VW - Set 8
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drillboy508 on December 20, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 vigorous | adj. energetic |
| extraneous | adj. not an essential part of; unimportant |
| internecine | adj. pertaining to conflict within a group; mutually destructive |
| maxim | n. a short saying expressing a general principle |
| rail | v. to speak bitterly or reproachfully |
| culpable | adj. deserving blame or punishment |
| acquiesce | v. to agree without protest |
| revere | v. to honor |
| ad hoc | adj. for a specific purpose and no other; improvised |
| serene | adj. calm and peaceful |
| lugubrious | adj. sad or mournful, esp. in a way that seems exaggerated and ridiculous |
| rear | v. to raise children |
| forage | v. to search for food or provisions |
| persist | v. to continue despite difficulty |
| predominant | adj. surpassing all others; most common |
| clairvoyant | adj. having the supposed power to see objects or events that cannot be perceived by the senses |
| ellipsis | n. in a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods |
| impudent | adj. rude, shameless |
| toxic | adj. poisonous; dangerous |
| sect | n. a small group, esp. religious, united by a specific set of beliefs |
| blunder | v. to move carelessly |
| idiosyncrasy | n. a particular, peculiar, or eccentric trait |
| instigate | v. to stir up or arouse; to foment |
| pilfer | v. to steal a small amount |
| gangly | adj. awkwardly tall |
| crony | n. a long-time friend or close companion |
| morbid | adj. gruesome; awful |
| chronology | n. arrangement of events in time |
| bristle | v. to react in an angry or offended manner |
| gallant | adj. brave and noble |
| stanch | v. to stop the flow of something |
| forfeit | v. to surrender or be forced to surrender |
| circumscribe | v. to define the limits of |
| inhibit | v. to hold back |
| impalpable | adj. that which cannot be felt by touching; not easily understood |
| foliage | n. leaves |
| contemporary | adj. of the same time or period |
| cordial | adj. warm and friendly; hearty |
| figurehead | n. a person with apparent but no real authority |
| scribe | n. a professional copyist of manuscripts and documents |
| ad infinitum | adv. lasting forever; continuously |
| exasperate | v. to make very impatient; to annoy greatly |
| genocide | n. killing of a whole national or ethnic group |
| paraphrase | v. to restate in different words; to summarize |
| conjecture | n. an inference or conclusion based on incomplete evidence |
| giddy | adj. dizzy; lightheaded |
| interloper | n. one who interferes with the affairs of others; a meddler |
| elicit | v. to draw out; to invoke |
| stoic | adj. apparently indifferent to joy, grief, pleasure, or pain |
| ascribe | v. to attribute to a specific source |
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