first semester english
Terms
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- abstract
-
theoretical; not concrete
- acclaim
-
loud applaus, approval
- acerbic
-
bitter, sour
- aesthetic
- showing an appreciation of beauty in nature or art
- alturistic
- unselfish, humane
- aprocryphal
-
of doughtful authenticity, counterfeit
- arduous
-
hard to do, strenuous
- assimilate
-
to absorb and digest
- atrophy
-
to waste away
- austere
-
severe; stern; strict
- avidity
- greediness
- barate
-
scold; criticize
- bellicose
-
warlike of hostile in manner or temperment
- bequeath
-
leav, give, bestow
- blithe
-
happy, cheerful
- bonism
-
doctrine that the world is good but not perfect
- cache
-
hiding place, something hidden
- callous
-
unfeeling; insensitive
- canard
- false rumor; hoax
- capricious
-
changeable, fickle
- chimerical
- absurd
- chincanery
-
deception; trickery
- colloquial
-
conversational; used in informal speech/writting
- consummate
-
coplet; total, supremely good
- crass
-
coarse, stupid
- deference
-
respect; admiration
- deiphnosophist
- mater of dinner conversation
- depravity
-
wickedness, corruption, immorality
- deprecate
-
to express strong disapproval of
- derision
-
ridicule, mockery
- desecrate
-
to treat with disresepect
-
discurive
-
rambling
- disdain
-
scorn, feeling of contetmpt
- dowdlerize
-
remove material considered objectable
- dropmophobia
-
fear of crossing streets
- ebullience
-
high spirits, enthusiasm
- efface
-
wipe ou; erase
-
effervescent
-
lively; giving off bubbles
- elucidate
-
make clear
- enhance
- add to; make greater in value
- expunge
-
erase; remove completely
- forlorn
-
deserted; neglected; unhappy
- garbled
-
confused, mixed up
- garner
-
gather, collect
- gesticulate
- moving the hands, gesture
- gomer
-
undesirable hospital patient
- guile
-
deceit; cunning
- habilable
- capable of being clothed
- hackneyed
-
common and oveused
- hedonist
-
one who lives soley for pleasure
- hierarchy
-
leader, organization by rank, grade, or class
- homogeneous
-
similar, uniform in nature
- immutable
-
never changing
- inceipient
- just beginning; early
- inculcate
-
impress something upon the mind of another by frequent instruction
- indefatigable
- tireless
- ingratiate
- suck up
- insipid
-
lacking interest or spirit
- interpose
- interupt
- inure
-
harden or toughen by use or exposure
- irascible
-
easily angered
- jejune
-
not interesting; dull
- jingoism
- aggressive or warlike patrionism
- kow-tow
-
show servile respect
- latent
-
present but invisible or inactive
- magnanimous
-
generous in treating or judging others
- marred
-
injured; spoiled; damaged
- mastigophorous
-
bearing a whip
- meager
- too littl
- medeorism
-
abdominal cramps and swelling due to flatulence
- meticulous
-
very careful about details
- mugwump
-
one who stays aloof from controversial issues
- novel
-
new unusual
- ogdoad
-
a set of eight
- oligarchy
- those who make up a government by one person, class or family
- omphaloskepsis
-
the act of contemplating one's navel as an aide to meditation
- paucity
- smallness of quantity, scarcity
- peerless
-
unequal, superior
- perfidious
- disloyal
- perspicacious
-
astute; aware of ones surroundings
- picayune
-
of small value
- pompous
-
self-importance, excessively ornate
- precuniary
- of or related to money
- prestigious
-
honored; important
- priggish
- conceited
- proclivity
-
natural tendency; inclination
- profane
- irreverent,
- propitaite
-
to gain favor for selfish reasons
- pusillanimous
-
without spirit or bravery
- quandary
-
condition of being doughtful or confused
- raconteur
- person who is skilled at telling stories
- ranivorous
-
fond of eating frogs
- redolent
- smelling of; giving off oder
- relegate
-
to put in a less important position; to banish
- reparation
-
comensation, amends
- respite
- interval of rest
- sagaciouos
-
shrewd; clever
- sanction
-
authorized approval or permission, support
- scurrilous
-
vulgar; grossly indecent
- skeptical
-
cynical, doughtful
- snickersnee
-
large knife
- soporific
-
causing slee, drowsy
- specious
-
pleasingly deceptive
- squalid
- dirty in appearance or morally repulsive
- suffusion
-
to blush, color spread
- surly
-
grumpy. rude
- sycophant
-
suck up
- syzygy
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a state when the moon and sun are together or opposite in relation to the earth (eclipse and full moon)
- teratology
-
study of abnormal growths of formations
- thwart
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spoil, prevent
- ubiquitous
-
everywhere; omnipresent
- validate
- verify
-
vicissitude
-
difficulty or hardship that is unexpected ans will cause change
- virago
-
a bold, impudent woman
- walty
-
inclined to tip over or lean
- xylophilous
-
fond of wood
- zephyr
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a soft gentle wind