Vocab
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- surplice
- religious robe
- virulent
- infectious
- panacea
- hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
- deft
- clever
- decadent
- corrupt
- contentious
- [adj.] argumentative, seeking and enjoying disagreement
- assimilate
- absorb
- reactionary
- conservative
- peevish
- irratable
- sanctimonious
- hypocritical
- idle
- not in active use
- caprice
- a whim; a sudden change of mind
- deign
- do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- inviolable
- santified
- vitality
- an energetic style
- immutable
- not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature
- penitent
- making up for something bad you did
- apt
- able to learn quicktly
- tenure
- the right to hold property
- enigma
- a difficult problem
- congruent
- equal
- veracity
- unwillingness to tell lies
- exemplary
- commnedable
- embryology
- the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms
- subsidiary
- serving to assist; subordinate; secondary; of a subsidy; N.
- jeopardize
- put at risk
- acrimonious
- nasty
- anarchy
- political disorder
- schism
- division
- ambiguous
- having more than one possible meaning
- dichotomy
- division into two opposite parts; split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)
- rejuvenate
- become young again
- benefactor
- a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
- amalgamate
- to bring or combine together or with something else
- paramount
- supreme
- vouch
- give supporting evidence
- succumb
- yield (to something overwhelming); give in; die; Ex. succumb to the illness
- vestment
- article of clothing
- demagogue
- leader
- incredulous
- not disposed or willing to believe
- franchise
- a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
- euphoria
- a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation
- indict
- accuse formally of a crime
- exalt
- praise
- ruse
- a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
- guile
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
- demure
- shyness
- ode
- a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
- onerous
- not easily borne
- clamber
- climb
- dichotomous
- divided into 2 parts
- pliant
- capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
- abate
- become less in amount or intensity
- surly
- inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
- adept
- expert
- resilient
- rebounds readily
- pillage
- the act of stealing valuable things from a place
- mercenary
- a person hired to fight for another country than their own
- listless
- lacking zest or vivacity
- supplant
- take the place or move into the position of
- interim
- the time between (n), temporary (adj.)
- expedient
- a means to an end
- derive
- develop or evolve, especially from a latent or potential state
- hackneyed
- stale
- alienate
- make hostile
- arbitrate
- determine
- paltry
- not worth considering
- haphazard
- marked by great carelessness
- cunning
- drafty artfulness (especially in deception)
- artifact
- object made by humans
- purloin
- To steal.
- alpha
- first in order of importance
- coagulate
- change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
- attest
- authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity
- symmetric
- having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts
- laconic
- brief and to the point
- incumbent
- essential
- protract
- lengthen in time
- hyperbole
- extravagant exaggeration
- cessation
- a stopping
- homage
- devotion
- evolution
- a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
- bisect
- divide
- point of view
- the spatial property of the position from which something is observed
- hecatomb
- massacre
- haughty
- arrogant, condescending
- vortex
- whirlpool
- farce
- broad comedy, mockery
- literacy
- ability to read and write
- reflexive
- a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
- fallacy
- a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
- glib
- artfully persuasive in speech
- hoodwink
- To deceive.
- constrain
- restrict
- trivial
- not large enough to consider or notice
- repugnant
- offensive to the mind
- impoverish
- take away
- antonym
- two words that express opposing concepts
- aestetic
- sense of beauty
- heretical
- departure from beliefs
- thesis
- a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research
- mitosis
- cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes
- vocation
- the particular occupation for which you are trained
- pugnacious
- combative
- strident
- unpleasantly loud and harsh
- shrew
- a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
- poach
- to cheat
- surveillance
- close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
- advocate
- speak for
- gullible
- naive and easily deceived or tricked
- altruism
- unselfish, charity
- memoir
- record of events by a person
- devoid
- not possessing
- effervesent
- livley
- guise
- to dress
- affable
- freindly
- dupe
- a person who is tricked or swindled
- salient
- having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
- extort
- get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
- vertex
- top
- pretension
- a claim
- pander
- to give or promise what is wanted in order to please someone
- implicit
- implied though not directly expressed
- usurp
- to takeover
- procurement
- obtaining; V. procure: obtain by effort; obtain (a prostitute) for another
- dour
- gloomy
- quandary
- state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
- ordination
- responsivle
- adorn
- decorate
- impartial
- free from undue bias or preconceived opinions
- alliance
- being allied
- allele
- genetics
- similar
- having the same or similar characteristics
- latent
- potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
- parody
- humorous imitation
- auspicious
- attended by favorable circumstances
- omniscient
- all knowing
- metamorphosis
- complete change