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English Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| idolatry | excessive or blind adoration; worship of an object |
| adulterate | to make impure; to contaminate |
| emanate | to come forth; to send forth |
| garish | tastelessly gaudy |
| immutable | unchangeable; fixed |
| diadem | a crown |
| bucolic | pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic |
| redolent | having a pleasant odor; suggestive or evocative |
| impecunious | without money; penniless |
| sedition | rebellion or resistance against the government |
| defile | to pollute; to corrupt |
| gratuitous | unnecessary or uncalled for |
| onus | a burden; a responsibility |
| impious | disrespectful toward God |
| caveat | a warning |
| elixir | a supposed remedy for all ailments |
| desiccated | dried up |
| cessation | a stopping; a discontinuance |
| juxtapose | to place side |
| kinetic | pertaining to motion |
| garrulous | talkative |
| fetish | an object that receives respect or devotion |
| scintillate | to sparkle; to twinkle; to sparkle intellectually |
| lachrymose | tearful, weepy |
| fissure | an opening; a groove; a split |
| epitome | a typical example |
| languid | sluggish; drooping from weakness |
| delineate | to describe; to depict |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand; deception |
| libertine | one who leads an immoral life |
| halcyon | calm; pleasant |
| fastidious | hard to please; fussy |
| badinage | playful, teasing talk |
| malapropism | a word humorously misused |
| garner | to gather; to acquire |
| kismet | destiny; fate; fortune (one's lost in life) |
| hegira | flight; escape |
| paradigm | a model; an example |
| debauchery | corruption; self |
| milieu | environment; setting |
| regress | to move backward |
| bilious | bad tempered; cross |
| necromancy | magic, especially that practiced by a witch |
| gumption | courage and initiative; common sense |
| blandishment | flattery |
| nirvana | a condition of great peace or happiness |
| salutary | healthful; wholesome |
| despicable | contemptible; hateful |
| harlequin | a clown |
| empathy | an understanding of another's feelings |
| brevity | briefness; short duration |
| savant | a person of extensive learning; an eminent scholar |
| obsequious | excessively submissive or overly attentive |
| redundant | repetitious; using more words than needed |
| offal | garbage; waste parts |
| hoi polloi | the common people; the masses |
| sentient | conscious; capable of feeling or perceiving |
| impinge | to encroach; to trespass |
| cataract | a large waterfall |
| animosity | hatred |
| bombast | impressive but meaningless language |
| orthography | correct spelling |
| paleontology | a science dealing with prehistoric life through the study of fossils |
| recoil | to retreat; to draw back |
| panache | self-confidence; a showy manner |
| saturnine | gloomy; sluggish |
| endemic | confined to a particular country or area |
| mendacious | lying; false; deceitful |
| obviate | to prevent; to get around |
| paroxysm | a sudden outburst; a fit |
| aggrandize | 1. to increase the range of; to expand 2. to make appear larger |
| deign | to lower oneself before an inferior |
| flaunt | to show off |
| shibboleth | a word or pronunciation that distinguishes someone as part of a group |
| elicit | to draw forth; to call forth |
| orifice | mouth; opening |
| hallow | to make holy |
| perdition | damnation; ruin; hell |
| chaff | worthless matter |
| aesthetic | pertaining to beauty |
| empirical | based on practical experience rather than theory |
| germane | relevant; fitting |
| hermetic | tightly sealed |
| meretricious | attractive in a cheap, flashy way |
| querulous | complaining; grumbling |
| flaccid | flabby |
| hospice | a shelter for travelers, orphans, or the ill or destitute |
| egregious | remarkable bad; outrageous |
| ratiocinate | to reason; to think |
| foment | to stir up; to incite |
| salient | significant; conspicuous; standing out from the rest |
| recant | to withdraw or disavow a statement or opinion |
| jocular | humorous; lighthearted |
| palliate | to ease; to lessen; to soothe |
| malleable | capable of being changed; easily shaped |
| recreant | a coward; a traitor |
| affinity | an attraction to |
| impalpable | unable to be felt; intangible |
| fiscal | pertaining to finances |
| regale | to delight with something pleasing or amusing |
| miscreant | a vicious person |
| flagellate | to whip; to lash |
| lascivious | lustful or lewd |
| flout | to ridicule; to show contempt for |
| salacious | obscene; lustful |
| rebuke | to scold; to blame |
| nonentity | a person or thing of little importance |
| sang froid | calmness; composure or cool self |
| desultory | wandering from subject to subject |
| hector | to bully; to pester |
| pandemic | general; widespread |
| coalesce | to blend; to merge |
| beguile | to deceive; to charm; to enchant |
| ennui | boredom; a weariness resulting from a lack of interest |
| hiatus | a pause or gap |
| lambent | softly bright or radiant; moving lightly over a surface |
| ergo | therefore |
| hubris | excessive pride or self |
| pecuniary | pertaining to money; financial |
| sibilant | a hissing sound |
| incendiary | causing to incite or inflame |
| apotheosis | the finest example |
| contiguous | making contact or touching at some point; side by side |
| auspicious | signaling favorable or promising results |
| vociferous | marked by noise; loud |
| avuncular | similar to an uncle |
| proletariat | working class or lower class |
| tenacious | strongly held; not easy to separate |
| specious | deceptive or misleading |
| refractory | unmanageable or difficult to control; willful |
| inimitable | cannot be imitated |
| malfeasance | poor conduct or wrongdoing, especially on the part of a public official |
| platonic | marked by the absence of romance or physical attraction |
| pontificate | speak in a pretentiously dignified or dogmatic way |
| prurient | given to lustful or lewd thoughts |
| insuperable | not able to be overcome |
| apex | the highest point of something |
| acrid | marked by a sharp taste or smell; bitter |
| fulminate | to voice disapproval or protest |
| jejune | without interest; dull |
| hegemony | influence or domination over |
| truculent | marked by ferocity |
| credulity | willingness to believe too readily |
| dross | refuse or waste |
| verisimilitude | the appearance of truth |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency like glue |
| psychosomatic | of or relating to symptoms caused by mental or emotional problems |
| abnegation | unwillingness to admit reality or truth; denial |
| polyglot | someone with knowledge of two or more languages |
| gravitas | seriousness |
| intractable | difficult to manipulate or govern |
| disseminate | to disperse or scatter |
| sinecure | a job that provides income but requires little or no work |
| tenditious | biased in perspective; preferring one view over another |
| politic | prudent or shrewdly tactful |
| extemporaneous | done without planning; spur of the moment; unexpected; makeshift |
| discursive | jumping from one topic to another with out any order or reason |
| diaspora | a dispersion of people from their homeland |
| requiem | a religious service or song for the deceased |
| traduce | to slander someone's reputation |
| acerbic | sarcastic in mood, tone or temper; harsh |
| beatitude | a state of happiness or joy |
| maladroit | not resourceful or cunning; inept |
| androgynous | having features of both sexes; suitable for both male and female |
| augur | someone who predicts future events according to omens |
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