchant | inclination; leaning; tendency; predilection |
| Rarefy | make less dense 1. To make thin 2. To purify or refine. |
| 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 | advertising; supporting |
| Virtuosity | skill, expertise [virtuoso (n); |
| Volubility | excessive talkativeness |
| Caret | punctuation mark signifying omission ^ |
| Contiguous | adjacent; touching; abutting |
| Damp (used of vibration) | reduce in extent |
| Ellipsis | omission of essential words |
| Extirpation | wiping out; complete destruction |
| Foppish | behaving or dressing like a dandy; excessively concerned with fashion . |
| Gaffe | blunder; social mistake |
| Hortatory | encouraging; exhorting |
| Opprobrious | expressing great scorn |
| Recumbent | reclining; lying down |
| Ambidextrous | able to use both left and right hands equally well |
| Culpability | guilt |
| Discernment | judgment; perceptiveness |
| Encomium | praise |
| Inveigle | coax; cajole; wheedle; entice |
| Minatory | threatening |
| Ossified | turned to bone; become rigid |
| Plumb | measure depth of (v); exact (a. slang) |
| Quintessential | most typical; the perfect example of |
| Runic | mysterious; magical |
| Accretion | accumulation of matter; growth produced by adding from the outside . |
| Anachronistic | occurring in the wrong time period |
| Chronic | long lasting (often used for diseases in which case the opposite is acute) . |
| Churlishness | rudeness; ill-mannered behavior |
| Demagogue | mob/group leader (who appeals to base instincts) |
| Effrontery | daring; audacity (has a negative connotation) |
| Idyll | story or incident in peaceful or ideal setting |
| Interregnum | interval between reigns or governments |
| Nugatory | of minor significance; futile |
| Sinecure | job which pays salary but requiring little effort |
| Anodized | electroplated; coated with thin layer of metal |
| Aphoristic | expressed tersely |
| Canonical | orthodox |
| Commensurate | equal in significance |
| Dexterity | skill, esp. with hands |
| Extant | still in existence (opposite of extinct) |
| Impugned | challenged; called into question |
| Probity | uprightness; honesty |
| Raconteur | person who relates a story |
| Solicitous | kindly; expressing care and concern |
| Amalgamate | join; consolidate |
| Baleful | evil |
| Coerce | force |
| Inchoate | undeveloped; nascent |
| Iniquitous | evil; unjust |
| Libertine | dissolute person; prodigal |
| Millinery | hats and hat-making |
| Natty | neat; dapper; smart |
| Occluded | obscured; blocked |
| Sidereal | of or related to stars |
| Avaricious | greedy for money |
| Extirpate | wipe out totally |
| Halcyon | peaceful and happy; calm (esp. of summer weather) . |
| List | (v) 1. to lean to one side; 2. to write in order |
| Maudlin | sad; sentimental; inclined to weep |
| Refulgent | glowing; radiant |
| Subliminal | below the threshold of consciousness |
| Testiness | irritability; irascibility |
| Vituperate | attack bitterly |
| Whittle | 1. carve with knife; 2. reduce step by step |
| Caricature | ridicule (v); cartoon intended to ridicule (n) |
| Colander | bowl with holes used to drain vegetables etc. |
| Cumbersome | bulky; difficult to carry |
| Dispatch | 1. send (v); 2. speed; celerity (n) |
| Epistemology | theory of knowledge |
| Froward | stubborn; wayward; disobedient |
| Supine | lying flat on one’s back |
| Throwback | exhibiting primitive, or ancestral, traits |
| Untoward | unexpected |
| Verisimilar | true to life; giving the appearance of reality |
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