Power Plus Review 1-7 Book 3
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105 terms
Latin | English |
|---|---|
| factious |  causing disagreement |
| ignoble | dishonorable |
| boor | a rude or impolite person |
| aegis | protection |
| perspicacity | keenness in observing and understanding |
| fervent | eager; earnest |
| rectify | to correct; to make right |
| enervate | weaken mentally or morally |
| besiege | to overwhelm; to surround and attack |
| ephermeral | lasting for a short time |
| altruism | concern for others |
| carrion | dead and rotting flesh |
| erotic | pertaining to passionate love or sexual love |
| amorphous | formless; lacking shape or definition |
| opulent | wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose |
| impotent | powerless; lacking strength |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| maelstrom | whirlpool; turmoil; agitated state of mind |
| emendation | a correction |
| chagrin | embarrassment |
| bauble | a showy but useless thing |
| diaphanous | very sheer and light |
| labyrinth | a complex system of interconnecting cavities |
| gloat | to look at or think about with great satisfaction |
| impediment | a barrier; obstruction |
| bestial | savage; brutal |
| effete | worn out; barren |
| shard | a fragment |
| bland | mild; tasteless; dull |
| nihilism | a total rejection of established laws |
| pedestrian | ordinary |
| bona fide | in good faith |
| adventitious | accidental; casual; happening by chance |
| fecund | fertile; productive |
| deviate | to turn aside from a course, norm, pattern, or subject |
| obfuscate | to confuse; to bewilder |
| impale | to pierce with a sharp stake through the body |
| extenuate | to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses |
| parochial | local; narrow; limited |
| glower | to stare angrily |
| edify | improve someone morally |
| ambiguous | open to more than one interpretation |
| cataclysm | a violent change |
| optimum | best; most favorable; ideal |
| importune | to ask persistently; to beg |
| celibate | abstaining from intercourse; unmarried |
| fortuitous | happening by chance |
| recapitulate | summarize |
| perfunctory | cursory; done without care or interest |
| baroque | overly decorated |
| hedonism | pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses |
| obloquy | state of disgrace resulting from public abuse |
| debacle | a complete failure; a total collapse |
| quasi- | resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely |
| besmirch | to make dirty; to stain |
| imperative | extremely necessary; vitally important |
| sacrosanct | extremely holy |
| sadistic | deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others |
| demeanor | behavior; manner of conducting oneself |
| facetious | comical; jocular; flippant |
| fop | an excessively fashion-conscious man |
| imprecation | a curse |
| non sequitur | something that does not logically follow |
| sanguine | confidently optimistic and cheerful |
| bowdlerize | to remove offensive portions from a book |
| impair | to weaken; to cause to become worse |
| panegyric | an expression of praise |
| quandary | a puzzling situation; a dilemma |
| ebullient | enthusiastic |
| deference | respect; consideration |
| carnal | relating to physical appetite, especially sexual |
| nebulous | hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused |
| rakish | dashingly stylish and confident |
| elegy | a sad or mournful poem |
| pedantic | tending to show off one's learning |
| antipathy | strong dislike |
| elucidate | to make clear |
| imminent | about to happen |
| banal | common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed |
| obdurate | stubborn, unyielding |
| peruse | to read carefully |
| bedlam | A state or scene of uproar and confusion |
| affluence | wealth; richness |
| scurrilous | coarsely abusive; vulgar |
| parody | a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way |
| sedulous | diligent |
| onerous | burdensome |
| amoral | lacking a sense of right and wrong |
| eschew | avoid and stay away from deliberately |
| denouement | an outcome; result |
| adroit | skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind |
| macroscopic | visible to the naked eye |
| fatuous | silly, foolish |
| bovine | cow related; cowlike |
| ferret | to search or drive out |
| affectation | a phony attitude; pose |
| knell | a sound made by a bell, often rung slowly for a death or funeral |
| dichotomy | division into two parts |
| callow | young and inexperienced |
| laconic | using few words |
| quiddity | an essential quality |
| patent | evident or obvious |
| peccadillo | a minor offense |
| sagacious | wise |
| rationalize | to make an excuse for |
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