Test of Time
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Terminus | The final point; the end. |
| Gables | A triangular, usually ornamental architectural section, as one above an arched door or window. |
| Dormer | A window set vertically into a small gable projecting from a sloping roof. |
| Turret | A small tower or tower-shaped projection on a building. |
| Luxuriant | Characterized by rich or profuse growth. |
| Intractable | Difficult to mold or manipulate |
| Formidable | Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder |
| Bemuse | To cause to be engrossed in thought. To cause to be bewildered; confuse. |
| Countenance | Appearance, especially the expression of the face |
| Mercurial | Quick and changeable in temperament; volatile |
| Credulous | Disposed to believe too readily; gullible. |
| Prodigious | Extraordinary; marvelous Impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous |
| Burnished | Polished, made shiny by rubbing. |
| Sumptuous | Exceptionally rich and luxurious |
| Settee | A long wooden bench with a back. |
| Snifter | Slang for a small portion of liquor. |
| Magnanimous | Noble and generous, high minded, unselfish |
| Flourish | A showy or stylishly ornament, decoration |
| Teeming | Abundantly filled with especially living things. |
| Admonish | Warn, caution, repremand |
| Impetuous | Acting with great energy, eagerness, or impatience |
| Impudent | Disrespectful in bold and cocky way |
| Supple | Flexible |
| Tacit | Not spoken communication |
| Adroitly | Skillfully, smoothly, and efficiently |
| Titter | A nervous giggle. |
| Prone | Stretched out face downward |
| Maelstrom | Violently powerful whirlpool |
| Salient | Standing out, attracting attention, easily seen, noticeable |
| Conversant | Familiar, as by study or experience |
| Antebellum | Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War. |
| Primordial | Primitive, original, or ancient, primeval |
| Stodgy | Dull, unimaginative, and commonplace. |
| Staid | Proper, conservative, strait laced, uptight |
| Dour | Severe, stern, gloomy |
| Deftly | In a quick, smooth, and skillful way |
| Ardent | Displaying or characterized by strong enthusiasm or devotion; fervent Burning; fiery. |
| Thrash | To beat with or as if with a flail, especially as a punishment. |
| Slovenly | Messy, untidy, unclean |
| Sanguine | Cheerful, confident, optimistic |
| Putrid | Stinking, foul, rotten, fetid, malodorous, rancid |
| Fastidious | Possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail. Difficult to please; exacting. Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, especially in matters of taste or propriety. meticulous. |
| Tome | Large weighty book (scholarly) |
| Decrepit | Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use. See Synonyms at weak. |
| Ludicrous | Hilarious, ridiculous |
| Supine | Lying on the back or having the face upward. |
| Innocuous | Having no adverse effect; harmless. |
| Redolent | Giving off a smell or odor |
| Coquette | A woman who makes teasing sexual or romantic overtures; a flirt. |
| Torpor | A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility. |
| Protracted | Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual. |
| Despondent | Feeling hopeless and extremely discouraged; did pairing |
| Contrite | Filled with regret, sorrow, or guilt, penitent, remorseful |
| Inane | One that lacks sense or substance |
| Conciliatory | Trying to overcome distrust and regain friendship and goodwill |
| Gibbous | More than half but less than fully illuminated. Used of the moon or a planet. |
| Avant-garde | Experimental, new and different, innovative, unorthodox |
| Paragon | A model of excellence or perfection of a kind; a peerless example |
| Astute | Having or showing shrewdness and discernment, especially with respect to one's own concerns. |
| Discern | To detect with eyes and other senses, recognize mentally |
| Capacious | Able to contain a large quantity, roomy, large, commodious |
| Balustrade | A rail and the row of balusters or posts that support it, as along the front of a gallery. |
| Ruse | A crafty trick or plot designed to mislead |
| Baize | An often bright-green cotton or woolen material napped to imitate felt and used chiefly as a cover for gaming tables. |
| Tumbler | A flat-bottomed glass having no handle, foot, or stem. |
| Andiron | One of a pair of metal supports used for holding up logs in a fireplace. |
| Capricious | Characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable, arbitrary. |
| Eddie | A current, as of water or air, moving contrary to the direction of the main current, especially in a circular motion. |
| Cantankerous | Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable |
| Threadbare | So frayed that the threads show, old and worn out, shabby |
| Exploit | 1. (n) daring, brilliant or heroic action 2. (v) selfish using 3. (v) to use productivity |
| Vestibule | A small entrance hall or passage between the outer door and the interior of a house or building. |
| Olfactory | Of or pertaining to the sense of smell |
| Lumber | To move in a heavy or clumsy way |
| Insufferable | Difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable. |
| Aquiline | Curved or hooked like an eagle's beak |
