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vocab set #1(part B)
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| luminous | easily understood |
| mandate | a political statement made by voters to their elected officials through an election |
| manifest | to prove beyond doubt; a list of cargo or passengers |
| mannered | artificial; overly stylized; possessing specific manners (ex: bad manners) |
| mean | inferior |
| mirth | joy |
| moor | to fasten or secure (esp. a ship to a dock) |
| movement | a principal division of a musical composition |
| muse | to consider at length |
| nuance | a subtle difference |
| overture | an introduction (esp. in music); an action made to gain a favorable response |
| panache | a group of feathers |
| pantheon | all of the gods of a people; a temple dedicated to these gods; a group of legend people |
| parochial | pertaining to the church |
| partisan | a strong supporter of a cause (typically based on emotion rather than logic) |
| pespicacity | a keen perception and understanding |
| plenum | an assembly of all members (esp. in legislative bodies) |
| pluralism | a society with many distinct ethnic groups |
| poignant | so deeply felt as to be physically painful |
| politic | shrewdly looking out for one's best interests |
| ponderous | unwieldy, due to weight |
| posit | to put something forth as a fact (without proof) |
| postulate | to assume something to be true (esp. as the basis of an argument) |
| pristine | primitive (similar to conditions at earliest times) |
| prodigious | of extraordinary power and scope |
| profess | to pretend |
| proliferate | to grow and spread rapidly |
| promulgate | to announce officially; to spread far and wide |
| prone | lying face downward |
| propiate | to make favorably inclined; to ease the anger of (ex: by appeasement) |
| prude | someone excessively concerned with appearing proper |
| pundit | an authority on a subject |
| qualify | to make more specific |
| redoubtable | formidable (to be feared or awed); eminent (widely-known and respected) |
| remunerate | to compensate (for trouble or work done) |
| retrench | to curtail expenses |
| sanction | a punishment |
| sanguine | hopeful; optimistic |
| score | a notch or incision; a musical composition in printed form |
| scruple | to hesitate due to a moral conflict; a concern about the morality of an action |
| sediment | material deposited by wind or water; the solid particles that settle to the bottom of a fluid |
| semantic | pertaining to meaning (esp. in language) |
| slaver | to slobber |
| slavish | excessively submissive; showing no independence or originality |
| spurious | appearing similar, but functioning differently |
| stint | a period of time spent doing something |
| stria | a thin band or groove |
| supplant | to replace (esp. through force or scheming) |
| supplicate | to request humbly (ex: through prayer) |
| tan | to whip |
| tractable | docile (easily managed or controlled); malleable (easily handled or worked) |
| untenable | undefendable |
| vaunt | to brag or boast; a boasting assertion |
| wanderlust | a strong desire to travel |
| watershed | the point at which a significant change occurs |
Created by:
johne331
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