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vocab set #4(part C)
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| polity (POL i tee) | government |
| portent | a warning of things to come |
| posy | a bouquet of flowers |
| predicate (PRED i kate) | to assert |
| propietarty | pertaining to ownership |
| proscenium (pro SEE nee um) | the front part of a stage |
| pumice | a type of hardened lava (porous and often used as an abrasive) |
| purchase | a grip or lever used while moving an object |
| pusillanimous | cowardly |
| putative | supposed; reputed |
| pylon | a tall tower used to support something (ex: a bridge) |
| quasi | virtual (seeming to be, but not really so) |
| quiddity | a fine distinction |
| quisling | someone who betrays his own conuntry when an enemy occupies it |
| rampart | a defense fortification |
| ravel | to complicate, tangle, or confuse |
| rebus | a word puzzle (in which pictures represent words or letters) [an arm shaking a spear representing the family name on a coat of arms] |
| redouble | to make more intense |
| regatta | a boat race |
| reprobate | an immoral person |
| requiem | a performance in honor of the dead (a song, musical piece, or religious ceremony) |
| reticulated | netlike (covered in a lattice design) |
| riposte | a quick, sharp reply |
| rococo | a very ornate artistic style |
| roe | fish eggs (esp. while in the ovary) |
| roil | to disturb (esp. a calm situation) |
| sallow | having a sickly, yellow appearance |
| salvo | a barrage (esp. gunfire) |
| sapid | pleasantly favorable; pleasing to the mind |
| sapient | wise |
| scabrous | having a rough surface; immoral or indecent |
| scaffold | a temporary structure (used by workers to reach high places) |
| scant | insufficient |
| sciolism (SY i liz um) | superficial knowledge |
| scion (SY un) | a descendant |
| scurrilous | abusive and insulting |
| seer | a person who sees visions |
| seism | an earthquake |
| septum | a dividing wall (esp. in one's body) |
| sere (SIER) | withered; dried up |
| sexant | a device that measures the altitude of stars (esp. used in navigation and surveying) |
| shoal (SHOLE) | shallow; shallow water (due to a sandbank); a sandbank (that makes water shallow) |
| sidereal (sy DIER ee ul) | pertaining to the stars; measured by the stars (ex: a ______ day) |
| skinflint | a stingy person |
| slag | a waste product (left after metal is removed from ore) |
| slough (SLEW) | a swamp or marshy place; a state of hopeless depression |
| sluice | a channel for carrying water |
| solon (SO lon) | a wise politician |
| sophism | a false argument (esp. a clever one) |
| spherule | a small globe |
| spire | a tall pointed structure (like a cone) |
| splay | to spread something out |
| spoonerism | accidentally transposing the beginnings of two words (ex: "rome hun" for "home run" |
| sprightly | lively |
| spry | active; spirited |
| squall | a loud cry (esp. from a baby); a sudden windstorm (often with rain); a sudden disturbance |
| stasis | a lack of motion or development; a stoppage of flow (esp. blood) |
| steep | to soak in a fluid; to saturate thoroughly with some quality (ex: This land is _________ with history) |
| steppe | a vast, treeless plain |
| stipend (STY pend) | a salary (esp. for professional services) |
| strapping | tall and healthy looking |
| stupefy | to overwhelm with amazement |
| sublime | grand; noble (of the most impressive kind) |
| suite (SWEET) | a set of related musical pieces |
| suppliant | asking humbly and seriously |
| swill | to drink greedily |
| swine | a pig or hog; a contemptible, beastly person |
| swoon | to faint, to fade away gradually |
| syllogism | a form of deductive reasoning [Ex. Socrates is a man; all men are mortal; therefore, Socrates is mortal] |
| sylvan | pertaining to the woods |
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johne331
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