Cumulative Vocab Test pgs. 62-124
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| 131168176 | Dissimulate | (v) to disguise something, hide it under a false exterior -By itself: to conceal one's thoughts, feelings, moties, generally through the use of hypocritical words or acts | |
| 131168177 | Dissolute | (adj) has no morals and is shamelessly uninhibited by any rules of conduct -a very strong word of condemnation | |
| 131168178 | Distraught | (adj) greatly upsetn deeply troubled | |
| 131168179 | Doff | (v) to take off something-usually a formal and elegant word to describe the removal of clothing -lay aside, get rid of | |
| 131168180 | Doleful | (adj) mournful and sorrowful | |
| 131168181 | Dolt | (n) a blockhead or nitwit, numbskull | |
| 131168182 | Don | (v) to put on an article of clothing | |
| 131168183 | Dormant | (adj) temporarily inactive, in abeyance | |
| 131168184 | Dossier | (n) a record, an accumulation of documents containing data relating to someone or something; background information | |
| 131168185 | Doughty | (adj) stout-hearted, reolute, unafraid | |
| 131168186 | Droll | (adj) oddly amusing | |
| 131168187 | Dudgeon | (n) resentment and indignation, always found in the expression "in high dugeon"-if someone leaves in "high dudgeon" his feathers are ruffled | |
| 131168188 | Duplicity | (n) expresses deceitfulness, double dealing, bad faith. Describes the acts of one who pretends to feel one way and acts the opposite way, and cheats; involves betrayl | |
| 131168189 | Ebullient | (adj) high-spirited, exuberant | |
| 131168190 | Eclectic | (adj) selective, choosing from various sources | |
| 131168191 | Edify | (v) to instruct and to uplift | |
| 131168192 | Edifying | (adj) relfects the uplifting aspect | |
| 131168193 | Edification | (n) reflects the instructing or enlightening aspect | |
| 131168194 | Efficacious | (adj) productive of the desired result. Used where a specific result is attained | |
| 131168195 | Efficient | (adj) describes a method, machine, substance or person producing a result with the least waste | |
| 131168196 | Efflorescence | (n) a flowering or blossoming. Used to describe the growth and development of one's art or the blossoming of a culture or civilization | |
| 131168197 | Effrontery | (n) describes impudent boldness, shameless audacity | |
| 131168198 | Effulgent | (adj) glittering, shining | |
| 131168199 | Egregious | (adj) exceptionally, glaringly bad, outstandingly bad | |
| 131168200 | Elucidate | (v) to make something clear or lucid, to throw light upon it | |
| 131168201 | Emblazon | (v) to adorn richly, deck in brilliant colors -sometimes used to mean proclaim or extol | |
| 131168202 | Emend | (v) to correct or edit | |
| 131168203 | Emeritus | (adj) applies to a person who has retired while retaining his honorary title and is usually found in the expression "professor emeritus" | |
| 131168204 | Emote | (v) acting emotionally -sometimes used pejoratively, to indicate theatrical behaviour | |
| 131168205 | Empirical | (adj) an opinion or judgement based on observation and experience, as opposed to theory -implies trial-and-error procedures | |
| 131168206 | Enigmatic | (adj) puzzling and obscure | |
| 131177049 | Enmity | (n) hostility, antagonism. All too often develops among heirs as they struggle over the division of an estate | |
| 131177050 | Ennui | (n) boredom. Describes emptiness of feeling, often felt by the "man who has everything" | |
| 131177051 | Entity | (n) often a rather elevated synonym for "thing," covers anything having a distinct existence | |
| 131177052 | Enure | (v) to accustom, to habituate -in law, in the phrase "inure to the benefit of"is a common term in agreements | |
| 131177053 | Envisage | (v) to visualize something or imagine it -can also imply forsee | |
| 131177054 | Ephemeral | (adj) short-lived, soon over and done with | |
| 131177055 | Epigram | (n) witticisms, witty sayings, wisecracks, tersely expressed, often in verse. Applies particularly to a brief satirical poem, usually ending with a terse, witty observation | |
| 131177056 | Epitaph | (n) a tomb inscription but used more generally to cover any written praise of one who has passed on | |
