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etymology final
all words that will possibly be pn the etymology final.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acquiesce | accept something reluctantly but without protest |
| ambiance | the character and atmosphere of a place |
| appall | greatly horrify |
| auspices | under the auspices of with the help, support, or protection of (forces of protection) |
| Bacchanal | a drunken celebration |
| Certitude | something that someone firmly believes is true |
| congested | blocked up or too full of something |
| Consortium | several business' or companies |
| consummate | to make perfect |
| Declivity | a downward slope |
| decorous | keeping with good taste and propriety |
| depose | remove from office |
| deracinate | (poetic) tear something up by the roots |
| desultory | lacking a plan or purpse |
| detritus | waste or debris of any kind |
| ecstasy | intense joy |
| edification | improvement of a person morally or intellectually |
| elaborate | detailed and complicated in design and planning |
| elegiac | having a mournful quality |
| euphoria | feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness |
| extant | still in existence |
| festooned | to decorate |
| flagrant | obviously offensive |
| flourish | grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way |
| fulminate | expressing protest |
| germane | relevant to a subject under consideration |
| gestation | using hand motions when speaking for emphasis |
| hoi polloi | the common people |
| impaired | having a disability of a specific kind |
| impeccable | faultless |
| impending | be about to happen |
| implicit | implied though not plainly expressed |
| incandescent | shinning very brightly |
| incense | smoke or perfume |
| inexplicable | unable to be explained or accounted for |