ALARP Vocab Set 11-13
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- pertinent
- having to do with the subject at hand; relevant
- grandiloquent
- pompous or high-flown in speech
- explicit
- clearly and openly stated; leaving nothing to the imagination
- hue
- particular shade of a given color
- dorm
- sleep
- dolorous
- exhibiting sorrow or pain
- sanction
- permission; support
- deprecate
- to express disapproval of
- myriad
- a very large number
- ominous
- threatening; foreboding evil
- galvanize
- to startle into sudden activity
- -tude
- the state of
- mot/mov
- to move
- re-
- away
- circumvent
- to get around; to bypass
- bawdy
- indecent; humorously obscene
- culinary
- having to do with the kitchen or cooking
- exhort
- to urge on with stirring words
- de-
- down
- incisive
- sharp; keen; cutting straight to the heart of the matter
- clandestine
- secret
- barrister
- lawyer
- hyperbole
- extreme exaggeration for effect and not meant to be taken literally
- agrarian
- having to do with farms, farmsers, or the use of land
- grat
- please
- cred
- believe
- -ic/id
- of/like
- in-
- not
- fac/fact/fect/fic
- make/do
- expedient
- practical; providing an immediate advantage
- sycophant
- a flatterer, one who fawns on others in order to gain favor
- formidable
- arousing fear or awe
- inert
- unable to act or move; inactive; sluggish
- fin
- end
- harangue
- a long, strongly-expressed speech or lecture
- incarcerate
- to put into prison; to confine
- evince
- to deomonstrate clearly; to prove
- -ory
- a place for
- audacity
- rude boldness; nerve
- altercation
- a heated argument
- jocose
- joking, humorous
- acquit
- to find not guilty of a fault or crime
- implacable
- unable to be appeased or pacified
- affable
- friendly; agreeable; easy to talk to
- latent
- present, but no active; hidden
- humility
- absence of vanity; humbleness
- epistle
- a letter or literary composition in letter form
- avid
- enthusiastic; extremely interested
- grimace
- a facial expression of fear, disapproval, or pain
- con
- with
- frugal
- thrifty; economical in money matters
- clat
- calling/system of calling
- chastise
- to punish severely
- lexicon
- a dictionary; a specialized vocabulary used in a particular field or place
- gadfly
- an irritating and persistent person
- pernicious
- destructive; deadly
- cosm
- world/universe
- nom
- name
- adulation
- excessive praise or admiration
- arduous
- difficult; requiring much effort
- -ee
- one who is
- gargantuan
- of huge or extraordinary size and power