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Vocabulary Unit#6 and Vocabulary Unit#7

Terms

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ambiguous(adj.)
unclear in meaning
obscure
deliberaterly ambiguous or misleading
equivocal
deliberately ambiguous or misleading
convoluted
intricate and hard to follow
cryptic
enigmatic; mysterious
unfathomable
impossible to comprehend
nebulous
vague; indefinite
enigma
a mystery or riddle
esoteric
difficult to understand
ramble
to wander aimlessly, either verbally, either verbally or physically
desultory
aimless; prone to ramdom digressions
digress
to go off topic
profound
deep; insightful
candor
honesty; straightforwardness
affect
to put on airs; to behave unnaturally
veracity
truthfulness
debunk
to expose something as faudulent
apocryphal
of doubtful authenticity
forthright
honest; straightforward
disingenuous
insincere; crafty
candid
straightforward; honest
dubious
doubtful
prevaricate
to lie
verisimilitude
the quality of appearing to be true
outspoken
candid and unsparing in speech
fraudulent
deceitful
facade
outward appearance; a false front
mirth
merriment; laughter
aesthetic
relating to beauty or a theory of beauty
satire
a mocking literary or dramatic work
curator
the individual in charge of a museum
witticism
a clever of funny remark
jocular
done in a joking way
malapropism
the outrageous misuse of a word
levity
a lack of seriousness
bard
a skilled poet
parody
a spoof
epic
a lengthy poem that celebrates the life of a hero
aesthete
a person interested in the pursuit of beauty
dilettante
one who dabbles in an art
lampoon
to make fun of
chastise
to punish or criticize
reprove
to scold
reprehensible
worthy of blame or censure
culpable
deserving blame
indict
to accuse of an offense
reproach
to blame; to express disapproval
rebuke
to scold
castigate
to punish severely
impeach
to accuse of wrongdoing
irreproachable
beyond blame
berate
to punish severely
culprit
one guilty of a crime
acquit
to clear of a charge
reprimand
to scold
diligence
hard work and dedication
scrupulous
careful, ethical
meticulous
attentive to detail
indefatigable
untiring
spartan
full of self-discipline
painstaking
meticulous; paying great attention to detail
assiduous
hard working
prolific
extremely productive
integrity
honesty and virtue
enterprising
full of initiative and imagination
entrepreneur
a self-made businessman
industrious
hard-working; diligent
resolute
determined; willing to push on
conform
to do what one is expected to do
orthodoxy
strict adherence to tradition
iconoclast
one who challenges tradition
heresy
opinion or action that violates traditional belief
insurgent
rebellious
convention
a practice that comports with the norms of a society
insubordination
refusal to submit to authority
renegade
an outlaw
insurrection
an uprising
dissident
one who strongly opposes accepted opinion
mutiny
a rebellion
servile
overly submissive
heretic
one who dissents
apostasy
abandonment of a belief
insolent
rudely disrespectful
affront
an insult
haughty
overly proud
crass
unrefined
impudent
rudely bold
boorish
crude, barbaric
irreverence
disrespect
flippant
disrespectfully jocular; using humor inappropriately
brazen
bold and insolent
truculent
cruel and aggressive
effrontery
boldness, brashness
impertinent
inappropriately bold
glacial
having a cold personality
rebuff
to refuse in an abrupt or rude manner
arid
extremely dry
astral
relating to the stars
nautical
peratining to sailing
lunar
relating to the moon
fecund
fertil;fruitful
fallow
unused; plowed but not cultivated
cosmic
relating to the universe
celestial
relating to the sky
arable
able to be cultivated
desiccated
completely dried out
quagmire
swampy land; difficult situation
aquatic
living in water
cultivate
to nurture; to grow crops
paucity
lack; scarcity
surfeit
an excessive amount
copious
abundant
barren
infertile
capacious
having lots of room
scanty
meager; barely enough
replete
completely filled
dearth
a lack; scarcity
voluminous
having great size
desolate
deserted
diminutive
tiny
meager
inadequate
rarefy
to make less dense or less plentiful
rife
plentiful
eulogy
an honorific speech at a funeral
despondent
lacking hope
doleful
filled with grief
anemic
feeble; characterized by oxygen deficiency in the blood
malady
a diease
anguish
extreme suffering
dirge
a funeral song
blight
a diseased condition
affliction
a disorder causing suffering
elegy
a poem or song relating to death
epitaph
an inscription found on a gravestone
doldrums
the blues; persistent unhappiness
adversity
hardship
etymology
the study of the origin of words
archaeology
the study of past cultures
anthropology
the study of human cultures
ethics
the study of and philosophy of moral choice
semantics
the study of the meanings of words and symbols
theology
the study of religion
pathology
the study of disease
sociology
the study of human social behavior and social institutions
entomology
the study of insects
genealogy
the study of ancestry
demographics
the study of statistics relating to human populations
oncology
the study of tumors
paleontology
the study of fossils and ancient life
neurology
the study of the human brain and nervous system
hermit
one who prefers to live alone
ostracize
to exclude from a group
exile
a banishment
expel
to force to leave
recluse
one who likes to live alone
isolate
to place something apart from everyting else
solitude
isolation; the quality of being alone
banish
to force to leave an area
outcast
an individual wo has been excluded from a group
seclusion
privacy
pariah
an individual who has been excluded from a group
relegate
to banish, to demote in rank
quarantine
a period of isolation for someone infected with a contagion
disseminate
to spread information
diverge
to go apart
proliferate
to grow rapidly; to produce offsring at a rapid pace
amass
to accumulate; to gather together
distend
to swell; to increase in size
propagate
to cause to multiply; to publicize; to travel through a medium
inundate
to flood
diffuse
to spread out, as a gas
germinate
to sprout; to grow
disperse
to spread apart
rampant
growing out of control
dissipate
to scatter
saturate
to fill completely, as with a liquid or solute
annex
to attach; to acquire land to expand an existing country
addendum
something added; a supplement to a book
postscript
a message added after the completion of a letter(PS)
epilogue
an extra chapter added onto the end of the novel
append
to affix something; to add on
adjunct
added in a subordinate capacity
augment
to add onto; to make greater
cession
the act of surrendering or yielding
affix
to attach
appropriate
to take antoher's work or possessions as one's own
encore
an extra performance at the end of a show
appendix
supplementary material at the end of a text
supplement
to add something to complete or strengthe a whole

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