Wordly Wise Lessons 1-6 Midterm Review
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- Asperity
- n. Sharpness or harshness of manner
- Compunction
- A feeling of uneasiness or anxiety caused by guilt.
- Tutelage
- n. Instruction, protection, or guardianship
- Profane
- To treat with scorn or irreverence.
- Centennial
- n. A 100th anniversary or its celebration
- Decrepit
- adj. Worn-out with use; broken-down
- Perpetrate
- To commit, as a crime or other antisocial act.
- Bane
- n. A person or thing that destroys or causes harm
- Penchant
- n. A strong attraction or leaning
- Manifesto
- n. A publice statement explaining the intentions, motives, or views of an individual or group.
- Repertoire
- n. The list of pieces an actor, musician, etc., is ready to perform; the skills or accomplishments of a person or group.
- Hierarchy
- n. A group or system in which positions of power are ranked, usually from lowest to highest
- Espionage
- The act of spying.
- Accolade
- n. An expression of approval or respect for special merit; an award
- Ephemeral
- adj. Lasting a very short time
- Adjudicate
- v. To hear and decide judicially; to judge
- Unremitting
- adj. Not stopping or slowing down; constant
- Proselytize
- v. To convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause.
- Heresy
- The expression of shocking or unacceptable views.
- Buffoon
- n. A person who often makes attempts to be funny; a clown; a fool
- Affinity
- n. Attraction for someone or something with which one feels a closeness or kinship.
- Inexorable
- adj. not to be persuaded, stopped, or moved by entreaty or plea; relentless.
- Perverse
- adj. 1.) Turned away from what is right; wicked 2.) Stubbornly opposing what is right or reasonable; obstinate
- Doleful
- adj. Mournful or full of sorrow; causing grief
- Inalienable
- Not able to be taken away.
- Expendable
- Able to be used up and then descarded or replaced.
- Discriminate
- To make clear distinctions/ treating one group more or less favorably.
- Indigenous
- adj. Naturally living or growing in a certain area; native.
- Gratuitous
- adj. Not called for; unnecessary
- Equilibrium
- n. A state of balance
- Servitude
- A lack of freesom; forced labor.
- Chary
- adj. Exercising caution; hesitant
- Adamant
- adj. Not yielding; firm
- Ingratiate
- v. To work to gain the favor of someone
- Circumvent
- To avoid through craftiness.
- Reparation
- A mending or repair/ making up or payment for wrongs done.
- Recompense
- To pay or compensate.
- Ameliorate
- To make better; to become better; to improve.
- Berate
- To criticize vigorously; to scold vehemently.
- Euphemism
- A polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant.
- Gird
- v. To encircle, bind, or surround
- Rambunctious
- adj. Behaving in a wild and unruly manner
- Infactuated
- adj. Filled with excessive, shallow, or foolish love or desire.
- Curtail
- To cut short or reduce.
- Countenance
- n. A person's face; the expression on a person's face
- Spurious
- adj. Not genuine; false
- Pantheon
- n. A group of people held in high esteem for their great achievements
- Insatiable
- adj. Never satisfied; greedy.
- Enclave
- n. A distinct region or community enclosed within a larger territory.
- Illicit
- adj. Not allowed, improper, or unlawful.
- Mesmerize
- v. To fascinate or hypnotize
- Annals
- n. pl. A historical record of events, often arranged in a yearly sequence
- Precedent
- n. An act or statement that may serve as an example or justification for a later one
- Cessation
- n. A stopping, either final or temporary.
- Illusory
- adj. Unreal or imagined; deceiving
- Diminutive
- Very small; tiny.
- Endow
- v. To provide with a quality, a thing, or a gift of money
- Implacable
- adj. Incapable of being replaced, soothed, or significantly changed; relentless
- Clique
- n. A small, exclusive group; a group held together by like interests or purpose
- Infamous
- Famous for a negative reason.
- Baleful
- Expressing hatred or evil; harmful, ominous.
- Expedite
- v. To speed up a process; to facilitate
- Indiscriminate
- Not marked by careful distinctions/haphazard.
- Extrovert
- n. A person whose attention is focused on others and on what is going on around her or him, rather than her or his own feelings
- Ambivalent
- adj. Having mixed, often opposing, feelings about something or someone, indecisive.
- Instigate
- v. To stir up or urge on; to provoke
- Condone
- To overlook or accept without punishment; to pardon or excuse.
- Undermine
- v. To weaken or ruin by degrees
- Garish
- adj; Escessively bright and flashy; tastelessly glaring
- Engender
- v. To bring into being, to produce.
- Luminary
- n. A source of light, especially from the sky, such as the sun or moon
- Rudiment
- n. A basic principle or skill
- Exacerbate
- v. To make more severe, bitter, or violent.
- Infirmity
- Physical or mental weakness or defect.
- Repast
- Food and drink; a meal.
- Assiduous
- adj. Diligent and persistent
- Poigant
- adj. Painfully moving, Affecting, or touching.
- Rancor
- Long-held feelings of hatred or bitterness.
- Intercede
- To act on another's behalf/to try to settle differnces between two parties.
- Malign
- To say negative and unfair things about.
- Adulate
- v. To flatter or admire excessively; to idolize
- Acrimony
- n. Bitterness or sharpness of temper, manner, or speech; hostility.
- Disgruntle
- v. To make dissatisfied; to put in a bad mood
- Incarcerate
- To put in prison.
- Rampant
- Wild and unrestrained/widespread.
- Smattering
- A small amount.
- Altercation
- n. A loud and determined dispute; a noisy quarrel
- Imbue
- v. To fill completely with a feeling or idea; to inspire
- Indignity
- An insult to one's pride.
- Emaciated
- adj. Very thin or wasted away, especially from lack of nourishment, scrawny.