Quiz 11
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- Ignominy -
- deep disgrace, public shame or the loss of one's good name.
- Magnanimous -
- forgiving and generous, having a noble spirit, being free from pettiness.
- mitigate -
- to make less severe, make more bearable.
- Sordid -
- filthy or dirty.
- Ambiguous -
- having more than one meaning, or open to several interpretations, and therefore confusing, not clearly defined.
- Lugubrious -
- overly sad, sorrowful, exaggeratedly mournful, melancholy.
- Philanthropy
- -to charity, to a love of mankind expressed through good deeds and helpfulness.
- mentor
- -a special counselor or teacher, a more experienced person who helps and/or sponsors a less experienced person.
- Innate
- inborn, inherent, naturally a part of.
- Judicious
- -sensible; wise; having, using, or showing good judgment.
- reprisal -
- a retaliation, an injury done in return for an injury, especially a military action taken in retaliation.
- Mercurial -
- changeable, especially with regard to mood, fickle.
- euphemism -
- a gentler way of saying something.
- Husbandry
- farming and agriculture.
- Peripatetic
- -wandering, moving about, travelling from place to place, nomadic.
- Impeccable -
- flawless, precise, perfectly executed.
- Sensory -
- pertaining the senses or sensation.
- Unconscionable
- -unscrupulous, not controlled by conscience.
- Figurative
- -not literal; based on figures of speech; metaphorical.
- exalt
- -to glorify or praise highly, to honor or elevate.
- Chaff -
- that which is worthless.
- Maudlin
- overly sentimental, sentimental in a weak and silly way.
- Mellifluous -
- sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodic; sweetened, as if with honey.
- Inaugurate -
- to formally begin, especially to install into office with a ceremony.
- Prudent
- -careful, having foresight, sensible, planning ahead.
- Garrulous -
- talkative, often about insignificant things; chatty, using too many words.
- visionary
- -used to refer to a dreamer, someone with impractical ideas about the future, someone who is very idealistic.
- Laconic
- -concise, using few words.
- advocate
- -to support, to speak or write in favor of, to recommend.
- Depravity
- extreme wickedness, viciousness, or corruption.
- precursor -
- a forerunner; an early stage, which gives rise to a more important stage.
- Cosmopolitan -
- international, belonging to all parts of the world, comfortable anyplace, not limited to just one place, and, therefore, when referring to a person, sophisticated.
- loll -
- to lounge around, to recline or lean in a lazy manner.
- Exacting
- -demanding of perfection, difficult, requiring great skill or precision, hard to please.
- rebut means -
- refute, to disprove, to argue against, to contradict with evidence.
- Latent
- -present, but inactive or concealed.
- protagonist -
- a leading character in a play, story, or movie; a champion, or hero.
- Proprietary
- -ownership, especially of property.
- corollary
- -a natural consequence, something that follows, a logical extension.
- Overt -
- open to view, not hidden, apparent.
- anachronism -
- something that is out of place in time, often referring to a throwback to an earlier time.
- Balm -
- to something that heals.
- Deleterious -
- harmful, injurious.
- Indolent
- -lazy, disliking of work, idle.
- Tentative
- -uncertain or experimental.
- Innocuous -
- harmless, not hurtful or injurious.
- Sacrilege -
- disrespect of the sacred, an intentional insult or injury to that which is sacred.
- polemic -
- a controversial argument.
- implement
- to carry out, to provide with the means of carrying out.
- Loquacious -
- talkative.