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Vocab 5-6

Terms

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Bas-relief
sculpture whose ornament or figures are somewhat raised above the background
Debase
to reduce in dignity or quality
Declivity
a downward slope or bend
Proclivity
a natural or habitual inclination or tendency
Leaven
an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something
Legerdemain
sleight of hand
Leverage
strategic advantage
Levitate
be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity
Levity
lightness of manner
Penchant
a strong inclination or liking
Ponderous
having great mass and weight and unwieldiness, extremely dull
Imponderable
a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed
Preponderant
superior in number, force, power, or importance
Echelon
one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement
Transcendent
beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding
Incumbent
the official who holds an office
Recumbent
lying down
Succumb
To give up or give in to; to yield, to die
Hypocondria
beleif that one is always sick
Hypothesis
possible explanation for a set of observations or possible answer to a scientific question
Cataclysm
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
Catapult
a machine used in ancient wars that threw objects with great force
Subjective
influenced by personal feelings; occurring or taking place within the mind; unreal; based on personal opinion
Sublimate
to turn aside an instinctual, perhaps primitive, impulse in favor of a more socially or culturally acceptable activity
Suborn
induce to commit perjury or give false testimony, or to commit a crime
Subterfuge
something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
Verisimilitude
the appearance of truth
Verity
quality of being true; lasting truth or principle; Ex. the verity of his testimony; Ex. one of the eternal verities
Aver
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

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