vocab exam
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- solicit
- to petition persistently
- succinctly
- characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; concise and terse
- expound
- to give a detailed statement of; set forth
- baroques
- extravagant, complex, or bizarre, especially in ornamentation
- docility
- yielding to spervision, direction, or management; tractable
- conspicuous
- easy to notice; obvious
- derived
- to arrive at by reasoning; deduce or infer
- sagacious
- having or showing keep discernment, sound judgement, and farsightedness
- paltry
- wretched or contemptible
- gossamer
- something delicate, light, or flimsy
- uncongenial
- not compatible or sympathetic, as in character
- procuring
- to get by special effort; obtain or acquire
- tinctured
- a trace or vestige; to infuse, as with a quality; impregnate
- intemperance
- excessive use of alcoholic beverages; lack of temperance, as in the indulgence of an appetite or a passion
- intemperate
- followers of their bad appetites and lusts
- malevolence
- malicious behavior
- atrocity
- an appalling or atrocious act, situation, or object, especially an act of unusual or illegal cruelty
- debauch
- an immorally corrupt action
- irrevocable
- impossible to retract or revoke
- perverseness
- obstinately persisting in an wrror or fault; wrongly self-willed or stubborn
- vile
- loathsome, disgusting
- inclination
- a tendency toward a certain condition or character
- unfathomable
- difficult or impossible to understand or measure; incomprehensible
- consummate
- to bring to completion or fruition
- apparition
- a ghostly figure; a sudden or unusual sight
- pestilence
- a usually fatal epidemic disease
- pertinacity
- persistent determination, stubborn
- clamber
- to climb with difficulty; especially on all fours; scramble
- chimeras
- a fanciful mental illusion or fabrication
- imperceptible
- so subtle, slight, or gradual as to be barely seen by the mind or senses
- incarnate
- invested with bodily nature and form; flesh, human, real
- incumbent
- lying, leaning, or resting on something else
- succumbed
- to submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
- expedient
- appropriate to a purpose
- projection
- a thing or part that extends outward beyond a prevailing line or surface
- bade
- to issue a command to; direct
- allayed
- to calm or pacify; set to rest
- bravado
- a disposition toward showy defiance or false expressions of courage
- anomalous
- deviating from the normal or common order, form, or rule
- conjointly
- joined together, combined
- exult
- to rejoice greatly, be jubilant or triumphant
- consigned
- to turn over permanently to another's charge or to a lasting condition
- cicerone
- a guide, especially one who takes tourists to museums, monuments, or architectural sites and explains what is being seen
- hector
- to bully; to intimidate or harass by bluster or personal pressure
- hedonism
- an attitude or way of life based on the idea the pleasure or happiness should be the cheif goal
- nestor
- a senior figure or leader in ones field
- spartan
- marked by simplicity and often strict self-discipline or self-denial
- stentorian
- extremely loud, often with especially deep richness of sound
- stoic
- seemingly indifferent to pleasure or pain
- sybaritic
- marked by a luxurious or sensual way of life
- apollonian
- harmonious, ordered, rational, calm
- bacchanalian
- frenzied, orgiastic
- delphic
- unclear, ambiguous, or confusing
- dionysian
- frenzied, orgiastic
- jovial
- jolly, extensively good natured
- mercurial
- havaing rapid and unpredictable changes of mood
- olympian
- lofty, superior, and detached
- venereal
- having to do with sexual intercourse or diseases transmitted by it
- ad hoc
- formed or used for a particular purpose or for immediate needs
- ad hominem
- marked by an attack on an opponent's character rather than by an answer to the arguments made or the issues raised
- alter ego
- a trusted friend or person representative; the opposite side of a personality
- de facto
- being such in practice or effect, although not formally recognized; actual
- de jure
- by right of law
- ex post facto
- done, made, or formulated after the fact
- modus operandi
- a usual way of doing something
- modus vivendi
- a practical compromise or arrangement that is acceptable to all concerned; a way of life