Fall Exam vocabulary for Ms. Stoudenmier at LAMP.
Year 2011. Full set, all 238 words
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| 290546743 | ad | to | |
| 290546744 | barb | (n) sharp projection from fishhook, etc. | |
| 290546745 | baroque | (adj) highly ornate | |
| 290546746 | barrage | (n) barrier laid down by artillery fire | |
| 290546747 | barrister | (n) counselor at law | |
| 290546748 | barterer | (n) trader | |
| 290546749 | bate | (v) let down, restrain | |
| 290546750 | batten | (v) grow fat; thrive upon others | |
| 290546751 | bauble | (n) trinket; trifle | |
| 290546752 | beatific | (adj) giving bliss; blissful | |
| 290546753 | bedizen | (v) dress with vulgar finery | |
| 290546754 | bedraggle | (v) wet throughly | |
| 290546755 | beguile | (v) delude; cheat; amuse | |
| 290546756 | behoove | (v) be suited to; be incumbent upon | |
| 290546757 | belabor | (v) beat soundly; assail verbally | |
| 290546758 | beleaguer | (v) besiege | |
| 290546759 | bellicose | (adj) warlike | |
| 290546760 | benediction | (n) blessing | |
| 290546761 | benefactor | (n) giver; patron | |
| 290546762 | beneficiary | (n) perspon entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will | |
| 290546763 | benighted | (adj) overcome by darkness | |
| 290546764 | benign | (adj) kindly; favorable; not malignant | |
| 290546765 | bereft | (adj) deprived of; lacking | |
| 290546766 | berserk | (adv) frenzied | |
| 290546767 | besmirch | (v) soil, defile | |
| 290546768 | bestow | (v) confer | |
| 290546769 | betroth | (v) becoming engaged to marry | |
| 290546770 | bi | two | |
| 290546771 | bicameral | (adj) two-chambered, as a legislative body | |
| 290546772 | bigotry | (n) stubborn intolerance | |
| 290546773 | bio | life | |
| 290546774 | bivouac | (n) temporary encampment | |
| 290546775 | bizarre | (adj) fantastic; violently contrasting | |
| 290546776 | blasphemous | (adj) profane; impious | |
| 290546777 | blatant | (adj) loudly offensive | |
| 290546778 | blazon | (v) decorate with an heraldic coat of arms | |
| 290546779 | bleak | (adj) cold; cheerless | |
| 290546780 | blighted | (adj) suffering from a disease; destroyed | |
| 290546781 | blithe | (adj) gay; joyous | |
| 290546782 | bludgeon | (n) club; heavy-headed weapon | |
| 290546783 | bode | (v) foreshadow; portend | |
| 290546784 | bogus | (adj) counterfeit; not authentic | |
| 290546785 | boisterous | (adj) violent; rough; noisy | |
| 290546786 | bombastic | (adj) pompous; using inflated lanague | |
| 290546787 | bootless | (adj) useless | |
| 290546788 | bountiful | (adj) generous; showing bounty | |
| 290546789 | bourgeois | (n) middle class person | |
| 290546790 | braggadocio | (n) boasting | |
| 290546791 | bravado | (n) swagger; assumed air of defiance | |
| 290546792 | brazen | (adj) insolent | |
| 290546793 | brazier | (n) open pan in which live coals are burned | |
| 290546794 | breach | (n) breaking of contract or duty; fissure, gap | |
| 290546795 | brevity | (n) conciseness | |
| 290546796 | bristling | (adj) rising like bristles; showing irritation | |
| 290546797 | broach | (v) open up | |
| 290546798 | brocade | (n) rich, textured fabric | |
| 290546799 | brochure | (n) pamphlet | |
| 290546800 | brooch | (n) ornamental clasp | |
| 290546801 | bullion | (n) gold and silver in the form of bars | |
| 290546802 | bulwark | (n) earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends | |
| 290546803 | bumptious | (adj) self assertive | |
| 290546804 | bungle | (v) spoil by clumsy behavior | |
| 290546805 | burgeon | (v) grow forth; send out buds | |
| 290546806 | burlesque | (v) give an imitation that ridicules | |
| 290546807 | buttress | (n) support or prop | |
| 290546808 | buxom | (adj) plump; vigorous; jolly | |
| 290546809 | cabal | (n) small groups of persons secrely united to promote their own interests | |
| 290546810 | cache | (n) hiding place | |
| 290546811 | cacophony | (n) discordant sound | |
| 290546812 | cadaver | (n) corpse | |
| 290546813 | contra | against | |
| 290546814 | cryptic | (adj) mysterious; hidden; secret | |
| 290546815 | cuisine | (n) style of cooking | |
| 290546816 | cull | (v) pick out; reject | |
| 290546817 | culmination | (n) attainment of highest point | |
| 290546818 | culpable | (adj) deserving blame | |
