50 term definition set
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kewlkids on February 24, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Lexicon | a dictionary or complete set of words; everyone has their own personal one as well |
| Nomenclature | specialized naming system; often used in scientific classification |
| Euro | currency used in many European countries |
| Loquacious | talkative |
| Deciduous | falling off or shedding at a certain stage of growth |
| Equinox | equal parts day and night; occurs twice yearly (autumnal & vernal) |
| Plethora | a lot of; many |
| Xenophobe | one who fears strangers or foreigners |
| Soliloquy | a speech to oneself; often used in theatrical productions |
| Diffident | the opposite of confident |
| Verbatim | word for word |
| Respiration | breathing |
| Orthography | correct writing and/or spelling |
| Epiphany | an A-Ha! Moment OR a Christian holiday celebrated in January |
| Proposition | a suggested plan |
| Irony | when you expect one thing and you get the opposite OR when you say one thing and mean the opposite |
| Surreptitiously | slyly or in a sneaky manner |
| Imperious | proud or overbearing |
| Barbaric | crude, violent, untamed |
| Destiny | your fate or what's "supposed" to be |
| Deleterious | harmful |
| Comply | to do as you're told |
| Plagiarize | to take/copy something from another person and claim it as your own work or not give credit to the person who created it |
| Chromosome | genetic part of our DNA; most humans have 46 |
| Gauche | foolish, awkward, socially inept |
| Naïve | innocent; unaware of what's going on |
| Opportunist | one who seeks an opportunity |
| Vacuous | empty; vacant |
| Introspective | looking inside oneself |
| Metamorphosis | a complete change |
| Imperative | a command; something that must be done |
| Circumnavigate | to make your way around |
| Circumlocution | to talk in circles, or go on and on (around and around) |
| Amicable | friendly or agreeable |
| Ambiguous | many possible meanings; unclear or unsure |
| Impeach | to accuse someone (usually an elected official) of improper conduct |
| Filibuster | a REALLY long speech used to get in the way of legislation being passed |
| Suffragist | a person who fights for voting rights |
| Voracious | craving or consuming large quantities (food, books, collectibles) |
| Lugubrious | gloomy |
| Notarize | to make a signature legal |
| Incognito | in disguise |
| Enervate | to have energy sapped, be depleted |
| Heterogeneous | mixed, having many different components |
| Homogeneous | all the same |
| Photosynthesis | plants getting energy from sunlight |
| Contrite | truly sorry |
| Facetious | trying to be funny or lighthearted; joking |
| Ominous | sign that something is on the way (usually something bad) |
| Vortex | a swirling mass of something (often water) |
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