Vocab Words for Final 2
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- Whelp
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noun
a child - Ignoble
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adj.
not noble in quality, character - Splenetic
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adj.
very irritable - Moxie
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noun
energy, pep - Malversation
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noun
miscounduct or corruption in public office - Neophyte
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noun
a beginner - Flibbertigibbet
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noun
someone who talks a lot - Vamoose
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verb
to depart quickly - Gamomania
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noun
a passion for making odd marriage proposals - Phrontistery
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noun
a thinking place - Doyen
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noun
The senior member of a group - Caterwaul
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verb
to make a loud cry - Obelisk
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noun
A four-sided pillar that rises up into a pyramid shape - Madrona
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noun
A tree native to the Northwest, with glossy leaves, and white flowers, and orange and red berries - Quinquagenarian
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noun
Someone who's 50 or in their 50's - Sequestrate
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Verb
To confiscate - Voile
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noun
a sheer fabric of cotton - Unobtrusive
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adj.
Not easily noticeable - Burgle
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verb
to rob or steal a dwelling - Zizz
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noun
a nap - Mastication
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noun
the action of chewing with the teeth - Matriculate
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verb
to enroll - jabberwocky
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noun
nonsensical speech or writing - Squalid
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adj.
marked by filthiness as a sign of poverty - Aliment
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noun
something that sustains something else - Yawp
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verb
to complain - Lavation
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noun
a cleansing - Gesticulate
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verb
to say or express by gestures - Automatism
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noun
an automatic action
I couldn't believe the automatism of her action in that she was a new driver. - Lilliputian
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noun
a very small person - Stygian
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adj.
dark and gloomy - Gorgonize
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verb
to petrify - Luculent
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Adj.
Very clear - Spoonerism
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noun
The transposition of sounds of two or more words - Kismet
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noun
destiny - Urbane
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adj.
polite, refined, elegant - Lexicon
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noun
a dictionary - Callithump
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noun
a big, boisterous, parade - Decry
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verb
to express strong disapproval of - Oikology
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noun
the study of housekeeping - Fratch
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noun
a disagreement - Wanderlust
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noun
the desire to travel - Ruddy
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adj.
Having a healthy look - Quagga
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noun
a zebra-like mammal that lived in South Africa until the 19th century - Hallux
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noun
The big toe of a human - Interdict
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noun
A prohibition given by court - Xanthic
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adj.
Having a yellowish color - Lunarian
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noun
someone who lives on the moon - Apoplectic
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adj.
very agitated