| 290546819 | cupidity | (n) greed | |
| 290546820 | cur, curr, curs | run | |
| 290546821 | curry | (v) treat leather | |
| 290546822 | cursory | (adj) casual; hastily done | |
| 290546823 | curtail | (v) shorten, reduce | |
| 290546824 | dais | (n) raised platform for guests of honor | |
| 290546825 | dally | (v) trifly with procrastination | |
| 290546826 | dank | (adj) damp | |
| 290546827 | dastard | (n) coward | |
| 290546828 | daunt | (v) intimidate | |
| 290546829 | dauntless | (adj) bold | |
| 290546830 | dawdle | (v) loiter, waste time | |
| 290546831 | debase | (v) reduce to lower state | |
| 290546832 | debaunch | (v) corrupt; make intemperate | |
| 290546833 | debonair | (adj) sauve; aiming to please | |
| 290546834 | debutante | (n) young lady making formal entrance into society | |
| 290546835 | decadence | (n) decay | |
| 290546836 | decant | (v) pour off gently | |
| 290546837 | deciduous | (adj) falling off as of leaves | |
| 290546838 | declivity | (n) downward slope | |
| 290546839 | decoy | (n) lure or bait | |
| 290546840 | decrepit | (adj) worn out by age | |
| 290546841 | decry | (v) disparage | |
| 290546842 | deducible | (adj) derived by reasoning | |
| 290546843 | degalcate | (v) misuse money held in trust | |
| 290546844 | defamation | (n) harming a person's reputation | |
| 290546845 | default | (n) failure to act | |
| 290546846 | defeatist | (adj) attitude of one who is ready to accept defeat as a natural outcome | |
| 290546847 | defection | (n) desertion | |
| 290546848 | deference | (n) courteous regard for another's wish | |
| 290546849 | defile | (adj) pollute; profane | |
| 290546850 | definitive | (adj) final; complete | |
| 290546851 | deflect | (v) turn aside | |
| 290546852 | deign | (v) condescend | |
| 290546853 | delete | (v) strike out | |
| 290546854 | deleterious | (adj) harmful | |
| 290546855 | delineation | (n) portrayal | |
| 290546856 | delirium | (n) mental disorder marked by confusion | |
| 290546857 | delusive | (adj) deceptive; raising vain hopes | |
| 290546858 | demean | (v) degrade; condescend to do | |
| 290546859 | demeanor | (b) behavior; bearing | |
| 290546860 | demise | (n) death | |
| 290546861 | demolition | (n) destruction | |
| 290546862 | demonic | (adj) fiendish | |
| 290546863 | demur | (v) delay; object | |
| 290546864 | demure | (adj) serious; coy | |
| 290546865 | denizen | (n) inhabitant | |
| 290546866 | depict | (v) portray | |
| 290546867 | depilate | (v) remove hair | |
| 290546868 | deplete | (v) reduce; exhaust | |
| 290546869 | deploy | (v) move troops so that the battle line is extended at the expanse of depth | |
| 290546870 | deposition | (n) testimony under oath | |
| 290546871 | depravity | (n) corruption; wickedness | |
| 290546872 | deprecatory | (adj) disapproving | |
| 290546873 | depreciate | (v) lesson in value | |
| 290546874 | deranged | (adj) insane | |
| 290546875 | deride | (v) scoff at | |
| 290546876 | dermatologist | (n) physician who treats the skin and it diseases | |
| 290546877 | derogatory | (adj) expressing a low opinion | |
| 290546878 | desecrate | (v) profane; violate the sanctity of | |
| 290546879 | desiccate | (v) dry up | |
| 290546880 | despicable | (adj) contemptible | |
| 290546881 | despise | (v) scorn | |
| 290546882 | despoil | (v) plunder | |
| 290546883 | dys | bad, ill, different | |
| 290546884 | endo | within | |
| 290546885 | exo | out of, outside | |
| 290546886 | extra | beyond | |
| 290546887 | fer, ferrous | bearing, producing, yielding | |
| 290546888 | flect, flex | bend | |
| 290546889 | hetero | different | |
| 290546890 | hyper | over, above, beyond the ordinary | |
| 290546891 | intelligentsia (n) | the intelligent and educated classes. (often used derogatorily) | |
| 290546892 | interim (n) | meantime | |
| 290546893 | interment | (n) burial | |
| 290546894 | intermittent | (adj) periodic; on and off | |
| 290546895 | intimidation | (n) fear | |
| 290546896 | intransigent | (adj) refusing any compromise | |
| 290546897 | intrepid | (adj) fearless | |
| 290546898 | intrinsic | (adj) belonging to a thing in itself; inherent | |
| 290546899 | introvert | (n) one who is introspective; inclined to think more about oneself | |
| 290546900 | intrude | (v) trespass; enter as an uninvited person | |
| 290546901 | intuition | (n) power of knowing without reasoning | |
