Vocab test cont.
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- momalous
- deviating from the normal or common order form or rule
- clairvoyance
- the ability to perceive things that are not in sight or that cannot be seen.
- antiquated
- adhering to the past, old fashioned
- peripatetic
- walking about from place to place. traveling on foot
- soporific
- causing or tending to cause sleep.
- perverse
- willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired, contrary.
- alcove
- a recess or small room adjacent to or opening out of a room
- virulent
- intensely bitter, or malicious
- orison
- a prayer or supplication
- pendant
- hanging or suspended, undecided, pending
- reprobate
- a depraved, unprincipled or wicked person. a person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.
- orotund
- marked by fullness, strength and clarity of sound
- conflagration
- a great fire, as of many buildings, a forest.
- zeitgeist
- the intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch.
- gape
- to open the mouth wide, yawn. to stare with the mouth open.
- erudition
- extensive knowledge of literature, history, and language
- abeyance
- a state of suspension or temporary inaction
- fulcrum
- the support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns.
- effusion
- an unrestrained expression of feelings
- abrogate
- to abolish, repeal
- enumerating
- to count off or name one by one, list
- panegyric
- a oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy. formal or elaborate praise.
- antedate
- to assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one
- wanton
- immoral or unchaste, cruel, playful, spoiled, rebellious.
- orgies
- wild or wanton revelry
- revelry
- boisterous merrymaking
- nefandous
- unmentionable, unfit to speak of.
- accrue
- to happen or result as a natural growth/additon.
- abnegate
- to renounce
- pretentious
- marked by conceit or display
- cohere
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to stick together in a mass that resists separation
to have internal elements or parts logically connected so that consistency results - perambulate
- to walk through
- furlough
- a temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer
- prevaricate
- to use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention
- antediluvian
- pertaining to the times, things and events before the greatr flood in the days of Noah.
- plenary
- entire
- weltschmerz
- a mental depression caused by comparison of the actual state of the world with an ideal state. a mood of sentimental sadness
- candor
-
the state of being frank, open and sincere in speech or expression.
freedom from bias, fairness - fastidious
- excessively particular, critical, or demanding. hard to please.
- supercilious
- haughtily disdainful or contemptuous
- scrupulous
- having moral integrity, acting strict in regard for what is considered right or proper.
- solace
- comfort in sorrow, misfortune or trouble
- ensue
- to follow as a consequence or result
- redress
-
the setting right of what went wrong.
relief from an injury - picturesque
- visually charming or quaint as if resembling or suitable for painting.
- mien
- a typical expression or way of behaving
- pique
- a feeling of being annoyed or upset, especially because you feel insulted.
- pedantic
- ostentacious in ones learning. overly concerned with minute details or formalisms.
- apothecary
- a pharmacist, a pharmacy or drugstore
- caprice
-
a sudden, impulsive and seemingly unmotivated notion or action.
a disposition to do things impulsively. - derision
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ridicule, mockery
an object of ridicule - felicitation
- congratulations.
- iniquitious
- characterized by injustice or wickedness. wicked. sinful.
- celerity
- swiftness, speed.
- felicity
- the state of being happy