Iman Baghai-The Scarlet letter-Vocab #2
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imanbaghai on October 5, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 expatiate | (v) to speak or write at length |
| essay | (V)to make an attempt at |
| appellation | (n) a name or title;the act of naming |
| adduce | (v) to bring forward for formal consideration |
| sunder | (v) to break |
| importunate | (adj) troublesomely urgent or persistent |
| commodiousness | (n) spaciousness;plenty of room |
| inimical | (adj) harmful,injurious |
| penitent | (adj)feeling remorseful |
| somniferous | (adj) sleep-inducing |
| odious | (adj) arousing hatred |
| antipathy | (n) a strong feeling of opposition or aversion |
| abstruse | (adj) not easily understood |
| efficacious | (adj) producing a desired effect,effective |
| ethereal | (adj) highly refined;delicate |
| omniscience | (n) the quality of being all-knowing |
| expiation | (n) atonement |
| decorous | (adj) marked by appropriateness of behavior or conduct |
| erudite | (adj) learned;scholarly |
| scurrilous | (adj)expressed in,or containing vulgar or abusive language |
| effluence | (n)something that flows out or forth |
| obviate | (v) to hinder,prevent or counteract something |
| propinquity | (n)proximity,nearness |
| sedulous | (adj)diligent,painstaking |
| deleterious | (adj)harmful;injurious |
| precocious | (adj) exhibiting or marked by early development or maturity |
| talisman | (n) something having apparently magical power |
| asperity | (n) roughness or harshness,ill-tempered |
| loquacity | (n) extremely talkative |
| contiguity | (n)sharing a boundry or edge |
| mollify | (v) to lessen in intensity |
| alloy | (v) to debase by adding an inferior element |
| vicissitude | (n) a change or variation; a turn |
| obeisance | (n) an attitude of deference or respect |
| impiety | (n) undutifulness |
| potentate | (n) one who has the power and position to rule over others |
| recompense | (v) make amends for something, as damage or loss |
| probity | (n) integrity;honesty |
| centrifugal | (adj) moving or directed away from a center or axis |
| zenith | (n) the point on the celestial sphere that is directly above the observer |
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