| 290546902 | inundate | (v) overflow; flood | |
| 290546903 | inured | (adj) accustomed; hardened | |
| 290546904 | inveigle | (v) lead astray; wheedle | |
| 290546905 | inveterate | (adj) deep-rooted; habitual | |
| 290546906 | invidious | (adj) designed to create ill will or envy | |
| 290546907 | inviolability | (n) security from being destroyed, corrupted or profaned | |
| 290546908 | iota | (n) very small quantity | |
| 290546909 | irascible | (adj) irritable; easily angered | |
| 290546910 | iridescent | (adj) exhibiting rainbow-like colors | |
| 290546911 | ironical | resulting in an unexpected and contrary manner | |
| 290546912 | irrelevant | (adj) not applicable; unrelated | |
| 290546913 | irremediable | (adj) incurable; uncorrectable | |
| 290546914 | irreparable | (adj) not able to be corrected or repaired | |
| 290546915 | irreverent | (adj) lacking proper respect | |
| 290546916 | iterate | (v) utter a second time; repeat | |
| 290546917 | itinerant | (adj) wandering; traveling | |
| 290546918 | jaded | (adj) fatigued; surfeited | |
| 290546919 | jargon | (n) language used by a special group; gibberish | |
| 290546920 | jaundiced | (adj) yellowed; prejudiced; envious | |
| 290546921 | ject | throw | |
| 290546922 | jeopardy | (n) exposure to death or danger | |
| 290546923 | jettison | (v) throw overboard | |
| 290546924 | jingoism | (n) extremely aggressive and militant | |
| 290546925 | jocular | (adj) said or done in jest | |
| 290546926 | jollity | (n) gaiety; cheerfulness | |
| 290546927 | judicious | (adj) wise; determined by sound judgement | |
| 290546928 | junket | (n) a merry feast or picnic | |
| 290546929 | junta | (n) a group of men joined in political intrigue; cabat | |
| 290546930 | ken | (n) range of knowledge | |
| 290546931 | kiosk | (n) summerhouse; open pavilion | |
| 290546932 | kismet | (n) fate | |
| 290546933 | kith | (n) familiar friends | |
| 290546934 | kleptomaniac | (n) person who has a compulsive desire to steal | |
| 290546935 | knavery | (n) rascality | |
| 290546936 | knell | (n) tolling of the bell at a funeral; sound of the funeral bell | |
| 290546937 | knoll | (n) little round hill | |
| 290546938 | labyrinth | (n) maze | |
| 290546939 | lacerate | (v) mangle; tear | |
| 290546940 | lackadaisical | (adj) affectedly languid | |
| 290546941 | lackey | (n) footman; toady | |
| 290546942 | laconic | (adj) brief and to the point | |
| 290546943 | laggard | (adj) slow ; sluggish | |
| 290546944 | lagniappe | (n) trifling present given to a customer | |
| 290546945 | lagoon | (n) shallow body of water near a sea; lake | |
| 290546946 | lambent | (adj) flickering; softly radiant | |
| 290546947 | lampoon | (v) ridicule | |
| 290546948 | languish | (v) lost animation; lose strength | |
| 290546949 | lapidary | (n) worker in precious stones | |
| 290546950 | largess | (n) generous gift | |
| 290546951 | lascivious | (adj) lustful | |
| 290546952 | lassitude | (n) languor; weariness | |
| 290546953 | lateral | (adj) coming from the side | |
| 290546954 | laudatory | (adj) expressing praise | |
| 290546955 | lave | (v) wash | |
| 290546956 | lecherous | (adj) impure in thought and act; lustful; unchaste | |
| 290546957 | lethargic | (adj) drowsy; dull | |
| 290546958 | lewd | (adj) lustful | |
| 290546959 | libelous | (adj) defamatory; injurious to the good name of a person | |
| 290546960 | lieu | (n) instead of | |
| 290546961 | limn | (v) portray; describe vividly | |
| 290546962 | limpid | (adj) clear | |
| 290546963 | linguistic | (adj) pertaining to language | |
| 290546964 | liquidate | (v) settle accounts; clear up | |
| 290546965 | listless | (adj) lacking in spirit or energy | |
| 290546966 | locut, loqu | speak, talk | |
| 290546967 | mand | order, command, commit | |
| 290546968 | mis | hate | |
| 290546969 | mono | one, single, alone | |
| 290546970 | mor, mort | death | |
| 290546971 | peri | around, about, near, enclosing | |
| 290546972 | phil, philo | loving, fond of | |
| 290546973 | pod | foot | |
| 290546974 | poly | many | |
| 290546975 | port | carry | |
| 290546976 | prehend, prehens | seize, grasp | |
| 290546977 | tact, tang | touch | |
| 290546978 | tort, tors | twist | |
| 290546979 | vict, vinc | conquer, show conclusively | |
| 290546980 | voke | call |
