Vocab Quiz 3
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Terms | Definitions |
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 adamant | (adj.) refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind; (noun) a legendary rock or mineral to which many, often contradictory, properties were attributed, formerly associated with diamond or lodestone. |
| artesian | (adj.) relating to or denoting a well bored perpendicularly into water-bearing strata lying at an angle, so that natural pressure produces a constant supply of water with little or no pumping |
| belie | (verb) (of an appearance) fail to give a true notion or impression of (something); disguise or contradict; (verb) fail to fulfill or justify (a claim or expectation); betray |
| bellicose | (adj.) demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight |
| beneficence | (adj.) (of a person) generous or doing good. |
| calamity | (noun) an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster. |
| cartographer | (noun) the science or practice of drawing maps. |
| cerulean | (adj.) deep blue in color like a clear sky; (noun) a deep sky-blue color. |
| clement | (adj.) (of weather) mild.; (adj.) (of a person or a person's actions) merciful. |
| dogleg | (noun) a thing that bends sharply, in particular a sharp bend in a road or route.; (adj.) bent like a dog's hind leg; (verb) follow a sharply bending route |
| elixir | (noun) a magical or medicinal potion |
| expatriate | (noun) a person who lives outside their native country; (adj.) (of a person) living outside their native country; (verb) settle oneself abroad |
| flounder (verb) | (verb) struggle or stagger helplessly or clumsily in water or mud |
| murk | (noun) darkness or thick mist that makes it difficult to see; (adj.) murky; gloomy. |
| palliate | (verb) make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause |
| polyglot | (adj.) knowing or using several languages; (noun) a person who knows and is able to use several languages. |
| portage | (noun) the carrying of a boat or its cargo between two navigable waters; (verb) carry (a boat or its cargo) between navigable waters |
| rebuff | (verb) reject (someone or something) in an abrupt or ungracious manner; (noun) an abrupt or ungracious refusal or rejection of an offer, request, or friendly gesture |
| recapitulate | (verb) summarize and state again the main points of |
| refract | (verb) (of water, air, or glass) make (a ray of light) change direction when it enters at an angle |
| reprieve | (verb) cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, esp. someone condemned to death); (noun) a cancellation or postponement of a punishment. |
| rescind | (verb) revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement) |
| stertorous | (adj.) (of breathing) noisy and labored. |
| stupefy | (verb) make (someone) unable to think or feel properly |
| susceptible | (adj.) likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing; (adj.) (susceptible of) capable or admitting of |
| Barren | (adj.) incapable of sustaining life; not bearing offspring; completely wanting or lacking |
| conspicuous | (adj.) obvious to the eye or mind; without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious |
| demoralize | (verb) confuse or put into disorder; lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |
| distemper | (noun) a method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery; a painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder; paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder |
| draw | (noun) the act of drawing or hauling something ; poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer; (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage |
| enigma | (noun) something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; a difficult problem |
| folly | (noun) foolish or senseless behavior; the trait of acting stupidly or rashly; the quality of being rash |
| foreclosure | (noun) the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default |
| fret | (noun) a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch; an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief); agitation resulting from active worry |
| goad | (noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion; ; (verb) stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick |
| grudge | (verb) accept or admit unwillingly; bear a grudge; harbor ill feeling; (noun) a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation |
| hew | (verb) strike with an axe; cut down, strike; make or shape as with an axe |
| impetuous | (adj.) marked by violent force; characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation |
| indolent | (adj.) (of tumors e.g) slow to heal or develop and usually painless; disinclined to work or exertion |
| pallor | (noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) |
| perplexity | (noun) trouble or confusion resulting from complexity |
| probity | (noun) complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles |
| ruddy | (adj.) of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies; inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life |
| slovenly | (adj.) negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt |
| sorghum | (noun) made from juice of sweet sorghum; economically important Old World tropical cereal grass; annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum |
| thresh | (verb) give a thrashing to; beat hard; beat the seeds out of a grain;, move or stir about violently |
| tincture | (noun) (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution; a substances that colors metals; a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary colo |
| ulster | (noun) loose long overcoat of heavy fabric; usually belted; a historic division of Ireland located in the northeastern part of the island; six of Ulster's nine counties are in Northern Ireland |
| unremitting | (adj.) uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing |
| vacillate | (verb) move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action |
| cornet | (noun) a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves |
| droll | (adj.) comical in an odd or whimsical manner |
| flighty | (adj.) guided by whim and fancy; unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) |
| gauntlets | (noun) a stout glove with a long loose wrist.; go through an intimidating or dangerous crowd, place, or experience in order to reach a goal |
| gratify | (verb) yield (to give satisfaction to); make happy or satisfied |
| instigate | (verb) serve as the inciting cause of; provoke or stir up |
| laconic | (adj.) brief and to the point; effectively cut short |
| penance | (noun) a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution; voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing; remorse for your past conduct |
| pompadour | (noun) a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead; French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764); (verb) style women's hair in a pompadour |
| poppy | (noun) annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers |
| prattle | (noun) idle or foolish and irrelevant talk; (verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly |
| puissant | (adj.) powerful |
| repose | (noun) a disposition free from stress or emotion; freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); the absence of mental stress or anxiety |
| resolute | (adj.) firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination; characterized by quickness and firmness |
| scythe | (noun) an edge tool for cutting grass; has a long handle that must be held with both hands and a curved blade that moves parallel to the ground; (verb) cut with a scythe |
| shear | (noun) a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it; (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves; (verb) cut with shears |
| silo | (noun) a cylindrical tower used for storing silage; military installation consisting of an underground structure where ballistic missiles can be stored and fired |
| steadfast | (adj.) firm and dependable especially in loyalty; marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable |
| supple | (adj.) (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely; (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; moving and bending with ease |
| swale | (noun) a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges) |
| tilth | (noun) the state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth; arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops |
| tonic | (adj.) used of syllables; relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale; employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words |
| tow-headed | (noun) a head of tow-colored or very blond hair. |
| vice | (noun) a specific form of evildoing; moral weakness |
| whetstone | (noun) a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives |
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