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perforate
v. pierce; put a hole through
bellicose
adj. combative; militant
tenuous
adj. thin; rare; slim
humdrum
adj. dull
pellucid
adj. transparent; limpid; easy to understand
bucolic
adj. of or relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life.
gainsay
v. deny
callow
adj. youthful; immature
urbane
adj. suave; refined; elegant
pantomime
n. acting with out dialogue
censorious
adj. critical
unmigated
adj. unrelieved or immoderate; absolute
despot
n. tyrant; harsh; authoritarian leader
impecunious
adj. without money
blighted
adj. suffering from a disease; destroyed
apprise
v. inform
inclement
adj. stormy; unkind
disparage
v. belittle
prurient
adj. having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters
salubrious
adj; healthful
languor
n. lassitude; depression
scintillate
v. sparkle; flash
promontory
n. headland
traduce
v. expose to slander
palliate
v. make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause.
beleaguer
v. besiege or attack; harass
pulchritude
n. beauty; comeliness
rostrum
n. platform for speech making
avocation
n. secondary or minor occupation
debonair
adj. friendly; aiming to please
ebullient
adj. showing excitement
vitriolic
adj. corrosive; sarcastic
sophistry
n. seemingly reasonable but fallacious reasoning
galvanize
v. stimulate by shock; stir up; revitalize
enervate
weaken
yore
n. time past
obdurate
adj. stubborn
salvo
n. discharge of firearms; military salute
arid
adj. dry; barren
moribund
adj. dying
artifice
n. deception; trickery
augury
n. omen; prophecy
extrapolation
n. projection; conjecture
solecism
n. construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically; a breach of etiquette or decorum; impropriety
hoary
adj. white with age
tantamount
adj. equivalent in effect or value
sojourn
n. temporary stay
verve
n. enthusiasm; liveliness
antediluvian
adj. antiquated; extremely ancient
reprobate
n. person hardened in sin
pastiche
n. imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing
epistolary
adj. consisting of letters
propagate
v. multiply; spread
plaintive
adj. mournful
milieu
n. environment; means of expression
emancipate
v. set free
acme
n. top; pinnacle
fetter
v. shackle
inchoate
adj. recently begun; rudimentary
adroit
adj. skillful
rectitude
n. uprightness; moral value; correctness of judgement
oscillate
v. vibrate pendulum like; waver
excoriate
v. scold with biting harshness
sunder
v. separate; part
actuarial
adj. calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics
boisterous
adj. violent; rough; noisy
etymology
n. study of word parts
filial
adj. pertaining to offspring
query
n. inquiry; question
subpoena
n. writ summoning a witness to appear
ephemeral
adj. short-lived; fleeting
embroil
v. throw into confusion; involve in strife; entangle
importune
v. beg persistently
circumspect
adj. prudent, cautious
Author
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214761
Card Set
Words Unknown 1-10
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Updated
2013-04-21T08:21:09Z
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