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vocab set #4(part B)
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| keel | the main beam along the botton of a boat |
| laity | people outside a particular proffession (esp. those not belonging to the clergy) |
| lambent | softly radiant; effortlessly brillaint |
| lancet | a pointed two-edged knife (esp. one used by surgeons) |
| lathe | a machine that shapes wood (by spinning it against a knife) |
| laurels | glory; fame |
| leach | to dissolve out (by running a fluid through some substance) |
| lectern | a stand that holds a speaker's notes |
| lenitive | able to ease pain |
| lexicon | the specialized vocabulary of a proffesion |
| limn | to portray (esp. in a drawing) |
| literati | literary scholars |
| liturgy | a ritual (esp. in religion) |
| lucent | bright or shining; transparent |
| lucre (LEW ker) | money or profits |
| magniloquent | lofty and extravangant (esp. in speech) |
| maraud | to raid for plunder |
| marplot | a meddler or blunderer who spoils a plan |
| matron | a married woman (esp. mature and dignified) |
| mete | to distribute |
| mien | demeanor (the way one behaves) |
| ministration | aid; help (esp. from a religious organization) |
| miscible | capable of being mixed |
| mogul | an extremely rich and powerful person |
| molder | to slowly and crumble |
| moraine | debris deposited by a glacier (esp. boulders and stones) |
| mulct | to defraud (to take using deceit) |
| munitions | military equipment (esp. weapons or ammunition) |
| natty | neat and trim (esp. in appearance or attire) |
| nave | the central part of a chruch; the hub of a wheel |
| neat | without anything mixed in |
| nonpareil (non puh REL) | without equal; someone without equal |
| nostrum | a medicine (esp. an unproven one) |
| nubile | attractive and not married |
| oblation | a sacrifice (esp. for religious reasons) |
| oncology | the study of tumors (abnormal tissue growth) |
| operative | a skilled worker (esp. a secret agent); efficient; being in force or in operation (ex: regulations) |
| opine | to hold or express an opinion |
| oppugn (up PEWN) | to attack or contradict |
| paean (PEE un) | a strong expression of praise (esp. in a song) |
| palisade | a steep, high cliff (usually along a river or sea) |
| pall | anything that covers or shrouds (esp. with darkness or gloom); to become boring (due to excess) |
| pander | one who exploits the sexual desires of others; to do this |
| parboil | to overheat |
| paregoric | soothing |
| paronymous (par RON i mus) | having the same stem (esp. root words) |
| partition | a division into parts; to do this |
| parturient | pertaining to childbirth |
| pasteboard | a thin board made of pasted layers (or either wood or paper) |
| pastiche (pa STEESH) | an artistic work that openly imitates another artist's style (esp. in a satirical way) |
| peccant | guilty; sinful |
| pensile | hanging |
| pert | high-spirited |
| phenomenology | the study of all possible human perceptions |
| philately (fi LATE ul ee) | the study and collection of postage stamps |
| picayune | petty (of little importance) |
| pidgin | a simplified form of a language (often spoken in commerce) |
| pleat | a flat fold (made by doubling cloth on itself) |
| plenary (PLEE nuh ree) | complete, not lacking; attended by all members |
| pluvial | rainy; pertaining to rain |
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johne331
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