Drill Vocab Test 81-120
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 disparaging | degrading, "Cutting down," belittling |
| disparity | difference, unlikeness, inequality |
| sinecure | Paid position that requires little to no responsibility or work |
| sinister | tending toward disaster; evil, wicked (literally left or left handed) |
| dispersion | A spreading or scattering |
| dissemble | To conceal or disguise; to show falsely |
| skeptical | Doubtful; unbelieving |
| skittish | Nervous; easily frightened, "high strung" |
| sobriety | The state of being sober, serious or temperate; absence from intoxicating substances. |
| soiree | An evening party or celebration |
| solicitous | Showing concern, careful attention or pretectiveness; willing |
| disseminated | Scattered; spread widely; broadcast |
| dissenter | One who disagrees, differs in principle; One who refuses to assent to established doctrine |
| dissonance | Lack of harmony; Lack of agreement |
| dissuade | To persuade against something |
| distraught | Mentally agitated; Emotionally upset; worried nad bewildered |
| somanbulist | One who walks and performs other actions during sleep |
| divulge | To make known; To reveal or tell |
| sophisticated | Wordly-wise; not simple; refined |
| soporific | Causing sleepiness; drowsy; sleepy |
| spasmodic | Temporarily impulsice or violent; intermittent and intense |
| specious | Apparently but not actually just, sound, correct. Suspect; deceiving |
| doleful | Sad; sorrowful; mournful |
| flout | To defy contemoyiously; to scorn or scoff; such an act. |
| focalization | The act or action of focusing or concentrating; Location of concentrated attention |
| dogma | A set of specific ideas or beliefs; a doctine |
| dromedary | Arabian or one-humped camel |
| dual | Of two; having composed of two parts; double |
| ductile | Capable of being drawn thin or worked with without breaking |
| dulcet | Melodious; pleasing to the ear; soothing |
| duplicity | Deception; deceitfulness; double-dealing |
| spontaneous | Unplanned; acting from a natural impulse |
| sporadic | Isolated in occurence; occassional |
| spurious | Not genuine; counterfeit |
| squalid | Dirty; foul; wretched; Low class |
| ebullient | Happily excited; Exuberant; bubbling or boiling up |
| ecstatic | Overwhelmingly happy; intensely delighted |
| edict | An authoritative order issued publicly; a decree |
| edification | Instruction for improvement; enlightenment; Clarification |
| staid | Very reserved; Sedate; Sober, Grave |
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