Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level G - Unit 13
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TonyO25 on February 27, 2011
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Unit 13 Vocab Words
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MLWGS 2014, Biological Biology
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abstruse | extremely difficult to understand (syn:) esoteric, arcane, recondite, occult |
| affront | an open or intentional insult; a slight; to insult to one's face; to face in defiance, confront (syn:) offense, offend |
| canard | a false rumor, fabricated story (syn:) hoax |
| captious | excessively ready to find fault; given to petty criticism; intended to trap, confuse, or show up (syn:) fault-finding, nit-picking, carping |
| cognizant | aware, knowledgeable, informed; having jurisdiction (syn:) conscious, acquainted |
| contrite | regretful for some misdeed or sin; plagued by a sense of guilt; thoroughly penitent (syn:) remorseful, rueful |
| cynosure | the center of attraction, attention, or interest; something that serves to guide or direct (syn:) focus |
| decorous | well behaved, dignified, socially proper (syn:) seemly, becoming, tasteful |
| deign | to think it appropriate or suitable to one's dignity to do something; to condescend (syn:) deem, stoop |
| desiccated | thoroughly dried out; divested of spirit or vitality; arid and uninteresting (syn:) dehydrated, shriveled, parched |
| efficacy | the power to produce a desired result (syn:) effectiveness, potency, reliability |
| engender | to bring into existence, give rise to, produce; to come into existence, assume form (syn:) beget, generate, cause, form |
| ethereal | light, airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly (rather than earthbound) (syn:) heavenly, celestial, gossamer |
| facade | the front or face of a building; a surface appearance (as opposed to what may lie behind) (syn:) exterior, surface, mask, pretense |
| ghoulish | revolting in an unnatural or morbid way; suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead (syn:) fiendish, barbarous, monstrous |
| incongruous | not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible (syn:) discordant, jarring |
| machination | a crafty, scheming, or underhanded action designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end (syn:) plot, scheme, maneuver |
| mesmerize | to hypnotize, entrance; to fascinate, enthrall, bewitch |
| opprobrium | disgrace arising from shameful conduct; contempt, reproach (syn:) infamy, dishonor, odium, shame |
| putative | generally regarded as such; reputed; hypothesized, inferred (syn:) supposed, presumed |
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