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- ascertain
- to find out definitely
- Roguishly
- adv. unscrupulously or dishonestly, sometimes in a mischievously playful manner. The man roguishly smiled at his friends, and they knew that he was up to no good.
- 2) Inanely
- adv. foolishly and stupidly. That is an inane remark.
- subterfuge
- deceptive stratagem or device, cunning
- 18) Corpulent
- adj. large or bulky of body. He was so corpulent, that he couldn't fit into the suit he bought last year.
- delicatessen
- ready to eat
- portentous
- evil
- corpulent
- large or bulky body
- languid
- dropping or flagging
- 8) Portentous
- adj. ominous, evil. The terrible weather on her wedding was portentous, and it made the bride scared.
- 12) Proprietary
- adj. privately owned and run. Her boyfriend has a proprietary interest in his girlfriend, and most people wouldn't like that about him.
- laudable
- praise worthy
- 18) Corroborate
- verb. To make certain, to confirm. The defendant needed a witness to corroborate her testimony.
- 1) Laudable
- adj. admirable and worthy of praise. The swim team has done well this season, and their successes are laudable.
- 3) Abortive
- adj. failed, unsuccessful. The mission to send the Challenger into space was abortive.
- tenet
- a doctrine, dogma
- rapture
- delight
- fractious
- unruly
- 7) Extemporize
- verb. To perform without preparation. In debates, the skill to extemporize is critical in a political campaign.
- transitory
- lasting on a short time
- insidious
- awaiting a chance to entrap
- harrowing
- inflicting great distress or torment
- Emissary
- noun. An agent or representative sent on a particular mission. The emissary to Baghdad tried to find the minister, but he was locked up in his fortress.
- Gild
- verb. To make golden. She gilded the story when she had done something wrong.
- Beseech
- verb. To ask strongly. He implored her to marry him, and she demurely accepted.
- 8) Intimation
- noun. Hint, illusion. She intonated that she wouldn't be in school tomorrow, because she wasn't feeling very well today.
- Impertinent
- adj. showing a bold or rude lack of respect, especially to a superior. The impertinent young man kept arguing his point, even though the crowd disagreed with him.
- 27) Harrowing
- inflicting great distress or torment. The harrowing news from Iraq is depressing.
- 25) Delicatessen
- noun. Read - to - eat. The place where one eats them.
- redolent
- having a nice odor
- meretricious
- alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions HOOKER
- 15) Innuendo
- noun. An indirect remark or gesture that usually carries a suggestion of impropriety. The candidates in a political campaign use innuendos to attack their opponents.
- 1) Consummation
- verb. The ultimate end, fulfillment, perfection. I consummated the business deal.
- Beleaguered
- verb. To make somebody feel harassed. She felt beleaguered by all of the work she still had to do.
- 16) Vacuous
- adj. without contents; empty. Small talk is vacuous conversation.
- 21) Interminable
- adj. with no end. Classes seem interminable, they are 60 min, but they seem to last forever.
- 5) Dilatory
- adj. tending to cause delay; made of the purpose of gaining time or deferring decision. His dilatory approach or actions meant that he did not make the event on time.
- Contritely
- adv. deeply sorry for having behaved wrongly. After she lied to her parents, she felt so contrite that she told the truth the next day.
- colloquial
- informal, conversational
- austere
- stern, strict, severe, imposing
- 20) Inapt
- adj. lacking in fitness or aptitude, unfit. She was so inapt in foreign language, that she couldn't speak Spanish.
- Credulous
- adj. believing or trusting. Her credulous nature got her into trouble.
- 23) Nebulous
- adj. hazy, vague. The ideas in her paper were too nebulous for the reader to follow.
- Florid
- adj. elaborate, fancy, reddish colors. His florid complexion suggests that he was drinking too much.
- 10) Colloquial
- adj. informal, conversational. Her diction was to colloquial for her presentation.
