Lesson 1-15 (for final)
Terms
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- transitory
- existing only briefly; short-lived
- parity
- equality, as in amount, status or value
- transcend
- to pass beyond or rise above; to surpass or exceed to exist above the independent of (the physical realm)
- perfidious
- disloyal; treacherous
- animus
- a feeling of animosity; bitter hostlity; or hatredl an intention or purpose; moving spirit behind an action
- belie
- to picture falsely; misrepresent; disguise; to show to be false; contradictl to disappoint or leave unfulfilled
- cater
- to provide food, servies, or entertainment; to provide anything wished for or needed; to provide food service for
- synergy
- the combined action of two or more agents, substances, organs, or organisms to achieve an effect greater than the total effect that would be produced by each one acting individually; interdependence
- precept
- a rule that imposes a particular standard of action or conduct; guiding prinicple
- unison
- the act of speaking or singing the same words simultaneously by 2 or more people; an instance of agreement; concord; identity of musical pitch
- paragon
- a model of perfection or excellence; peerless example
- amalgamate
- to combine, unite, or consolidate; to blend with another metal; to mix so as to make a unified whole; blend
- phonology
- the science of speech sounds in a language
- definitive
- determining finally; decisive; authoritative and complete; precisely outlining; explicit
- clemency
- mercy, esp. toward an offender or enemy; leniency; mildness
- rebuttal
- a statement or statements that present opposing evidence or arguments; the act of presenting such evidence
- scourge
- a cause of great suffering or harm; any instrument, such as a whip used for inflicting punishment, suffering, or vengeance; to afflict severely; devastate; to punish severely; to beat, whip, or flog
- arcane
- known or understood only by a few; estoeric
- recompense
- to award compensation to, as for servives rendered; to make a return for (an action); payment to compeensate for another's loss; payment in return for something given or done
- noxious
- injurious or harmful to health; injurious or harmful to the mind or morals; corrupting
- undulate
- to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; ripple; to have a wavelike appearance or form; to cause to move in a smooth wavelike motion; to give a wavelike appearace or form to; having a wavy outline or appearance
- livid
- discolored, as from a brusie; black- and- blue; ashed or very pale as from anger; extremely angry
- inanimate
- not having the qualities associated with active, living organisms; not exhibiting life; appearing lifeless or dead; not animated or energeticl dull; listless
- saga
- a prose narrative story; a long detailed report; a prose narrative of the 12th and 13th centuries recounting historical and legendary events and exploits in Iceland Norway
- manifest
- clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; obvisous; to show or demonstrate plainly; reveal; to be evidence of; prove; a list of vargo or passengers for a ship or airplane
- educe
- to draw or bring out; elicit; to assume or work out from given facts; deduce
- impend
- to hang or hover menacingly; to be about to take place
- kowtow
- to show respect or submission; dawn; an act of geesture of exaggerated respect or obedience
- probity
- complete and confrimed integrity; uprightness
- pending
- not yet decided; awaiting conclusion; while awaiting; until
- impervious
- incapable of being affect or penetrated; not open to argument or suggestion
- capacious
- capable of holding a large quantity; spaciousl roomy
- eccentricity
- odd, peculiar, or whimsical behavior; an example or instance of diverging from customary or conventional practices
- juggernaut
- an overwhelming and irresistible force or movement; something, such as a belief or institution, that elicits blind and destructive devotion
- unscathed
- unharmed; uninjured
- contrite
- sincerely sorry for one's sinds or inadequacies
- torpid
- lacking energy or vigor; lethargic; sluggish; deprived of the power of motion or feeling; benumbed; formant; hibernating
- captivate
- to fascinate by speacial charm, wit, intelligenceor beautyl enrapture
- jubilee
- a season or occasion of joyful celebration; rejoicing; a special anniversary, esp. a fifieth anniversary
- perpendicular
- intersecting at or forming right angles; at right angles to a horizontal line or plan; vertical; exactly upright; a line or plane perpendicular to a given line or plane; a perpendicular position
- emanate
- to come forth, as from a source; originate; to send forth; emit
- paradigm
- a list of all the inflectional forms of a particular word; an example or model, especailly one that is typical or particularly clear
- covert
- concealed; hidden; secret; covered or covered overl sheltered; covering or cover; a covered place or shelter; hiding place; thick underbrush or woodland affording cover for game
- reprehensible
- deserving of blame
