Word wealth part 2 unit 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Affinity | attraction, kinship |
| Despot | a ruler with absolute power, tyrant |
| Chieftain | the head man of a tribe or small nation |
| Potentate | a ruler very concious of his power, often humorous |
| Viceroy | a deputy ruler who takes the place of the king in the area assigned to him |
| Effigy | image, likeness |
| Image | what you appear to be to others |
| Counterpart | that which completes or closely resembles something |
| Counterfeit | a false or deceptive likeness, especially of money or art |
| Icon | an image, figure or painting, especially one having religious significance |
| Facsimile | an exact likeness or copy, usually document, object or artifact |
| Photostatic | a form of facsimile |
| Replica | a copy,especially of a work of art, made by the artist, or a model of a temple/monument |
| Mannequin | A life-sized likeness of the human body used by a tailor, dress maker or department store |
| Hybrid | a cross between two varieties |
| Illusion | something that is not what it appears to be |
| Disillusionment | the loss of deceptive or unfounded beliefs about life or people |
| Delusion | a false idea |
| Mirage | an optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions |
| Hallucination | an illusion wholly within a person's mind |
| Opulence | wealth abundance |
| Affluent | a wealthy person, one who spends money as freely as it is acquired |
| Precision | exactness, accuracy |
| Proximity | nearness |
| Approximate | (cost)- a figure very near the actual amount |
| Approximation | near or close estimate |
| Propinquity | nearness in space, time, or blood relationships |
| Reminiscence | a calling to mind, recollection |
| Retrospect | looking backward |
| Memorabilia | memorable incidents or moments |
| Memoir | personal record of events |
| Memento | souvenir or reminder |
| Commemorate | celebrate an important event |
| Reprisal | act of retaliation, especially in war |
| Adroit | skillful, clever |
| Facile | easily done, moving easily, or quickly |
| Feline | catlike, sly or stealthy |
| Canine | doglike |
| Bovine | cowlike |
| Porcine | piglike |
| Lupine | wolflike rapacious |
| Vulpine | foxlike, crafty |
| Equine | horselike |
| Simian | like a monkey, idiotic |
| Asinine | like a donkey |
| Mediocre | average, commonplace |
| Prodigious | enormous, marvelous, superhuman |
| Prosaic | dull, monotonous, uninteresting |
| Punitive | intended to punish, bringing punishment |
| Impunity | freedom from punishment or loss that one deserves |
| Spontaneous | arising naturally from within, bubbling up |
| Subtle | delicate, artful, requiring acuteness |
| Transient | fleeting, short-lived |
| Ephemeral | lasts for a very short time |
| Evanescent | vanishes quickly |
| sovereign | the supreme ruler, monarch |
| iconography | study of these paintings and images |
| disillusion | to tell truth and eliminate deceptive beliefs |
| vengeance | the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life |
| prodigal | wasteful |
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