Vocabulary Lessons 11 to 16
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 elixir | a supposed remedy for all ailments, sun: medicine; panocea |
| dessicated | dried up |
| cessation | a stopping; a discontinuance, syn: ceasing; end, ant: beginning; commencement |
| juxtapose | to place side-by-side for comparison, sun: measure; examine |
| kinetic | pertaining to motion |
| garrulous | talkative syn" loqacious; verbose, ant: taciturn |
| fetish | an object that receives respect or devotion, sun: charm; talisman |
| scintillate | to twinkle; to sparkle intellectually |
| lachrymose | tearful; weepy |
| fissure | an opening; groove; a split |
| epitome | a typical example, sun: embodiment; archetype |
| languid | sluggish; drooping from weakness, sun: listless; feeble; drooping, ant: robust; vigorous |
| delineate | to describe; to depict |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand; deception |
| libertine | one who leads an immoral life, sun: hedonist; glutton; epicurean |
| halycon | calm; pleasant, sun: tranquil; unruffled, ant: troubled; tumultuous |
| fastidious | hard to please; fussy, sun: meticulous; exacting, ant: casual; lax |
| badinage | teasing; playful talk syn: chaff; joshing |
| malapropism | a word humorously misused |
| garner | to gather; to acquire, sun: harvest |
| kismet | destiny; fate (one's lot in life) |
| hegira | flight; escape |
| paradigm | a model; an example |
| debauchery | corruption; self-indulgence, sun: excess; dissipation |
| millieu | environment; setting |
| regress | to move backward |
| bilious | bad tempered; cross, sun: cantankerous |
| necromancy | magic; especially that practiced by witch, sun: black magic; conjuring |
| gumption | courage and initiative; common sense, sun: enterprise; aggressiveness; drive |
| blandishment | flattery, syn: overpraise; mocking |
| nirvana | a condition of peace or great happiness |
| salutary | healthful; wholesome, syn: beneficial, ant: pernicioua |
| despicable | contemptible; hateful, syn: vile; base, ant: laudable; worthy |
| harlequin | a clown |
| empathy | an understanding of another's feelings, sun appreciation; compassion |
| brevity | brief;short duration, sun: terseness; conciseness, ant: lengthiness |
| savant | a person of extensive learning; an eminent scholar |
| obsequious | excessively submissive or overly attentive, syn servile; fawning, ant: domineering; haughty |
| redundant | repetitious; using more words than needed, sun: wordy; excessive; unnecessary, ant: essential |
| offal | garbage; waste parts |
| hoi polloi | the common people; the masses |
| sentient | conscious; capable of feeling or perceiving, syn: alert; alive; cognizant |
| impinge | to encroach; to respass, syn: infringe; to intrude |
| cataract | a large waterfall |
| animosity | hatred, syn: ill-will; hostility, ant: friendliness; congeniality |
| bombast | impressive but meaningless language |
| orthography | correct spelling |
| peleontology | the study of prehistoric life through fossils |
| recoil | to retreat; to draw back |
| panache | self-confidence; a showy manner, sun: charisma; spirit |
| saturnine | gloomy; sluggish, syn: sullen; morose, ant: genial |
| endemic | confined to a particular country or area, sun: native; indigenous, ant: alien; foreign |
| mendacious | lying; false; deceitful, syn: duplicitous, ant: truthful |
| obviate | to prevent; to get around, syn: circumvent |
| paroxysm | sudden outburst; a fit, syn: outburst; commotion |
| aggrandize | to increase the range of; to expand, 2.to make appear larger, syn: 1. enlarge; augment; enrich, ant: decrease; diminish2. syn: exaggerate; embellish, ant: belittle, devalue |
| deign | to lower one's self before an inferior; syn: stoop condescend |
| flaunt | to show off; syn: boast; exhibit, ant: conceal |
| shibboleth | a word or pronunciation that distinguishes someone as of a particular group |
| elicit | to draw forth; to call forth, syn: evoke; extract, ant: cover; suppress |
| orifice | mouth; opening |
| hallow | to make holy, syn: bless; consecrate, ant: desecrate |
| perdition | damnation; ruin; hell |
| chaff | worthless matter, syn: rubbish |
| aesthetic | pertaining to beauty, syn: artistic, ant: displeasing; unattractive |
| empirical | based on practical experience rather than theory, syn: observable, ant: theoretical |
| germane | relevant; fitting, syn: appropriate; pertinent; suitable, ant: irrelevant |
| hermetic | tightly sealed, syn: airtight |
| meretricious | attractive in a cheap, flashy way, syn: gaudy; showy; tawdry, ant: restrained; tasteful |
| querulous | complaining; grumbling, syn: fretful; peevish, ant: complacent; satisfied |
| flaccid | flabby, syn: weak; feeble, ant: solid; taut |
| hospice | a shelter for travelers, orphans, the ill or destitute |
| egregious | remarkably bad; outrageous; syn: flagrant; gross, ant: moderate |
| ratiocinate | to reason; to think |
| foment | to stir up; to incite, syn: instigate; arouse, ant: quell; curb |
| salient | significant; conspicuous; standing out from the rest, syn: important |
| recant | to withdraw or disavow a statement or opinion |
| jocular | humorous; lighthearted, syn: joking; witty; amusing, ant: solemn; morose |
| palliate | to ease; to lessen; to soothe, syn: alleviate; excuse, ant: intensify; exacerbate |
| malleable | capable of being changed; easily shaped, syn: workable, ant: rigid; inflexible |
| recreant | a coward; a traitor |
| affinity | an attraction to, syn: partiality; fondness, ant: aversion |
| impalpable | in-able to be felt; intangible, syn: imperceptible; indiscernible |
| fiscal | pertaining to finances, syn: economic; budgetary |
| regale | to delight with something pleasing or amusing, syn: entertain; amuse, ant: anger; depress; annoy |
| miscreant | a vicious person, syn: villain; criminal; knave |
| flagellate | to ship; to lash, syn: flog |
| lascivious | lustful or lewd, syn: wanton; obscene, ant: wholesome; decent |
| flout | to ridicule; to show contempt for, syn: mock; scoff, ant; esteem; revere |
| salacious | obscene; lustful, syn: lecherous, ant: chaste |
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