| Brusque | Abrupt and curt in manner or speech; discourteously blunt. |
| Prudent | Wise in handling practical matters; exercising good judgment or common sense. |
| Penchant | A definite liking; a strong inclination. |
| Tarnation | The act of damning or the condition of being damned. (Used to express anger or annoyance.) |
| Glutton | A person who eats or consumes immoderate amounts of food and drink. |
| Voracious | Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous. |
| Automaton | A self-operating machine or mechanism, especially a robot. |
| Clandestine | Kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal an illicit or improper purpose. |
| Sycophant | A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people. |
| Toady | A person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant. |
| Impertinent | improperly forward or bold: rude or inappropriate |
| Presciently | With or as if with knowledge of what is to come, with foresight |
| Degradation | A lowering in dignity or honor, disgrace, act of debasing |
| Jaded | Worn out; wearied from too much of something |
| Purloin | To steal, often in a violation of trust. |
| Ambivalent | Uncertain, indecisive, having conflicting feelings |
| Knell | To ring slowly and solemnly, especially for a funeral; toll. |
| Ominous | Menacing; threatening |
| Gobbledygook | Unclear, wordy jargon; abstract and circumlocutory language that is intentionally hard to understand |
| Heretofore | Up to the present time; before this; previously. |
| Redoubtable | Arousing fear or awe; formidable. Worthy of respect or honor. |
| Commodious | Spacious; roomy. |
| Idiosyncrasy | A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group. |
| Ponderous | Having great weight, bulky, dull and boring |
| Bereft | Deprived of or lacking something needed, wanted, or expected Deprived of a loved one, bereaved |
| Obstreperous | Stubbornly resisting control, unruly, defiant, disorderly, intractable, recalcitrant. Loud and unruly, boisterous, clamerous, vociferous |
| Impecunious | Lacking money; penniless. |
| Complacent | Contented to a fault; self-satisfied and unconcerned in an annoying way |
| Preening | Dressing and grooming oneself in an excessively careful way |
| Effeminate | Characterized by weakness and excessive refinement. |
| Fisticuffs | A fistfight. |
| Scintilla | A minute amount; an iota or trace. |
| Avarice | Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity. |
| Epoch | A particular period of time known for its distinctive developments, remarkable characteristics, or noteworthy events |
| Somnolent | Sleepy, drowsy |
| Demimonde | A class of women kept by wealthy lovers or protectors. |
| Inamorata | A woman with whom one is in love or has an intimate relationship. |
| Virile | Masculine |
| Puerile | Immature; childish. |
| Fete dan | Any of various aquatic, chiefly marine mammals; including the whales, and dolphins |
| Ineffable | Incapable of being expressed; indescribable or unutterable. |
| Shoal | Sandbar |
| Intrepid | Brave |
| Fetid | Having an offensive odor. |
| Cachinnation | Convulsive, loud laughter. |
| Imbibe | To drink alcoholic beverages. |
| Tedium | Tiresome, boring, tedious |
| Cimmerian | Very dark or gloomy. |
| Impassioned | Filled with passion; fervent |
| Rotundity | Quality of roundness or plumpness, as of an object or person |
| Refractory | Obstinately resistant to authority or control. |
| Wry | Dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony. |
| Casuistry | Specious or excessively subtle reasoning intended to rationalize or mislead. |
| Specious | Deceptively attractive. |
| Bursar | An official in charge of funds, as at a college or university; a treasurer. |
| Officious | Marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others |
| Misanthropy | Hatred or mistrust of humankind. |
| Irascibility | Sudden anger or extreme annoyance, angry outburst, irritable fit |
| Rarefied | Highly refined or sublime nature, lofty and esoteric |
| Visceral | (belly) guided by gut or intuition |
| Benign | Of a kind and gentle disposition. |
| Exhort | To urge by strong, often stirring argument, admonition, advice, or appeal |
| Vexatious | Full of annoyance or distress; harassed. |
| Egress | The act of coming or going out; emergence. |
| Hector | Bully |
| Modulate | To adjust or adapt to a certain proportion; regulate or temper to fit circumstances |
| Harry | To disturb or distress by or as if by repeated attacks; harass |
| Stratagem | A clever, often underhanded scheme for achieving an objective. |
| Maunder | To talk incoherently or aimlessly. |
| Ruminate | Turn something over in the mind, contemplate |
| Arid | Dry, dull |
| Consternation | A state of paralyzing dismay from utter confusion |
| Brusque | Abrupt and curt in manner or speech; discourteously blunt. |
| Lummox | A clumsy or stupid person. |
| Ineffable | Incapable of being expressed; indescribable or unutterable. |
| Requisite | Required, necessary |
| Wunderkind | A child prodigy |
| Comestible | Fit to be eaten |
| Genial | Easily excused or forgiven; pardonable |
| Veracity | Adherence to the truth; truthfulness |
| Fallacious | Containing or based on a fallacy |
| Timorous | Full of apprehensiveness; timid. |
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