A/B 751-825
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- lout
- an awkward, stupid person
- deft
- quick and skillful
- maintain
- to provide support; to declare to be true; to defend against criticism
- chagrin
- feeling of embarrassment because of failure or disappointment
- indisposed
- slightly ill; unwilling
- laughingstock
- a person or thing that is the object of laughter
- trace
- a faint amount
- valedictory
- a farewell speech
- exonerate
- to find blameless
- husband
- to use sparingly; to conserve
- saturate
- to soak or fill to capacity
- bastion
- a well-fortified place; a source of protection
- insurrection
- a rebellion
- lucrative
- producing wealth; profitable
- obeisance
- a gesture, such as a curtsy, that expresses respect or obedience
- hygienic
- tending to promote or preserve health
- headlong
- with uncontrolled speed and force
- delegate
- to entrust to another person; n. a person authorized to act as the representative of another
- leeway
- margin; room for freedom of action
- ordeal
- an extremely difficult experience
- sinuous
- curving in and out; winding
- orchestrate
- to arrange so as to achieve a desired effect
- haphazard
- mere chance; accident
- perjury
- lying under oath
- ineffable
- incapable of being expressed
- wake
- track of turbulence left by something moving through water (or figuratively, anything that has passed)
- redoubtable
- fearsome; formidable
- implausible
- difficult to believe
- mystical
- having a spiritual sense or importance beyond human understanding
- domestic
- relating to the home or family; relating to one's own country
- regale
- to delight or entertain
- beleagured
- harassed; besieged
- languish
- to lose strength or health; to remain neglected
- ramification
- a development or consequence resulting from a course of action
- errant
- wandering outside of established limits; straying
- incognito
- in disguise
- epithet
- a descriptive term for a person or thing
- penurious
- extreme or petty unwillingness to spend money
- forfeit
- to surrender or be forced to surrender
- porous
- easily crossed or penetrated
- appraise
- to officially estimate the worth of
- albeit
- although
- bellow
- to yell very loudly; to shout
- secede
- to withdraw formally from an alliance or membership
- frenetic
- wildly excited or active
- repudiate
- to reject as invalid or untrue
- persevere
- to remain constant despite obstacles
- exuberant
- lively, happy, and full of good spirits
- levee
- earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding
- heckle
- to harass (a speaker) with questions or taunts
- harrowing
- very distressing; painful
- condolence
- sympathy with another in sorrow
- imperative
- impossible to deter or evade; urgently necessary
- maneuver
- to direct through a series of movements; to manipulate into a desire position
- wreak
- to inflict; to cause (something bad)
- conduit
- a channel for conducting fluids; a means by which something is transmitted
- tenant
- a person or group that rents a place to live or work (e.g., land, a building, an apartment, etc.)
- vanguard
- to leading position in army or fleet; the leading position in a movement or trend
- contingent
- unpredictable because dependent on chance; dependent on something uncertain
- tax
- to make difficult or excessive demands upon
- felon
- one who has committed a serious crime
- besiege
- to crowd on; to move in on; to overwhelm
- imposing
- impressive by virtue of size, power, or manner
- office
- a duty or function assigned to someone
- relinquish
- to surrender or release
- indigenous
- native, occurring naturally
- heterodox
- not in agreement with accepted beliefs, esp. religious dogma
- ponder
- to think over with great care
- abet
- to encourage, assist, or support, usually in wrongdoing
- vitality
- the force that distinguishes life from death; exuberance
- deride
- to ridicule
- aspiration
- a strong desire for achievement
- juxtapose
- to put side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast
- lapse
- to decine from a previous level or standard; to come to an end
- fallacy
- a false notion, esp. one based on incorrect reasoning
- partisan
- a strong, often militant, supporter
- regal
- kingly
- disdain
- a feeling of contempt
- abate
- to lessen in amount, intensity, or strength
- obfuscate
- to make difficult to understand; to make indistinct
- hearten
- encourage; give strength
- fervid
- extremely emotional; passionate
- exact
- to demand and obtain by force or authority
- irony
- a use of words in which the intended meaning is very different from the literal sense; an incongruity between might be expected and what actually occurs, esp. one that suggests a lesson about human folly
- stalwart
- firm and resolute; having imposing physical strength
- plebeian
- common
- ersatz
- inferior imitation or substitute
- contentious
- always ready to argue; quarrelsome
- incur
- to acquire or sustain something undesirable
- listless
- having no interest in what is going about one; languid; spiritless
- patriarch
- a man who rules a family clan; a very respected old man
- labyrinthine
- complicated; puzzling
- recruit
- to restore or renew the health or vitality of
- inexorable
- not able to be persuaded; unyielding; unalterable
- sediment
- a residue that settles in the bottom of something
- taut
- tense; very tight
- vigorous
- energetic
- jaded
- worn out; dulled by excess
- finite
- measurable; having an end
- fallow
- of land, plowed but not planted during the growing season; characterized by inactivity
- quarantine
- enforced isolation to prevent the spread of disease; v. to isolate for such purpose
- resuscitate
- to revive, esp. from apparent death or unconsciousness
- inhibit
- to hold back
- magnate
- a very important or influential person, esp. in business
- staple
- a basic or principal item, esp. of food; adj. principal
- articulate
- able to express oneself clearly and effectively
- intervene
- to come between two things
- magisterial
- authoritative; overbearing
- sublime
- of high spiritual or moral worth
- admonish
- to warn so a fault can be corrected or a danger avoided
- radical
- favoring fundamental or extreme change; relating to roots or origins
- bequeath
- to pass down to; to hand down, esp. in a will
- spurious
- not genuine; false
- umbrage
- offense; resentment
- reign
- to rule, as by a monarch; to be prevalent; n. the period of rule
- disinter
- to exhume; dig out of the ground
- jostle
- to push and shove; to move by pushing or elbowing
- missive
- a written message
- frond
- a large leaf, esp. of a fern, palm, etc.
- wallow
- to roll about lazily, in or as if in water, snow, or mud; to revel
- vouch
- to verify
- pristine
- remaining in a pure state
- juncture
- a point of time; a concurrence of events
- gouge
- a chisel with a rounded blade; v. to cut or scoop out, as with such a chisel
- raillery
- light, good-natured ridicule or satire
- lumber
- to move clumsily
- wizened
- wrinkled from aging
- hue
- a shade of color
- excavate
- to expose to view by digging out
- inveterate
- established for a long time; habitual
- adjudicate
- to judge; to preside
- lithe
- limber and graceful; supple
- subjugate
- to bring under control; to conquer
- hearsay
- rumor; gossip
- notion
- a general impression or idea
- ravage
- to damage; to ruin
- emaciated
- made thin unnaturally; abnormally thin to starvation
- de facto
- in reality; in fact
- repository
- a place where things are kept for safekeeping
- vagrant
- a person who wanders from place to place, esp. one who lives on the streets and constitutes a public nuisance
- invalidate
- to cancel; deprive of legal importance; nullify
- pandemic
- general, widespread, oft. of disease
- mausoleum
- a huge tomb
- deluge
- a great flood
- calamity
- an event causing extreme trouble and misery
- parley
- a discussion, esp. between enemies to resolve disputes
- malapropism
- a ridiculous misuse of words
- proselytize
- to convert from one faith or cause to another
- defame
- to attack a person's reputation; to slander
- jeer
- to make fun of; n. mockery