| 131177057 | Epithet | (n) a descriptive word or phrase, often one that has become identified with a famous character, real or fictional | |
| 131177058 | Epitome | (n) the embodiment of something, its typical representation. Synonymous with personification | |
| 131177059 | Equable | (adj) even-tempered, unvarying | |
| 131177060 | Equanimity | (n) composure, calmness of temperament | |
| 131177061 | Ersatz | (adj) applies to anything that is synthetic, artificial, substitute; not the genuine article; something else, gerally of inferior quality | |
| 131177062 | Erudite | (adj) "learned," "scholarly" | |
| 131177063 | Eschew | (v) to shun or avoid something. The avoiding is not casual, but determined | |
| 131177064 | Esoteric | (adj) covers anything obscure, far out, beyond the grasp of most people. The word can apply to ideas, works of art, doctrines, systems of thought, philosophies | |
| 131380990 | Ethereal | (adj) light, delicate, airy; not of this world | |
| 131380991 | Euphonious | (adj) pleasant-sounding | |
| 131380992 | Euphoric | (adj) expresses the mood of a person enjoying an exaggerated feeling or well-being. Slang equivalent is "high." Usually, the word implies that the feeling is unjustified by the circumstances, or is entirely without a basis in reality | |
| 131380993 | Exacerbate | (v) to worsen a situation, to aggravate it, in the sense of increasing its bitterness | |
| 131380994 | Excoriate | (v) to upbraid someone scathingly, reprimand him harshly; "to flay" | |
| 131380995 | Excrement | (n) feces. Broad enough to describe any bodily waste, but it almsot always refers to fecal matter | |
| 131380996 | Exemplary | (adj) acts that are commendable; they set a high standard, an example worth imitating -has a special meaning in law: "serving as an example." | |
| 131380997 | Exhort | (v) to urge someone, to advise him with great emphasis | |
| 131380998 | Exigency | (n) urgency; urgent needs, demands | |
| 131380999 | Exonerate | (v) to free someone from blame | |
| 131381000 | Exorcise | (v) one can exorcise an evil spirit from a person by prayer or religious rites; to free a person or place from evil spirits or influences | |
| 131381001 | Expunge | (v) to wipe out, erase, delete | |
| 131381002 | Extempore | (adj) (adv) impromptu, done on the spur of the moment | |
| 131381003 | Extenuate | (v) to lessen the seriousness of an offense, or someone's guilt, or to make it seem less serious; "extenuating circumstances" is a common phrase, to describe surrounding facts that partially excuse an offense or a fault | |
| 131381004 | Extirpate | (v) to root something out, destroy it utterly, eradicate it, exterminate it | |
| 131381005 | Extrapolate | (v) to make a future estimate based on past data; conjecture or predict | |
| 131381006 | Facilitate | (v) to make easy, help along | |
| 131381007 | Fallacious | (adj) unsound and misleading. It is based upon a fallacy, an erroneous or mistaken belief based, in turn, upon unsoud reasoning. | |
| 131381008 | Fallow | (adj) dormant, inactive, unproductive -"pale yellow, dun" -fallow deer | |
| 131381009 | Falter | (v) to waver, vacillate; to stumble, totter, to give way | |
| 131381010 | Feasible | (adj) describes something that can be accomplished, a goal that is not beyond wild dreams, something workable -plausible, likely; denotes something practicable, doable | |
| 131381011 | Feckless | (adj) untrustworthy because he is incompetent, feeble, or irresponsible, lazy without spirit or energy, or all of these unpleasant things | |
| 131381012 | Fecund | (adj) productive, fertile | |
| 135369473 | Feisty | (adj) full of spirit, lively, ready for anything -short tempered, quarrelsome | |
| 135369474 | Felicitate | (v) to congratulate someone | |
| 135369475 | Festoon | (n)(v) a chain of flowers or ribbons hung in a loop as a decoration (v) to decorate with festoons; a vivid description of situations where something or someone is adorned or surrounded in a smothering sort of way | |
| 135369476 | Fetid. Foetid | (adj) describes a very unpleasant state of affairs. "Stinking" or "malodorous;" can also be applied to hateful or odious people | |
