Flashcards: Vocab Quiz 2
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berniebrug1 on October 30, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Pallid | adj. deficient in color |
| epoch | n. the fixed point from which years are numbered in the sense of chronology (a memborable period of time, era) |
| caprice | n. a sudden, impulsive, a seemingly unmotivated notion or action (on a whim) |
| boon | n. a timely benefit (boost) |
| commodious | adj. comfertably or conveniently spacious (roomy) |
| somniferous | adj. causing or tending to cause sleep |
| infernal | adj. of or relating to hell |
| erudition | n. extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books |
| emaciate | verb. to waste away physically |
| decorous | adj. marked by properity and good taste especially by conduct, manners of appearance |
| acquiesce | verb. to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| scurrilous | adj. given to coarse language; vulgar and evil; reputation |
| zenith | n. the highest point reached |
| expiation | n. the act of making atonement (forgiveness for sin) |
| somnambulism | n. an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts are preformed (sleep walking) |
| impalpable | adj. incapable of being felt by touch, unable to be deteced by the senses |
| Loquacity | n. the quality or state of being very talkative |
| satiate | adj. gratified to beyond capacity |
| deleterious | adj. harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| verdure | n. the greenness of growing vegetation |