- Tumult
- noun. Disturbance. There is often so much tumult that we never got any work done.
- 2) Euphemisms
- noun. Substitution of a mild expression for one thought to be offensive or harsh. When she was giving me the bad news, she used euphemisms to make me feel better.
- 15) Hoary
- adj. gray or white w/ or as if w/ age. The hoary bearded gentleman had trouble walking, so he used a cane to help him.
- complacency
- state of being please/satisfied
- retribution
- punishment or vengeance for something
- juxtapose
- to place two or more things together
- 3) Debauchee
- noun. A self- indulgently immoral person. The debauchee drank all night, and woke up w/ a hang over.
- Archetype
- noun. A typical specimen. Ben Hubbard is an archetype of a greedy, selfish businessman.
- 9) Contiguous
- adj. touching, in actual contact. My neighbor's property is contiguous to mine.
- 12) Commensurate
- adj. of equal extent or duration.
- 24) Vestige
- noun. Trace of something gone. You could see the vestige of her tears on her face.
- intimation
- hint, illusion
- 4) Meretricious
- adj. alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions, or referring to a prosetitute, or cheap. Her meretricious attraction did not last for very long, because she looked like an old lady when she took off her make up.
- Effete
- adj. characterized by having lost character, vitality, or strength. The movement had grown effete over the years, and it was very hard to raise the membership.
- 17) Homogeneity
- noun. The quality of uniform throughout in composition. Classes in most schools are either homogeneously grouped, or heterogeneously grouped.
- 14) Subterfuge
- noun. A deceptive stratagem or device, cunning, deceptions. She used subterfuge to get her way.
- 19) Austere
- adj. Stern, strict, severe, imposing. The Amish lead austere lifestyles.
- 22) Office
- duty. The Scarlet Letter had not fulfilled its office.
- commensurate
- equal extent of duration
- Imminent
- adj. about to happen. They thought disaster was imminent when they found out that the plane was going to crash.
- contiguous
- touching, in actual contact
- innuendo
- an indirect remark or gesture that usually carries a suggestion of sex
- extemporize
- to preform without preparation
- Awry
- adv. in a turned or twisted direction. They went awry when they were trying to get to the party, because they ended up in the wrong town.
- Pinion
- verb. To restrain or immobilize somebody, especially by tying his or her arms. The mother pinioned her son when he was throwing a temper tantrum.
- pastoral
- rustic
- nebulous
- hazy, vague
- 5) Complacency
- noun. State of being pleased/satisfied with a person/thing. The complacent student was satisfied with Bs.
- 6) Unobtrusive
- adj. inconspicuous, blatant, not assertive. She unobtrusively slipped into class in hopes that the teacher wouldn't see her.
- Implore
- verb. To ask earnestly. She implored him to go on a date with her.
- 21) Juxtapose
- verb. To place two or more things together. If you juxtapose these two papers, then you will see that one of these is more replete with examples than the other.
- 24) Rend
- verb. To tear apart. Rend fabric is sometimes desirable for some sowing projects.
- 6) Insidious
- adj. awaiting a chance to entrap. Cancer is an insidious disease.
- dilatory
- tending to cause delay
- 13) Stratum
- noun. A layer or level within an ordered system. India remains a very stratified society.
- 4) Languid
- adj. drooping of flagging from or as if from exhaustion. After a long day of work, she lay languid on the couch in front of the TV.
- Hyperbole
- verb. An exaggeration for the service of truth
- stratum
- a layer or level within an ordered system
- hoary
- gray or white as with age
- 23) Bereft
- deprived of something in a serious way. She felt bereft after the dog she had for 20 years had died.
- parry
- to turn aside
- Callous
- adj. being hardened or thickened. The callous leader did not show any interest in freeing the slaves.
- Dispatch
- verb. To send something to a place. The dispatcher sent police offers to the crime scene.
