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Vocab Week 1
abominate - gestate (pg. 5-22)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| addendum | n. an addition or supplement to a book |
| neuter | adj. neither masculine or feminine |
| abut | v. to touch at the end or boundary line |
| allege | v. to assert to be true, esp. without or before proof |
| advent | n. a coming or an arrival, especially of something very important |
| ambivalence | n. simultaneous existence of opposing feelings; uncertainty as to what to do |
| agnostic | adj. believing that the existence of God cannot be proven or disproven |
| anthropomorphism | n. the attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects |
| beget | v. to produce (usually by sexual reproduction); to create |
| artless | adj. ingenuous; simple and straightforward in a childlike way |
| boorish | v. rude and clumsy; lacking polish, courtesy, or humanity |
| censure | v. to criticize severely |
| chary | adj. cautious, wary |
| brevity | n. briefness |
| chicanery | n. deception by trickery |
| coalesce | v. to grow together; to merge into a single body |
| cavort | v. to leap about, behave boisterously |
| cocksure | adj. arrogantly confident |
| celerity | n. speed in motion; swiftness |
| cogent | adj. intellectually convincing; solidly logical |
| connoisseur | n. an expert, esp. in the fine arts |
| contemporary | adj. living or existing at the same time as another |
| contentious | adj. always ready to argue; quarrelsome |
| conversant | adj. knowing enough about a subject to talk about it |
| convivial | adj. pleasant; fun to be with; sociable and friendly |
| dearth | n. a scarcity or lack of supply |
| decry | v. to speak out against strongly and openly |
| defensible | adj. justifiable for accuracy |
| divisive | adj. creating conflict |
| disaffected | adj. dissatisfied with the people in authority and no longer willing |
| eclectic | adj. composed of materials from various sources |
| effusive | adj. overwhelming; excessively emotional |
| emend | v. to correct or revise a written text |
| epitaph | n. an inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in memory of the deceased |
| epithet | n. a descriptive term for a person or thing |
| esoteric | adj. known by or confined to a small number of people |
| evince | v. to give outward evidence of; to display clearly |
| glib | adj. (of words or the person speaking them) fluent and voluble but insecure and shallow |
| gratuitous | adj. not called for by the circumstances, as an insult |
| incendiary | n. a person who agitates; an object that starts fires |
| invalidate | v. to cancel; deprive of legal importance; nullify |
| knell | n. the solemn sound of a bell, often indicating death |
| lackluster | adj. lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired |
| litigate (litigant) | v. to take a matter to a court of law (one who is engaged in a lawsuit) |
| loquacious | adj. very talkative |
| lucid | adj. emitting or reflecting steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| magnanimous | adj. courageous and noble in heart and mind |
| mercurial | adj. easily changeable; erratic |
| miasma | n. a noxious or poisonous atmosphere |
| minutiae | n. trivial details |
| modicum | n. a small, very modest, or token amount |
| mogul | n. a rich or powerful person |
| monolithic | adj. massive, solid, uniform in appearance |
| myopic | adj. near-sighted; short-sighted |
| nice | adj. showing or requiring great precision or subtle discernment |
| obtrude | v. to push forward; to impose (oneself or ideas) on others |
| ostentatious | adj. showy; characterized by a need to be noticed, not always favorably |
| partisan | n. a strong, often militant, supporter of one side |
| pendulous | adj. hanging, especially so as to swing by an attached end or part |
| reticent | adj. exceptionally restrained or reserved in mannerism or speech |
| sleuth | n. a detective |
| stolid | adj. (of a person) calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation |
| stricture | n. a restraint or limit |
| stringent | adj. imposing strict standards of performance; constricted |
| tangential | adj. 1. diverging from a previous course or line; erratic 2. of, relating to, or along a tangent 3. peripheral |
| transpose | v. to change the relative position or order of |
| uproarious | adj. extremely funny |
| viable | adj. able to live; capable of success |
| abstruse | adj. not clear; ambiguous or uncertain; very abstract |
| arrant | adj. completely and thoroughly thus; it is what it is |
| avuncular | adj. resembling an uncle; benevolent |
| balsam | n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing |
| bevel | n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees |
| bombastic | adj. pretentious, inflated speech or writing; lacking in humility |
| circumspect | adj. showing discretion and careful judgment |
| compunction | n. a feeling of uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt |
| dilettante | n. one who engages an art with only superficial skill; an amateur |
| disabuse | v. to rid of false ideas, enlighten, free from error |
| discursive | adj. covering a wide range of subjects; rambling |
| disinter | v. to exhume; dig out of the ground |
| durance | n. confinement |
| effete | adj. depleted of vitality; characterized by self-indulgence or decadence |
| expurgate | v. remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account) |
| festal | adj. joyous |
| fractious | adj. easily irritated or bad-tempered; (of an organization): unruly and noisy |
| furlong | n. a measure, one-eighth of a mile |
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