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Iolanideptwordslist5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adverse | adj. opposed, unfavorable. Adverse conditions did not discourage them much. |
| affable | adj. friendly; easy to talk to. Her affable manner puts people at ease. |
| allure | t. to entice by charm. Images of smiling girls in hula skirts allure tourists. |
| animosity | n. hatred. Good sports compete without personal animosity. |
| arable | adj. fit for growing crops. Pioneers made settlements where they found arable soil. |
| assuage | vt. to relieve, ease or appease. He sent flowers to assuage her hurt feelings. |
| avert | vt. 1. to turn aside. I averted my eyes in shame. 2. to avoid. We barely averted disaster. |
| bastion | n. stronghold; fortified area. Although the Soviet Union fell, Cuba remained a bastion of communism. |
| bequest | n. an act of bequeathing: leaving as an inheritance, or the thing left. The millionaire left a large bequest to his school. |
| chary | adj. cautious; reluctant to risk or give. The stern teacher is chary of praise. |
| cistern | n. a container for liquids, esp. rainwater. They relied on cisterns for their water supply. |
| compliant | (com-PLY-ant) adj. yielding; quick to agree or obey. The servant was compliant to his master’s wishes. |
| composure | n. calmness. Under pressure he lost his composure. |
| concur | vi. to agree. I concur with your reasoning and vote to approve your motion. |
| contemptible | adj. deserving hate or scorn. Stealing old ladies’ purses is a contemptible crime. |
| dawdle | vi. to move slowly, waste time. If you keep dawdling, we’ll be late. |
| deference | n. respect to a superior or elder. Even dukes bowed in deference to the king. |
| demean | vt. to lower in reputation. His immature comments in the press only demeaned himself. |
| destitute | adj. in extreme poverty. The storm destroyed their farm and left them utterly destitute. |
| didactic | adj. in extreme poverty. The storm destroyed their farm and left them utterly destitute. |
| diverge | vt. to move apart. Our paths diverged after elementary school. |
| elucidate | vt. to clarify. The teacher’s explanation elucidated the difficult topic. |
| endorse | vt. 1. to approve or support openly. The teachers’ union endorsed the gubernatorial candidate. 2. to sign a check or official document. |
| enthrall | vt. 1. to hold spellbound. Harry Potter novels enthrall children. 2. to enslave. After winning the battle, the king enthralled the warriors he had defeated. |
| euphonious | adj. pleasing to the ear. The gentle fountain makes a euphonious sound. |
| exigency | n. what is demanded or needed in a certain situation (often plural). The exigencies of war do not justify abuse of prisoners |
| facetious | adj. humorous in intent. I was wrong to make a facetious remark about her church. |
| fickle | adj. changing quickly, esp. in affections. His fickle sweetheart dumped him for his friend. |
| forum | n. 1. public meeting. Class meetings provide a forum for students. 2. public meeting place. |
| gratis | adv. free. The hotel provides a shuttle gratis. adj. free. I used the gratis shuttle service. |
| hackneyed | adj. trite; badly overused. “In our society today” is a hackneyed introductory phrase. |
| immaterial | adj. unimportant. The color of his hair is immaterial to his qualifications for the job. |
| impair | vt. to damage. Smoking impaired his health. |
| inadvertent | adj. unintentional. Because I was not paying attention, I made an inadvertent error. |
| incoherent | adj. lacking continuity; incomprehensible. Alcohol made his speech incoherent. |
| indiscriminate | adj. careless in making distinctions. Indiscriminate spending left him in debt. |
| innumerable | adj. careless in making distinctions. Indiscriminate spending left him in debt. |
| jaded | adj. careless in making distinctions. Indiscriminate spending left him in debt. |
| lucid | adj. clear to the eye or mind. His lucid explanation helped me understand magnetism. |
| matriarchy | n. a society or group governed by a woman. The Duchess’s large family was a matriarchy. |
| misconstrue | vt. to misinterpret. She misconstrued my innocent remarks and took offense. |
| obdurate | adj. hardened in feeling; stubborn. No could persuade the obdurate man. |
| oust | vt. to remove by force or law. The mayor ousted his political rivals from the committee. |
| partisan | adj. blindly favoring one’s party. The partisan voters in Congress will vote together without considering the issue. n. a follower or supporter (often prejudiced) of a party. |
| piety | n. faithfulness; dutiful observance. Only a man of great piety could become Pope. |
| prattle | vi. to talk foolishly. The annoying passenger prattled like a child. n. foolish talk. |
| preponderance | n. majority, as in number, power or strength. The preponderance of the candidate’s support lay in the traditionally conservative states. |
| prerogative | n. an official power or privilege. The President has the prerogative to veto bills. |
| promontory | n. a large projecting mass of land or rock. The lighthouse is on a promontory. |
| punitive | (PEW-ni-tiv) adj. done as punishment. The offense calls for punitive actions. |
| recant | vt. to deny or withdraw (a statement) formally. He recanted his support for the candidate. |
| recurrent | adj. occurring repeatedly. For weeks I have had a recurrent nightmare. |
| reprisal | n. a retaliatory act. They expelled our ambassadors in reprisal for our military strike. |
| respite | (RESS-pit) n. a period of rest, relief or delay: reprieve. I need a respite from work. |
| rupture | vt. n. 1. a break or tear. The muscle suffered a rupture. vt. to break apart. He ruptured a muscle. vi. to break or burst. The muscle ruptured. |
| scurry | vi. to scamper, as if agitated. Frightened mice scurry. n. scampering movement. |
| slouch | vi. to droop or sag. Don’t slouch at the microphone. n. 1. a sagging posture. He walks with a slouch. 2. an incompetent person (usu. in negative constructions). He is no slouch at golf. |
| squander | adj. to spend wastefully. He squandered his hard-earned pay in Las Vegas. |
| stubble | n. 1. the base of plants left after harvest. Autumn frost chilled the stubble fields. 2. a short growth of beard. |
| surreptitious | adj. stealthy, undetected. Inspectors found no surreptitious nuclear program in Iraq. |
| tenet | (TEN-it) n. principle, belief. “Less is more” is the architect’s tenet. |
| transgress | vt. to violate. He transgressed an unwritten rule. vi. to sin. Those who transgress must repent. |
| unquenchable | adj. impossible to put out or satisfy. His thirst was unquenchable. |
| vitriolic | adj. bitterly critical. The political commentator’s vitriolic tone offended some listeners. |
| voluptutous | voluptuous adj. enjoying or suggesting sensual pleasure. Italian painters portray Venus as a voluptuous beauty. |
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