Sadlier-Oxford Level G assortment
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- fetish
- (n.) an object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence
- effrontery
- (n.) shameless boldness, impudence
- diatribe
- (n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
- litany
- (n.) a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list
- fiat
- (n.) an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or conciousness
- decry
- (v) to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate
- restive
- (adj.) restless, hard to manage, balky
- vacillate
- (v.) to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
- ephemeral
- (adj.) lasting only a short time, short-lived
- primordial
- (adj.) developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic
- bastion
- (n.) a fortified place, stronghold
- rebuff
- (v.) to snub; to repel, drive away; (n.) a curt rejection, a check
- pedantry
- (n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
- languish
- (v.) to become weak, feeble, or dull; to droop; to be depressed or dispirited; to suffer neglect
- travesty
- (n.) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; (v.) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burleque
- hapless
- (adj.) marked by a persistent absence of good luck
- necromancer
- (n.) in general, a magician or wizard
- calumniate
- (v.) to slander; to accuse falsely and maliciously
- echelon
- (n.) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement
- deign
- (v.) to think it appropriate or suitable to one's dignity to do something; to condescend
- innate
- (adj.) natural, inborn, inherent; built-in
- panegyric
- (n.) formal or elaborate praise; a tribute
- aperture
- (n.) an opening, gap, hole; orifice
- raiment
- (n.) clothing, garments
- laconic
- (adj.) concise, using few words
- wizened
- (adj., part.) dry, shrunken, and wrinkled (often as the result of aging
- affront
- (n.) an open or intentional insult; a slight; (v.) to insult to one's face; to face in defiance, confront
- pillory
- (n.) a device for publicly punishing offenders; a means for exposing one to public contempt to ridicule; (v.) to expose to public contempt or ridicule
- improvident
- (adj.) not thrifty; failing to plan ahead
- reconnaissance
- (n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
- eschew
- (v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from
- garner
- (v.) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use
- paroxysm
- (n.) a sudden outburst; a spasm, convulsion
- propinquity
- (n.) nearness in place or time; kinship
- taciturn
- (adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
- pittance
- (n.) a woefully meager allowance, wage, or portion
- acuity
- (n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)
- nascent
- (adj.) just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence
- nadir
- (n.) the lowest point
- decorous
- (adj.) well behaved, dignified, socially proper
- attenuate
- (v.) to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value
- derelict
- (n.) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj.) left abandoned; neglectful of duty
- felicitous
- (adj.) appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy
- irrefutable
- (adj.) impossible to disprove; beyond argument
- impecunious
- (adj.) having little or no money
- febrile
- (adj.) feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic
- paltry
- (adj.) trifling, insignificant; low, despicable; inferior, trashy
- acquisitive
- (adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information
- progeny
- (n.) descendents, offspring, children, followers, disciples
- gainsay
- (v.) to deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose
- burnish
- (v.) to make smooth or glossy by rubbing, polish; (n.) gloss, brightness, luster
- frenetic
- (adj.) frenzied, highly agitated
- canard
- (n.) a false rumor, fabricated story
- consign
- (v.) to give over to another's care, charge, or control; to entrust, deliver; to set apart for a special use
- captious
- (adj.) excessively ready to find fault; given to petty criticism' intended to trap, confuse, or show up
- discomfit
- (v.) to frustrate, thwart, or defeat; to confuse, perplex or embarrass
- dissidence
- (n.) a difference of opinion; discontent
- convivial
- (adj.) festive, sociable, having fun together, genial
- eclectic
- (adj.) drawn from different sources; (n.) one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources