10 vocabulary words accumulated since October 26; test November 5
100863450 | venerable | (adj) commanding respect because of old age or dignity | 0 | |
100863451 | wizened | (adj) dried up or withered | 1 | |
100863452 | abtruse | (adj) something that is hard to understand because of its intellectual difficulty or its obscurity | 2 | |
100863453 | curmudgeon | (adj) a grouch or grump | 3 | |
100863454 | misogynist | (n) women hater | 4 | |
100863455 | innuendo | (n) subtle or indirect expression; suggets 1/2 truth that leads to rumor or gossip | 5 | |
100863456 | ruse | (n) a crafty scheme | 6 | |
100863457 | temporize | (v) to act evasively in order to gain time or to avoid an argument | 7 | |
100863458 | ardor | (n) burning passior or fiery devotion; adjective form is ardent | 8 | |
100863459 | hegemony | (n) predominant influence of one nation over another | 9 |