- salubrious
- favorable to health or well-being
- dispense
- to prepare and distribute in parts or portions; to administer; to exempt or release, as from a duty or obligation
- spurious
- lacking authenticity or validity; false
- verifiable
- able to be proved true by the presentaton of evidence or testimony; able to be tested for accuracy as by comparison or investigation
- redress
- to set right; rectify; satisfation or amends for wrong done
- debilitate
- to make feeble; weaken
- rhetoric
- the art of using language effectivelyl the study of the elements used in composition or discourse; insincere and pretentious language
- mecca
- a place regarded as the center of an activity or intrest; a place visited by many poeple; a goal to which the followers of a religious faith or practice aspire
- shibboleth
- a slogan or often repeated word or phrase; a common saying or idea; a language usage that distinguishes the members of one group or class from another
- inception
- the beginning of something; commencement
- limpid
- characterized by transparent clearness; easily intelligible; calm and untroubled; serene
- nebulous
- lacking definite form or limits; vague
- axiomatic
- self-evident; pertaining to an accepted principle or established rule
- adumbrate
- to give a sketchy outline of; to disclose partially or guardedly; to prefigure indistinctly; foreshadow
- impute
- to attibute ( a crime or fault) to another; blame without proof; to attribute to a cuse or source
- collusion
- a secretr agreement between two or more persons for a deceitful or fraudulent pupose; conspiracy
- syntax
- the way in which words are arranged or combined to form phrases, clauses, and sentences
- derivative
- a word formed from another word or root, such as by adding a prefix or suffix; something taken or recieved from a specified source; made up of elements that have been borrowed from another source
- outlandish
- conspicuously unconventional; bizarre; absurd; strrikingly foreign, unfamiliar; geographically remote from the familiar world
- meander
- to follow a winding and turning course; to wander aimlessly and idly without fixed direction; circuitous windings, as of a stream or path; a circuitous journey or excursion; ramble
- suspension
- the temporary deferment of an action; the period during which one is excluded from privilege, office, or position, usually as punishment; a device from which a mechanical part is hung
- philology
- the chronological study of language devlopment; the study of literature and language as used in literature
- cognate
- related by being derived, descended, or borrowed from the same word or root; a word part, or language that is related to another by common descent or derivation
- berserk
- Destructively violent; deranged; insane
- empirical
- relying solely on practical experience without regard for theory; relying upon or derived from observation or experiment
- incorporeal
- lacking material form or substance; intangible, as a legal right or patent
- fathom
- to get to the bottom of and understand; to determine the depth of; sound; a unit of length equal to six feet used in the measurement of marine depths
- ubiquitous
- being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent
- diffuse
- widely spread or scattered; characterized by wordiness; to pour out and cause to spread freely; to spread about or scatter; disseminate; to spread out or soften
- inflection
- the change in the form of words that indicates a grammatic distinction, such as number, gender, case, person, tense, mood, or voice; a word form of this kind; achange in the pitch or tone of the voice
- vindicate
- to clear of accusation, blame or suspicious by means of evidence or proof; to justify or support; to prove the worth of, esp. in the light of later developments
- serpentine
- of or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement; sinuous; subtly sly and tempting
- prostrate
- to weaken or render helpless; overcome; to make (oneself) bow or kneel down in humility or adoration; physically or emotionally exhuasted; helpless; lying face-down as in submission or adoration; lying down full-length as in submission or adoration; lying down full-length
- incongruous
- not consistent with what is logical, customary, or expected; inapporpriate; not corresponding; disagreeing; made up of distinct, inconsistent, or discordant parts or qualities
- magnanimous
- noble of mind and heart, esp. generous in forgiving; unselfish; gracious
- maelstrom
- a whirlpool of extraordinary size or violence; a situation that resemblees a whirlpool in the violence or turbulence of feelings, ideas, or conditions
- synthesis
- the combining of separate elements or substances to form a coherent whole; reasoning from the general to the particular; logial deduction
- aberrant
- deviating from what is normal; atypical; deviating from the proper or expected course
- inhibit
- to restrain or hold back; prevent
- bilk
- to cheat or swindle; to evade payment of
- orthography
- the art or study of correct spelling according to established usage
- append
- to add as a supplement; to fix to; attach
- rationalize
- to devise self-satisfying but incorrect reasons for (one's behavior); to interpret from a reasonable standpoint; to devise self-satisfying but incorrect reasons for one's behavior
- corpus
- a large collection of writings of a specific kind or on a specific subject; a human or animal body, esp. when dead
- corpulent
- having a large, overweight body; obese
- anomaly
- a deviation or departure from the normal or common order, form, or rule; something that is iregular, abnormal, or unusual
- stratagem
- a clever scheme or trick designed to attain a goal; a maneuver designed to deceive or surprise an enemy
- perceptible
- capable of being grasped by the sense or mind; noticeable; discernible
- mundane
- typical of or concerned with the ordinary, practical, or usual
- dissemble
- to disguise or conceal behind a false appearance; to make a false show of; feign; to conceal one's real motives, nature, or feelings under a pretense
- dimunitive
- a word formed by shortening or by adding certain suffixes indicating primarily small size but also youth, affection, or contempt; relating or referring to a word, suffix, or name that is a dimunitive or forms one; very small in size
- abscond
- to leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, esp. to avoid arrest or prosecution
- hypothetical
- based on a belief or theory that saccounts for a set of facts and that can be tested; theoretical; based on something that is merely supposed or guessed at
- contiguous
- sharing a boundary or edge; touching; adjacent; nearby; adjacent in time; immediately preceding or following; serial; continuous
- clandestine
- concealed or kept secret, often for unlawful puposes
- iniquity
- wickedness; sinfulness; a grossly immoral act
- captious
- inclined to find fault and make petty criticisms
- unremitting
- never slackening; persistent
- periphery
- the outermost part or region within a precise boundary; the region or area immediately beyond a precise oundary; a zone constituting an inexact boundary
- pestilent
- tending to cause death; fatal; likely to cause an epidemic disease; indected or contaminated with a contagious disease
- expenditure
- the act or process of consuming or using (something) up; outlay; an expense
- repudiate
- to reject the validity of; to refuse to recognize or payl to reject as untruel to disown
- scrupulous
- acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper; having principles; very conscientious and exacting
- corpuscle
- a cell, such as a blood or lymph cell, in a liquid, as distinguished from a cell fixed in tissue; a minute gobular particle
- supersede
- to take the place of; replace; to cause to be set aside or displaced; supplant
- receptacle
- soething that holds or contains; a container
- presuppose
- to assume in advancel take for granted
- restitution
- the act of restoring or returning to the rightful owner something that has been taken away, lost, or surrendered; the act of compensatinf for loss, damage, or injury
- concept
- a general idea or understanding, esp. one derived from specific instances or occurences; abstractionl a thought or notion
- diverge
- to go or extend in different directions from a common point; branch out; to differ, as in opinion or mannerl to depart from a set course or norm; deviate
- moribund
- in a condition approaching death or an end
- atrophy
- to waste away; witherl to cause to wither; the emaciation or wasting away of tissues, organs or the entire body; any wasting away or diminution
- preponderance
- superiority in weight, quantity, power, or importance
- endemic
- prevalent in or peculiar to a particular locality or people; native
- expendable
- viewed as not worth keeping or maintaining; subject to use or consumption
- recipient
- one that recieves or is capable or receiving; functioning as a reviever; receptive
- unwonted
- not habitual, customary, or common; unusual
- retrogress
- to return to an earlier, inferior, or less complex condition; revert; to move or go backward
- nefarious
- extremely wicked or infamous;l; evil; villainous
- nabob
- a person of great wealth and prominence
- translucent
- transmitting light but causing sufficient diffusion to make impossible the perception of distinct images
- puscillanimous
- cowardly; lacking courage
- equanimity
- the quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
- trek
- to make a slow or difficult journey; a journey or leg of a journey esp. when it is slow and difficult; a migration
- incorporate
- to unite with or blend indistinguishably into something already in existence; to cause to merge or combine together into a united whole; to give substance or material form to; embody; to become united or combined into an organized body; to form a legal corporation
- adjunct
- something attached to another thing but in a dependent or auxiliary capacity; a person associated with another in a subordinate or auxilary capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in a tempory or auxiliary capacity