Chamber's Vocab. Final
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- synod
- n. an ecclesiastical council.
- vex
- v. annoy; distress; trouble
- delicacy
- n. lightness in movement or manner; lack of physical strength, subtly skillful handling of a situation, smallness of stature, refined taste, something considered choice to eat
- superfluous
- more than is needed, desired, or required
- tremulous
- adj. quivering as from weakness or fear
- malevolence
- wishing evil to others, the quality of threatening evil
- somnolence
- a very sleepy state
- catechism
- n. book for religious instruction in question and answer form
- haltered
- to put on a rope with a noose used for execution by hanging.
- appalling
- causing horror, shock, or dismay
- sally
- witty remark; a venture off the beaten path
- tarn
- a mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers)
- perturbation
- n. activity that is an intrusion or interruption
- incantations
- n. set of words spoken to cast a magic spell
- dissuasive
- deterring from action
- abhor
- v. to loathe, to hate
- desist
- v. To cease from action.
- apprentice
- n. someone who works for another person to learn a trade
- mirth
- n. merriment, laughter
- ascribe
- v. attribute or credit to, refer; assign
- ecclesiastical
- adj. relating to a church
- tarry
- v. delay, dawdle
- melancholy
- n. state of depression adj. a feeling of thoughtful sadness
- calamity
- an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
- extortion
- the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence), unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority)
- anomalous
- abnormal; irregular, deviating from the general or common order or type
- conflagration
- a very intense and uncontrolled fire, a very intense and uncontrolled fire
- jingo
- n. an extreme bellicose nationalist
- obsequious
- attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
- tranquil
- calm, peaceful, quite
- succinctly
- with concise and precise brevity, briefly and clearly
- prudence
- n. discretion in practical affairs, caution
- insular
- suggestive of the isolated life of an island
- fretful
- habitually complaining, unable to relax or be still
- scruples
- n. feelings of doubt or guilt
- subserve
- v. be helpful or useful
- furrow
- a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow)
- perpetual
- adj. occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted
- spontaneous
- arising naturally; not planned or acting on impulse
- precluded
- to come before OR made impossible to advance
- sexton
- n. a church official
- importune
- beg persistently and urgently
- doleful
- filled with or evoking sadness, adj. Melancholy.
- omnipotent
- adj. all-powerful
- infallibility
- the quality of never making an error
- pretension
- a false or unsupportable quality, A bold or presumptuous assertion.
- benign
- adj. gentle, gracious, kind
- despicable
- adj. Contemptible, morally reprehensible
- cognizance
- n. having knowledge of
- nocturnal
- of or during or relating to the night
- inveterate
- adj. long established; deep-rooted; habitual
- anathema
- n. anything forbidden, as by social usage, object of extreme dislike
- ravages
- grevious damage (...of time, ...of disease), ruins; devestating damage
- gratification
- state of being gratified, the act or an instance of satisfying
- trifle
- something of small importance
- usurp
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
- ignoramus
- an ignorant/stupid person; a dunce.
- ecclesiastical
- adj. of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)
- immolation
- a killing or offering as a sacrifice
- exhorter
- preacher, One who influences by words or advice
- disparity
- inequality or difference in some respect
- ostentatious
- adj. showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
- balk
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress; , one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
- feign
- v. make believe with the intent to deceive, pretend
- globular
- having the shape of a sphere or ball;spherical
- plenipotentiary
- A person fully empowered to transact any business;, a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government
- blithe
- carefree and happy and lighthearted
- contrite
- feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
- conspicuous
- obvious to the eye or mind, without any attempt at concealment
- reconciliation
- getting two things to correspond; agreement or forgiveness
- tumultuous
- wild and noisy;
- formidable
- extremely impressive in strength or excellence
- empirical
- derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
- affirmation
- (religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds)
- integrity
- moral soundness, Uprightness of character and soundness of moral principle.
- rheum
- A watery or thin mucous discharge from the eyes or nose
- insurrection
- organized opposition to authority
- procure
- get by special effort
- righteousness
- n. acting according to God's will, adhering to moral principles
- circumscribing
- encircling, surrounding; tracing a line around
- proselytes
- pn. converts to a religion
- inviolable
- must be kept sacred; , that cannot be transgressed or dishonored
- gossamer
- characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy, Flimsy.
- jesuitical
- crafty, sly; using subtle reasoning to comply
- imperceptibly
- unable to be seen
- disconcerted
- having self-possession upset
- temporal
- adj. of this earth or world
- dissipation
- breaking up and scattering by dispersion
- volatile
- adj. tending to vary often or widely
- ineffable
- adj. incapable of being expressed.
