Vocab Test 4
Terms
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- Accede
- (v.) To give one's consent
- Acrimonious
- (adj) Mean spirited, bitter, or ill-natured
- Bereaved
- (adj/noun) In a state of mourning; deeply sorrowful because of the loss of loved ones
- Curative
- (adj) Curing; serving to provide remedy
- Despotism
- (n) Authoritarian rule
- Emissary
- (n) An agent acting in the interests of another party
- Fulminate
- (v) To explode (Also: to denounce loudly or forcefully)
- Hardtack
- (n) A hard bivuit once common in the rations of sailors and soldiers
- Libation
- (n) An alcoholic beverage offered or accepted in celebration
- Macabre
- (adj) Horrifying; reminiscent of death
- Oracle
- (n) A means by which prophetic wisdom is imparted
- Papal
- (adj) Of or pertaining to the pope
- Promulgate
- (v) To put forward publicly
- Salacious
- (adj) Lewd or off-colors (used in reference to deliberately provocative pictures or writing)
- Surrealistic
- (adj) Unreal (outwordly or profoundly removed from everyday experience)
- Torte
- (n) A cake made with eggs and very little flour
- Treatise
- (n) A scholarly essay or written argument
- Ulterior
- (adj) Secret (especialy of a purpose or motive) - an ulterior purpose is one hidden from the outside of the world
- Voluptuous
- (adj) Sensually enjoyable
- Wanton
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(adj) Completely unrestrained
(or done w/o justification)