| 135369477 | Fey | (adj) amusing but somewhat difficult to deal with; eccentric, unworldy, tend to behave irresponsibly | |
| 135369478 | Fiasco | (n) a total and humiliating failure | |
| 135369479 | Flaccid | (adj) limp and flabby; weak, ineffectual, unimpressive | |
| 135369480 | Flagellate | (v) to whip or flog; to punish, especially with severe criticism -to drive or urge | |
| 135369481 | Flamboyant | (adj) outstandingly showy or striking | |
| 135369482 | Flatulent | (adj) suffering from gas or causing gas -describes writing that is bombastic, popous, turgid, and overwritten(the prose consists mostly of wind) | |
| 135369483 | Flay | (v) to strip off the skin, hide or any outer covering of a living creature -to criticize scathingly | |
| 135369484 | Foible | (n) describes a minor, relatively harmless weakness in a person's character | |
| 135369485 | Foment | (v) to instigate, promote, to get something moving or going -->usually applied in an unfavorable way | |
| 135369486 | Font | (n) a church basin, usually of stone, for holding baptism water -source or fountainhead; a set of type | |
| 135369487 | Foray | (n)(v) a sudden raid, usually to take plunder; to muke such a raid | |
| 135369488 | Fortuitous | (adj) something that happens by chance, accidental, not prearranged -fortunate or lucky | |
| 135369489 | Founder | (v) SHIPS: to sink PLANTS, COMPANIES: to fail, fizzle out ANIMALS: to become ill by overeating, to stumble -an unfortunate activity to be strenuously avoided | |
| 135369490 | Fractious | (adj) peevish and irritable; unruly, hard to manage | |
| 135369491 | Fruition | (n) fulfillment, attainment, realization, results achieved | |
| 135369492 | Fusillade | (n) expressive, gives just the right explosive atmosphere | |
| 135410171 | Gadfly | (n) means any pest or anyone who annoys people by continual carping; persistently pesters others with schemes, demands for action, ect. | |
| 135410172 | Garrulous | (adj) talkative and keeps rambling on, usually about trivial matters | |
| 135410173 | Gauche | (adj) crude, uncouth, and awkward, lacking in social grace and insensitive -->may be applied to conduct as well as people | |
| 135410174 | Generic | (adj) general, common, applicable to a whole class | |
| 135410175 | Googol | (n) an astronomical number used primarily to measure the unimaginable distances of outer space-the largest number that can be expressed in words | |
| 135410176 | Gormandize | (v) to eat gluttonously, applies only to gluttons | |
| 135410177 | Gossamer | (n) describes any thin, delicate fabric | |
| 135410178 | Grandiloquence | (n) high-flown, bombastic and pompous speech | |
| 135410179 | Gravamen | (n) a material part of an accusation; that issue that weighs most heavily in an accusation or legal action | |
| 135410180 | Gregarious | (adj) sociable, fond of company, a good mixer | |
| 135410181 | Guise | (n) semblance, assumed appearance, style of dress | |
| 135410182 | Habituate | (v) to get someone accustomed to something, used to it, gradually get him to accept it as normal | |
| 135410183 | Hackneyed | (adj) trite, made stale from overuse | |
| 135410184 | Hegemony | (n) Denotes dominant influence, especially of one nation or state over others | |
| 135410185 | Hegira | (n) a journey to a pleasanter place | |
| 135410186 | Heinous | (adj) about as bad as possible, foul and abominable | |
| 135410187 | Herbivorous | (adj) plant-eating | |
| 135410188 | Hermaphrodite | (n) a living organism with both male and female organs of sex; bisexual | |
| 135410189 | Heterogenous | (adj) composed of different kinds | |
| 135410190 | Homogeneous | (adj) composed of the same kind | |
| 135410191 | Honorarium | (n) a voluntary payment for services when there is no legal obligation to pay; a fee | |
| 135492429 | Hubris | (n) arrogance, insolent pride | |
| 135492430 | Hyperbole | (n) exaggeration, intentionally used as a figure of speech | |
| 135492431 | Hypothesis | (n) a supposition or theory used to explain an occurence in the absense of actual proof | |
| 135492432 | Iconoclast | (n) one who challenges accepted beliefs | |
| 135492433 | Imbibe | to drink; to drink in, to absorb | |