- replenish
- v. fill something that had previously been emptied
- mitigate
- v. make less severe or harsh
- excommunicate
- exclude from a church or a religious community
- connoisseurship
- love of or taste for fine objects of art OR , expert knowledge of something
- dolorous
- adj. sorrowful
- disdain
- lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
- vagary
- n. an impulsive, often illogical turn of mind; an erratic, extravagant or unpredictable manifestation, action or notion
- bravado
- An aggressive display of boldness., a swaggering show of courage
- hearth
- an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
- rampart
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes, defensive mound of earth
- impelled
- urged or forced to action through moral pressure
- offal
- trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans, garbage; waste parts
- omniscient
- adj. all-knowing
- dominion
- n. dominance or power through legal authority, land or territory that someone rules or dominates
- verily
- adv. in truth
- superfluous
- adj. more than is needed, desired, or required, serving no useful purpose
- explicit
- precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable, totally clear; definite; outspoken
- extenuation
- to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
- indisputable
- impossible to doubt or dispute
- inherent
- in the nature of something though not readily apparent
- squalid
- foul and run-down and repulsive
- pharisaical
- self righteous, hypocritical, excessively or hypocritically pious
- armature
- n. something that supports a sculpture
- transcendant
- excelling; surpassing; going beyond
- accosted
- to approach and speck to, especially in an intrusive way, to act in a hostile manner
- metaphysics
- the philosophical study of being and knowing
- consanguinity
- related by blood; blood relationship
- impertinent
- improperly forward or bold; , characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
- malice
- n. extreme ill will or spite
- venemous
- adj. poisonous; spiteful, mean
- celestial
- of heaven or the spirit; , of or relating to the sky
- threshold
- n. a region marking a boundary; plank or stone forming the bottom of a doorway
- felicity
- state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy, pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)
- elasticity
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed, ability to return to its original shape and size
- brandish
- v. To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear.
- wretch
- n. a miserable or unhappy person
- commerce
- n. the buying and selling of goods and services, business, trade
- desolate
- deserted, dreary, lifeless
- immoderate
- adj. Done to an extreme; not within reasonable limits; excessive
- steed
- n. a riding horse; knights
- manifold
- adj. Having many different kinds, forms, or parts.
- garb
- clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
- supernal
- being or coming from on high, being in or belonging to the heaven of divine beings; heavenly, celestial, or divine.
- strata
- layers of rock (singular, stratum)
- mendicant
- a pauper who lives by begging
- solicitude
- n. a feeling of excessive concern
- arbitrary
- adj. determined by impulse rather than reason
- timorous
- timid by nature or revealing timidity
- distilled
- purified or concentrated, as if by the processes of distillation, take a liquid and collect the vapor liquid
- inconceivable
- adj. Incomprehensible, unimaginable, beyond understanding
- sycophantic
- attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
- eminent
- (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation
- bane
- n. something causes misery or death
- vile
- adj. morally reprehensible;bad ****
- pensively
- adv. in a way that suggests deep thought
- wrath
- n. intense anger (usually on an epic scale); fury
- perchance
- by chance
- excessive
- beyond normal limits, too much or too great.
- ocular
- adj. relating to or using sight
- accumulate
- v. collect or gather
- symmetrical
- having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts
- admonish
- warn strongly
- impart
- make known
- interloper
- someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
- crypt
- a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)
- vengeance
- n. the act of taking revenge, harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done, s- revenge, retaliation
- consummate
- make perfect, as in marriages
- resignation
- a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign
- volatile
- tending to vary often or widely
- indigo
- a blue-violet color
- boughs
- n. one of the main branches on a tree
- fallacious
- based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information; , intended to deceive
- invariable
- adj. constant, fixed, unchanging
- scribes
- People who were specially educated; they were the only people who could read and write
- imbedded
- fixed in firmly; Fix firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass
- innocuous
- unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
- lamentations
- n. expressions of deep sorrow and grief
- chaste
- adj. pure, condition of being a virgin
- impunity
- exemption from punishment or loss, Freedom from punishment.
- raiment
- n. clothing in general; garments.