- 2) Supercilious
- adj. haunty disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or facial expression. I would never go on a date with him, because he is way too supercilious.
- 26) Rout
- noun. A swift and disorderly retreat by a defeated army. There was a rout of confederate forces that were fleeing away.
- Brazen
- adj. shameless or impudent or bold. She brazenly asked the teacher when she was born.
- Masticate
- verb. To grind or crushed as with teeth, to chew. If you do not masticate your food properly, then you will choke.
- punctilious
- careful about correct behavior, exacting,
- Credible
- adj. trustworthy. She was a credible witness.
- 11) Fortuitous
- adj. occurring by chance. The fortuitous meeting led to a summer job that I hadn't expected.
- fortuitous
- occurring by chance
- rout
- swift and disorderly retreat by a defeated army
- Libel
- noun. A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation. The man sued for libel when he found out that the magazine's comment about him was false.
- corroborate
- to make certain
- 28) Exult
- verb. To be extremely happy or joyful about something. She exulted in the chocolate cake, which was her favorite dessert.
- Ineluctable
- adj. inescapable. Time moves in an ineluctable fashion.
- 17) Equivocal
- adj. vague or ambiguous. His response was equivocal and left me unsure of whether or not to date him.
- abortive
- failed
- 9) Transitory
- adj. lasting only a short time, temporary. His membership at the country club was only transitory, because he could not afford the club dues.
- 11) Pastoral
- adj. rural, rustic. She set her story in a pastoral environment that suggested the 19th century world of farm workers.
- 14) Tenet
- noun. A doctrine, dogma, principle, or opinion. The tenets of a philosophy or religion. He had to accept the tenet of the new religion
- 16) Parry
- verb. To turn aside, evade. She tried to parry the attack w/ an explanation but nobody believed her
- debauchee
- self-indulgent immoral person
- supercilious
- contemptuous
- exult
- to be extremely happy or joyful
- Demurely
- adv. looking shyly modest. The demure lady refused to get involved in the ugly dispute.
- Menagerie
- noun. A collection of animals.
- 22) Retribution
- noun. Punishment or vengeance for something someone has done. After her child was murdered, the mother sought retribution.
- Querulous
- adj. complaining. Notoriety. The querulous lady could not help but to bicker with me.
- 7) Redolent
- adj. having a pleasant odor; fragrant. She opened her closet, and it was redolent of lavender.
- proprietary
- privately owned and run
- vestige
- trace of something
- euphemisms
- substitution of a mild expression for one thought to be offensive or harsh
- equivocal
- vague or ambiguous
- Traipsing
- verb. Walking around aimlessly or idling. She traipsed around with no idea where she was going.
- 10) Rapture
- noun. Ecstatic joy or delight. She was in raptured by the news.
- 20) Punctilious
- adj. careful about correct behavior, exacting, demanding. When I introduced my boyfriend to my mother, she was impressed by his punctilious manner.
- Stark
- adj. sheer, contrast. She had the stark impression that the situation had deteriorated by the time she came home.
- 13) Prodigality
- noun. Extreme abundance; lavishness. He was prodigal in his tastes, and therefore he bought the fanciest car in the lot.
- Emulate
- to match or surpass someone by imitation. Her parents were very hard on her, and she learned to emulate them and develop good study habits.
- 19) Ascertain
- verb. To find out definitely. She needed to ascertain the start time of the movie, so that she could call her mom to pick her up when it was over.
- vacuous
- without contents
- Temporal
- adj. enduring for an amount time only, related to worldly affairs. The King's temporal authority is not as strong as the Pope's power.
- unobtrusive
- inconspicuous, blatent
- homogeneity
- uniform throughout in composition
- prodigality
- extreme abundance
- Implacable
- adj. Not to be appeased, mollified or pacified. The abusive parent had an implacable tempure, and he was angered easily.
- 1) Fractious
- adj. unruly; readily angered. The fractious group could not make a decision.