| 135492434 | Imbroglio | (n)confused situation -bitter misunderstanding -violent dissagreement | |
| 135492435 | Immemorial | (adj) describes things that extend back beyond memory | |
| 135492436 | Immutable | (adj) unchangeable | |
| 135492437 | Impassive | (adj) neither feel nor show emotion | |
| 135492438 | Implement | (v) to put something (a plan or promise) into effect, to carry it out | |
| 135492439 | Implicate | (v) to involve someone in a crime or conspiracy, or show him to be involved | |
| 135492440 | Implicit | (adj) implied, taken for granted -unquestioning, absolute | |
| 135492441 | Imponderable | (n) anything difficult to estimate | |
| 135492442 | Importunate | (adj) persistent in making requests | |
| 135535028 | Incarnate | (adj) personified, expresses the concept of embodiment | |
| 135535029 | Inchoate | (adj) just begun, undeveloped and unorganized | |
| 135535030 | Incipient | (adj) just beginning, in an initial stage of development | |
| 135535031 | Inclement | (adj) harsh, severe; cruel, without mercy | |
| 135535032 | Incognito | (n)(adj)(adv)used in the expression traveling incognito, under an assumed name, and in desguise -the assumed identity is also known as an incognito | |
| 135535033 | Incumbent | (adj) obligatory (on or upon) -holding office (n)office holder | |
| 135535034 | Indecorous | (adj) not well mannered | |
| 135535035 | Indigenous | (adj) native, characteristic, inherent | |
| 135535036 | Indigent | (adj) needy, impoverished, one who lacks the necessities of life | |
| 135535037 | Indolent | (adj) lazy and slothful and will do anything to avoid exerting himself | |
| 135535038 | Ingenuous | (adj) free from deceit, artless, | |
| 135535039 | Innate | (adj) inborn, inherent, built in | |
| 135535040 | Innocuous | (adj) harmless; inoffensive -unexciting, vapid | |
| 135535041 | Innuendo | (n) veiled intimation or insinuation of a derogatory nature, an equivocal or ambiguous allusion-can destroy someone's reputation without violating the law against libel or defamation of character | |
| 135535042 | Insouciant | (adj) unconcerned and carefree, have no worries and problems | |
| 135535043 | Insular | (adj) narrow-minded | |
| 135535044 | Intangible | (adj) describes things that cannot be perceived by touch; vague or elusive | |
| 135535045 | Integument | (n) a natural covering such as an animal's skin, and has been broadened to include any covering | |
| 135535046 | Interdict | (v) to forbid, especially with the implication of an authoritative prohibition, as by a church or civil authority | |
| 135535047 | Intransigent, intransigeant | (adj)stubborn, unbending, inflexible, unwilling to compromise (n) denotating a person adamant in his convictions, especially in politics | |
| 135535048 | Intrepid | (adj) fearless, bold, ready to take recognized risks | |
| 135535049 | Intuit | (v) to know something instinctively, like through direct insight without any reasoning, without having to think about it | |
| 135535050 | Inundate | (v) to flood or overflow; to overwhelm or deluge | |
| 135535051 | Irascible | (adj) short tempered and easily roused to anger | |
| 135535052 | Issue | (n) offspring, descendants | |
| 135535053 | Iterate | (v) to say or do something repeatedly | |
| 135535054 | Jejune | (adj) insipid, childish, implying immaturity, amateurishness and insipidity | |
| 135535055 | Journeyman | (n) a reliable worker, competent but not exceptional | |
| 135535056 | Juxtapose | (v) to place two or more things side by side. to call attention to the combining | |
| 135535057 | Karma | (n) fate or destiny; denotes the sum total of one's deeds in one life which decide his fate in the next incarnation | |
| 135535058 | Keen | (v) to wail | |
| 135535059 | Knell | (n) describes the sound of a bell, run in a slow beat, usually to mark a death or a funeral (v)to give forth a mournful sound | |
| 135535060 | Kowtow | (v) to act with servility, show exaggerated respect, behave obsequiously (verb followed by to or before) | |
| 135535061 | Kudos | (n) praise, honor, glory | |
| 135535062 | Lachrymose | (adj) tearful, mournful | |
| 135535063 | Laconic | (adj) terse, uses few words and is the oppostive of talkative, garrulous |