Vocabulary 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Anachronism | (N) the state or condition of being chronologically out of place |
| Apposite | (A) highly pertinent or appropriate: Relevant |
| confabulate | (v) to fill in gaps in memory by fabrication |
| desuetude | (N) discontinuance from use or exercise: DISUSE |
| Desultory | (A) marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose ;disappointing in progress, performance, or quality |
| discourse | (N) verbal interchange of ideas; especially, a mode of organizing knowledge, ideas, or experience that is rooted in language and its concrete contexts: CONVERSATION |
| discrete | (A) constituting a separate entity, consisting of distinct or unconnected elements |
| dissemble | (V) to hide under a false appearance: to put on the appearance of : SIMULATE |
| draconian | (A) CRUEL: SEVERE |
| effulgent | (A) displaying radiant splendor |
| enmity | (N) positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will: animosity, antagonism, antipathy, hostility, rancor |
| extrapolate | (V) to project, extend, or expand into an area not known or experienced so as to arrive at a usually conjectural knowledge of the unknown area: to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| facile | (A) easily accomplished or attained : SHALLOW, SIMPLISTIC |
| fungible | (A) Interchangeable |
| galvanize | (V) to stimulate or excite as if by an electric shock |
| hysteria | (N) behavior exhibiting overwhelming or unmanageable fear or emotional excess (from Greek Hysterikos women) |
| interstice | (N) - a : a space that intervenes between things; especially : one between closely spaced things a gap or break in something generally continuous : a short space of time between events |
| intractable | (A) not easily governed, managed, or directed : not easily manipulated or wrought : not easily relieved or cured: unruly |
| inviolable | (A) secure from violation or profanation : secure from assault or trespass : UNASSAILABLE |
| liminal | (A) of or relating to a sensory threshold: barely perceptible: of, relating to, or being an intermediate state, phase, or condition TRANSITIONAL |
| marginalize | (V) to relegate to an unimportant or powerless position within a society or group |
| masticate | (V) to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : CHEW : to soften or reduce to pulp by crushing or kneading |
| misogyny | (n) a hatred of women |
| multifarious | (a)having or occurring in great variety : DIVERSE |
| nefarious | (a) flagrantly wicked or impious : EVIL |
| opprobrium | (N) something that brings disgrace: public disgrace or ill fame that follows from conduct considered grossly wrong or viciousb : CONTEMPT, REPROACH |
| parsimonious | (A) frugal to the point of stinginess: SPARING, RESTRAINED |
| patriarchy | (N) control by men of a disproportionately large share of power: a society or institution organized according to the principles or practices of patriarchy |
| sacrosanct | (A) most sacred or holy :treated as if holy : immune from criticism or violation |
| sagacious | (a) keen in sense perception: of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment :DISCERNING |
| sinuous | (a) of a serpentine or wavy form : WINDINGb : marked by strong lithe movements |
| visceral | (A) Not intellectual |
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