final vocab test
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- advocate
- to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: He advocated higher salaries for teachers.
- figurative
- of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, esp. a metaphor; metaphorical; not literal: a figurative expression.
- iniquity
- gross injustice : WICKEDNESS
- urban
- of, pertaining to, or designating a city or town
- lugubrious
- mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- gargantuan
- GIGANTIC, COLOSSAL
- brazen
- shameless or impudent
- synthesis
- the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (opposed to analysis).
- cosmopolitan
- free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world.
- orthodox
- of, pertaining to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine, philosophy, ideology, etc.
- nepotism
- patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
- juncture
- point of time, esp. one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances: At this juncture, we must decide whether to stay or to walk out.
- commiserate
- to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- implicit
- implied, rather than expressly stated: implicit agreement
- guileless
- free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank
- serried
- pressed together or compacted, as soldiers in rows: serried troops.
- affected
- acted upon; influenced.
- adversary
- an oponent or enemy
- anomalous
- irregular; abnormal:
- indite
- to compose or write, as a poem.
- derided
- to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
- realm
- KINGDOM
- assimilate
- to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- adroit
- expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- altruism
- unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others
- benign
- having a kindly disposition; gracious: a benign king.
- commendable
- to present, mention, or praise as worthy of confidence, notice, kindness, etc.; recommend: to commend a friend to another; to commend an applicant for employment.
- sanguine
- cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
- docile
- easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse.
- portentous
- ominously significant or indicative: a portentous defeat.
- poignant
- keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.
- ostensible
- outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
- eradicate
- to remove or destroy utterly; extirpate: to eradicate smallpox throughout the world.
- archaic
- marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
- ruminant
- any even-toed, hoofed mammal of the suborder Ruminantia, being comprised of cloven-hoofed, cud-chewing quadrupeds, and including, besides domestic cattle, bison, buffalo, deer, antelopes, giraffes, camels, and chevrotains.
- recalcitrant
- resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
- hordes
- A large group or crowd; a swarm: a horde of mosquitoes
- precocious
- unusually advanced or mature in development, esp. mental development: a precocious child.
- ascribe
- to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute: The alphabet is usually ascribed to the Phoenicians.
- simile
- a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) -- compare METAPHOR
- propensity
- a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much. or preference
- impetus
- a moving force; impulse; stimulus: The grant for building the opera house gave impetus to the city's cultural life.
- supplicated
- to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- myriad
- a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.
- subterfuge
- an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc
- volatile
- evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor: Acetone is a volatile solvent.
- sinuous
- having many curves, bends, or turns; winding: a sinuous path.
- subsequent
- occurring or coming later or after (often fol. by to): subsequent events; Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.
- ludicrous
- causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable: a ludicrous lack of efficiency.
- extol
- to praise highly; laud; eulogize: to extol the beauty of Naples.
- iota
- very small quantity; jot; whit.
- rudiments
- a mere beginning, first slight appearance, or undeveloped or imperfect form of something: the rudiments of a plan.
- incongruity
- the quality or condition of being incongruous.
- irrevocable
- not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- corrosive
- something corrosive, as an acid or drug.
- antipathy
- obsolete : opposition in feeling
- cynic
- a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions and who disbelieves in or minimizes selfless acts or disinterested points of view.
- propitious
- presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- serpentine
- of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement
- augment
- to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase: His salary is augmented by a small inheritance