Elite Vocab Set 676-700
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 inception | n. commencement; beginning; origin |
| surfeit | n. an excess |
| domineer | v. to rule over arbitrarily or tyrannically |
| correlate | v. to correspond; to be mutually related |
| petulant | adj. impatient or irritable, esp. over a minor annoyance |
| calumny | n. a false and maclicious statement; slander |
| irk | v. to irritate or be wearisome |
| emaciated | adj. made thin unnaturally; abnormally thin due to starvation |
| confound | v. to mix up or lump together indiscriminately; to confuse |
| leonine | adj. authoritative; commanding; like a lion |
| emanate | v. to send forth; to come forth |
| morose | adj. sour tempered and inclined to be silent |
| insolent | adj. boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; impertinent; impudent |
| dour | adj. stern and humorless; silently ill-humored |
| pauper | n. one who is extremely poor, esp. one living on public charity |
| dregs | n. the worst part; the sediment in a liquid |
| liable | adj. legally obligated; likely (w/ reference to an unfavorable outcome) |
| bungle | v. to handle badly; to botch or mess up |
| plebeian | adj. common |
| ritual | n. a ceremonial act; a customary procedure |
| diligent | adj. painstaking and steady |
| conception | n. formation of an idea in the mind; the start of pregnancy |
| mare | n. a female horse |
| feline | adj. cat-like |
| canine | adj. resembling or relating to dogs (or wolves, foxes, jackals, coyotes) |
| dogmatic | adj. arrogantly asserting unproved principles |
| inconsequential | adj. unimportant |
| amend | v. to improve through change or correction |
| humus | n. fertilizer; black soil for fertilizing |
| cohesion | n. the act or state of uniting or sticking together |
| inert | adj. unable to move or respond; sluggish |
| epidemiology | n. the branch of medicine that studies the causes, spread, and control of disease in populations |
| convoluted | adj. intricate; complicated |
| salubrious | adj. favorable to good health |
| pertinent | adj. relevant |
| mar | v. to damage |
| protege | n. one whose welfare, training, or career is promoted by another person |
| scapegoat | n. one who takes blame |
| temper | v. to bring down in tone; to moderate; to soften |
| propitiate | adj. to appease or placate |
| abeyance | n. a suspension of activity |
| wayward | adj. stubbornly going against what is expected or required in order to satisfy one's own desires |
| profligate | adj. immorally wasteful |
| abhor | v. to detest; to shrink from in disgust |
| stalwart | adj. firm and resolute; having imposing physical strength |
| woe | n. deep distress or misery; misfortune |
| decimate | v. to destroy or kill a large part of (a group) |
| senescent | adj. aging; growing weak with age |
| schema | n. an outline or model, often drawn as a diagram |
| pore | v. to read or study carefully |
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