Lessons 1-14
Terms
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- internecine
- deadly
- punitive
- aiming at punishment
- recalcitrant
- difficult to handle
- veracity
- truth
- elucidate
- explain clearly, enlighten
- paroxysm
- fit, convulsion
- persiflage
- frivolous talk
- glib
- quick, easy with words
- caustic
- corrosive, cutting
- argosy
- any large amount
- contemn
- despise
- animus
- basic attitude
- pugnacious
- ready to fight
- debacle
- difficult situation, complete failure
- fulgent
- bright, radiant
- febrile
- fever
- ingenue
- naive girl
- ellipsis
- omission of words
- prodigious
- large monstrous
- mollify
- sooth or soften
- boorish
- rude, ill-behaved
- resolute
- marked by firm determination
- feign
- fake
- expurgate
- remove offensive parts
- affable
- friendly, cheerful
- harridan
- old woman, hag
- labyrinth
- a maze
- bereft
- saddened by loss
- nubile
- marriagable age
- miasma
- heavy, corrupt atmosphere
- erudite
- learned
- ecstasy
- state of being beyond reason and self control
- poignant
- piercing
- furtive
- stolen
- posterity
- future generation
- precarious
- depending on the will of others
- ennui
- boredom with life
- precept
- rule, principle
- ingenuous
- innocent and childlike
- cogent
- clear, understandable
- jaded
- overly used, not fresh
- inimical
- hostile, unfriendly
- allure
- appeal, attraction, charm
- perfunctory
- mechanical
- denizen
- one admitted residence in a foreign country
- obviate
- to see beforehand and make unneccessary
- penultimate
- next to the last
- otiose
- at leisure
- zenith
- the highest point
- palpable
- tangible, touchable
- perihelion
- point nearest to sun in orbit
- impecunious
-
poor, penniless
- acrimonious
- cutting, claustic, biting
- obstinate
- hard to move, stubborn
- vituperation
- hatrid
- factitious
- false, fake, sham
- verdurous
- healthy, green, flowing
- fastidious
- hard to please
- approbation
- approval or praise
- expound
- explain at length
- exhort
- to urge strongly
- proletarian
- of the lowest class
- benignant
- favorable
- daunted
- inhibited or dismayed
- lucrative
- profitable, well-paying
- protract
- delay or extend
- recondite
- concealed
- compendium
- list
- evanescent
- fleeting
- nemesis
- source of defeat or enemy
- ontology
- nature of being
- peremptory
- taking away a right
- inexplicable
- incapable of being explained
- propitiate
- appease, satisfy
- noblesse oblige
- breech of edicate
- vociferous
- outspoken
- bilious
- easily angered or ill-natured
- sapient
- wise
- affinity
- natural attraction or kinship for something
- chimera
- illusion or fabrication of mind
- enigma
- unsolvable mystery
- lethargy
- drowsiness, laziness
- incontinent
- lacking self restraint
- pensive
- thoughtful
- elate
- to be proud or joyful
- tentative
- indefinite, uncertain
- chagrin
- disappointment caused by failure
- tumult
- uproar and riot
- demur
- delay, hesitate
- bastion
- fortification, stronghold
- cajole
- coax, unfluence by flattery
- contrite
- sorry, seeking forgiveness
- corroborate
- support, confirm
- truculent
- looking for a fight
- heteroclite
- deviating from common rules
- mundane
- wordly, ordinary
- divulge
- tell a secret
- impalpable
- incapable of being felt by touch
- inveigh
- protest or complain
- ebullient
- outgoing, overflowing, enthusiastic
- sedulous
- careful and thorough
- perfidious
- untruthful, fickle
- paragon
- perfect example
- imminent
- about to happen
- rescind
- cancel, take back, remove
- trite
- stale, overused
- efface
- erase, take away
- phlegmatic
- listless, impassive
- vapid
- empty, lacking liveliness
- trenchant
- incisive, cutting directly to main point
- abrogate
- to abolish
- brevity
- being brief or concise
- veracious
- truth
- ominous
- threatening
- bourgeosisie
- middle class
- teem
- pour
- bovine
- cow
- inclement
- stormy
- patois
- mixture of language or local dialect
- obdurate
- stubborn
- thwart
- successfully opposed
- dour
- unhappy and sour
- flaccid
