Unit 1-12
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 To embarrass and confuse | discomfit |
| Improvement or enlightenment | edification |
| misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official | malfeasance |
| Capable of being accomplished | feasible |
| condition of being too full; overabundance | surfeit |
| the greatest work of an artist, writer, or composer | magnum opus |
| manner of working | modus operandi |
| possessing or exhibiting great wealth; affluent | opulent |
| the power that results from the combination of two or more forces | synergy |
| a pattern of prayer or worship | liturgy |
| a state of sluggishness, inactivity, and apathy | lethargy |
| requiring mental or physical effort | laborious |
| 1. to discuss in too much detail 2. to attack | belabor |
| to explain in greater detail | elaborate |
| to stop the flow of | stanch |
| firm and steadfast | staunch |
| still in existence; not destroyed | extant |
| 1. resisting authority; difficult to control 2. restless; fidgety | restive |
| with regard to | apropos |
| to remove from office or power | depose |
| having no motion or change | static |
| intense joy or delight | ecstasy |
| condition in which there is no change | stasis |
| a being | entity |
| the most important ingredient; the crucial element | essence |
| the most typical, ideal, or important | quintessential |
| greenery; fresh and ripe vegetation | verdure |
| green; lush with vegetation | verdant |
| lack of experience; innocence | virdity |
| open and sincere | candid |
| frankness or sincerity of expression; openness | candor |
| shining brillantly | incandescent |
| extreme or unnatural paleness | pallor |
| lacking color; dull | pallid |
| to fill with horror disapproval | appall |
| enraged; furious | livid |
| to attack the character of; to mock | denigrate |
| a small sin or fault | peccadillo |
| having no flaws | impeccable |
| violating a moral law; sinful | peccant |
| negative and critical; insulting | pejorative |
| to cause to diminish, as in strength, value, or quality | impair |
| to speak of maliciously; insult | malign |
| to pretend to be sick in order to avoid something | malinger |
| a sense of unease; depression | malaise |
| not properly attentive | negligent |
| unimportant; insignificant | negligible |
| to cancel the effect of; nullify | negate |
| cheerful; merry | jocose |
| characterized by joking | jocular |
| to drape or adorn festively | festoon |
| to honor with a banquet or feast | fete |
| of or related to a wild celebration | bacchic |
| a drunken party or celebration | bacchanal |
| sorrowful; expressing or evoking mourning or sadness | plaintive |
| a lament or complaint | plaint |
| a song or poem memorializing something or someone | elegy |
| mourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful | elegiac |
| drowsy; sleepy | somnolent |
| causing sleep or fatigue | soporific |
| sleep; drowsiness | sopor |
| lacking energy; weak | languid |
| to waste away | languish |
| lack of physical or mental energy | languor |
| vigilant | on the alert; watchful |
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