- avenged
- v. get revenge for,; for which vengeance has been taken
- gilt
- (noun) a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold, (ADJ) having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
- discordant
- not in agreement or harmony
- advocate
- a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
- heedless
- characterized by careless unconcerned, marked by or paying little heed or attention
- affliction
- n. a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity
- forbearance
- n. good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
- gregarious
- seeking and enjoying the company of others
- remonstrance
- n. the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest; objection
- piety
- n. righteousness by virtue of being pious
- covenant
- n. a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
- prodigy
- n. an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person
- potentate
- n. a monarch, very powerful ruler, sovereign
- carcass
- n. The dead body of an animal.
- fetters
- chains
- labrynth
- maze
- confederate
- n. someone who assists in a plot; v. form a group or unite
- palpitation
- a shaky motion
- phantasm
- a ghostly appearing figure
- skulk
- v. to move about stealthily
- exert
- v. make a great effort at a mental or physical task
- maxim
- a saying that widely accepted on its own merits
- obstinacy
- n. the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome; stubborn
- insufferable
- intolerable; unbearable
- ephemeral
- enduring a very short time; short lived
- commence
- set in motion, cause to start
- undulations
- waves, rolling hills
- sagacious
- adj. acutely insightful and wise
- reprobate
- a person without moral scruples; , express strong disapproval of
- magnaminity
- generosity; nobility
- sepulcher
- tomb
- husbandman
- n. farmer
- transpire
- give off (water) through the skin, come about, happen, or occur
- debauchery
- a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity, indulgences in sensual pleasures
- apprise
- make aware of; , increase the value of
- immutable
- adj. Unchangeable.
- portentously
- (adv) of or relating to something that foreshadows an upcoming event, ominously, or suggesting danger
- venerable
- adj. respectable due to age
- cessation
- Discontinuance, as of action or motion., a stopping
- endeavor
- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
- mediator
- n. a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
- virile
- characteristic of a man
- emphatic
- forceful and definite in expression or action
- intemperance
- immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, consumption of alcoholic drinks
- countenance
- n. face v. approve of
- piquancy
- a tart spiciness; being spicy
- compel
- make someone do something, force or compel somebody to do something
- synagogue
- a Jewish house of worship, often having facilities for religious instruction
- aversion
- the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away
- capitulate
- surrender under agreed conditions
- alacrity
- liveliness and eagerness
- transgress
- pass beyond (limits or boundaries), commit a sin
- discern
- v. to detect; to understand; to recognize as different
- viceroy
- governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign
- manifestation
- n. a clear appearance
- aloof
- adj. apart, indifferent
- expedient
- adj. contributing to personal advantage.
- remedial
- tending to cure or restore to health
- iniquity
- an unjust act, morally objectionable behavior
- prudent
- showing wise self-restraint in speech and behavior especially in preserving prudent silence
- heathen
- n. not acknowledging the God
- carnal
- adj. of the appetites and passions of the body, of or relating to or belonging to the body
- profane
- violate the sacred character of a place or language, characterized by profanity or cursing
- fain
- adj. having made preparations adv. willing
- niche
- an enclosure that is set back or indented, a small concavity
- doleful
- adj. Melancholy, sad, dreary
- niche
- (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
- execrate
- v. curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
- conversion
- a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life, a change of religion
- feeble
- adj. lacking strength; weak
- entreaty
- n. earnest or urgent request; pleading
- expedient
- serving to promote your interest
- pogrom
- n. organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)
- irradiations
- (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to radiation from a radioactive substance
- inducement
- act of bringing about a desired result, a motive; a purpose for doing something
- contrivance
- n. something devised;machine or apparatus;clever deceitful plan/scheme
- resolved
- explained or answered
- allusion
- An indirect reference to some piece of knowledge not actually mentioned. Allusions usually come from a body of information that the author presumes the reader will know
- indignation
- n. a feeling of righteous anger
- swathed
- wrapped up
- arduous
- difficult to accomplish
- comely
- very pleasing to the eye
- deference
- courteous regard for people's feelings
- pernicious
- exceedingly harmful, working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
- inequity
- injustice; unfairness, injustice by virtue of not being equitable
- unredressed
- to not set right what has been wronged
- inscrutability
- the quality of being impossible to investigate or difficult to understand
- latent
- not presently active; potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
- exude
- make apparent by one's mood or behaviour
- imply
- v. express or state indirectly, s - hint
- commodity
- n. Something that is bought and sold.
- din
- the act of making a noisy disturbance
- permeate
- pass through
- enmity
- n. mutual hatred or ill-will
- hoary
- adj. grey or white with age
- infernal
- an inhabitant of hell, extremely evil or cruel
- palazzo
- A large building/ home --> usually referred to ones in Italy