- flabby, lacking force
- superannuate
- replace do to age, prove obsolete
- stolid
- unemotional
- mentor
- trusted counselor or guide
- expiate
- attone, pay penalty for
- fervent
- on fire, impassioned
- adventitious
- fortunate
- incongruous
- not fitting together
- proximity
- nearness
- recherche
- of fine quality
- inchoate
- unformed, without shape
- crass
- gross
- narcissistic
- conceited
- urbane
- witty, sophisticated
- azure
- blue
- soiree
- party in evening
- luminous
- clear, enlightening
- hiatus
- gap, interruption, or break
- pathos
- emotion of sympathetic pity
- turbid
- unclear
- impudent
- lacking modesty
- archetype
- original pattern
- constraint
- binding or restriction
- deprecate
- to express mild or regretful disapproval of
- despoil
- strip of belongings, possessions, or value
- paean
- joyous song
- corpulent
- fat
- hoyden
- boisterous carefree girl
- incantation
- chant
- officious
- meddlesome, needlessly sticking to rules
- hyperbole
- extreme exaggeration
- importune
- beg or annoy
- prehensile
- wrapping around
- munificence
- generosity
- sentient
- sensing
- ethnology
- study of human cultures
- irate
- arising from anger
- sepulcher
- place of burial, tomb
- cognoscente
- person with special knowledge
- liberticide
- death of liberty
- indigenous
- native to an area
- sanguine
- blood red
- assuage
- soften, sooth, comfort
- badinage
- banter
- adulation
- to flatter or admire excessively
- apogee
- farthest or highest point
- eminent
- famous, well-known
- nauseous
- sickening
- aesthetic
- beauty
- encumber
- weigh down, burden
- reprobation
- censure or disapproval
- odious
- repulsive
- decorum
- outer layer of manners
- numismatics
- coin collecting
- lexicographer
- author of dictionary
- rue
- regret
- ignominious
- humiliating, dishonorable
- dearth
- lack, inadequate supply
- effete
- warn out by weakness or decadence
- exertion
- effort
- indigent
- homeless, impoverished
- craven
- cowardly
- philately
- stamp collecting
- arbitrary
- done without logical reasoning
- visage
- facial expression
- metaphysics
- reality
- aversion
- distaste, repulsion
- duenna
- chaperone
- probity
- soberness, seriousness
- supine
- prone to
- insensate
- without feeling
- plethora
- overabundance
- appellation
- alternate name
- opulent
- wealthy
- languish
- to lay about unused
- pedantic
- bossy, forcing ideas, overly academic
- caprice
- whim, impulsive change of mind
- epithet
- abusive word or phrase
- canard
- a false or unfounded report or story
- divest
- rid oneself of something
- entrail
- inner organ
- mendacious
- deceptive
- martinet
- a strict disciplinarian
- hegira
- journey taken to escape dangerous situation
- solace
- relief from grief
- incredulous
- skeptical, unwilling to believe
- anathema
- curse pronounced by church
- porcine
- related to pigs or swinish
- intractable
- obstinate, difficult to control
- antediluvian
- any long ago time period
- assiduous
- busy but careful
- placid
- peaceful, calm
- audacious
- bold, brazen, daring
- plaintive
- expressive of suffering
- pertinacious
- holding onto something
- bucolic
- rural setting
- fealty
- loyalty to a ruler
- grimace
- facial expression of disapproval
- farce
- comedy of exaggeration
- formidable
- causing fear, large and powerful
- amenity
- pleasant and agreeable
- xenophobia
- fear of foreign things and people
- garner
- collect, earn
- piquancy
- spicey
- coquetry
- flirtatious act or attitude
- vindictive
- beyond vengeful
- inert
- not moving
- ignoble
- lowly or without honor
- sequester
- close off, segregate
- diminutive
- tiny
- invective
- verbal abuse, insult
- insinuate
- hint or suggest
- querulous
- argumentative
- discern
- see clearly, understand
- intuitive
- understanding quickly
- dolorous
- sorrowful, sad
- execration
- curse
- conflagration
- large disastrous fire
- epoch
- period of history
- exonerate
- to relieve of responsibility
- parsimonious
- cheap, careful with money
- obliterate
- cancel, wipe out