Vocabulary #13
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kimbabmonster on March 7, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 imbroglio | a very embarrassing misunderstanding, an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation |
| immolate | to kill someone as a sacrificial victim, usually by fire |
| immure | to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate |
| in situ | in the original or natural place or site |
| inchoate | only partly in existence; imperfectly formed |
| incunabulum | refers to infancy period or earliest printed books |
| interdict | an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district, destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication, command against |
| jape | a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter |
| jejeune | lacking nutritive value; devoid of significance or interest; dull |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way |
| labile | (chemistry, physics, biology) readily undergoing change or breakdown, open to change; unstable |
| lachrymose | showing sorrow; tearful |
| lacuna | a blank gap or missing part |
| lassitude | a feeling of lack of interest or energy, weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy |
| legerdemain | an illusory feat; sleight of hand |
| libation | the act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony |
| libidinous | driven by lust |
| lithe | gracefully slender, bending easily, limber |
| lucre | monetary gain, profit |
| manumit | free from slavery or servitude |
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