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Terms | Definitions |
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 Monologue | (Noun) A long speech made by one performer or by one person in a group. |
| Monarch | (noun) #1 A person who rules a kingdom or empire; a king or a queen, emperor or empress. #2 A large black and orange American butterfly. |
| Monogram | (noun) A design composed of letters, usually the first letter of a name. |
| Monopoly | (noun) #1 Exclusive control of the trade in some item or service. #2 sole ownership or control of anything |
| Monolith | (noun) #1 A large block of stone. #2 A large organization that acts as a single unit. |
| Unanimous | (adjective) Being in a complete agreement. |
| Unilateral | (adjective) One sided; done by or affecting one person, group, or country,etc.,and not another. |
| Duplex | (noun) A dwelling with two living units. |
| Duplicate | (verb) To make an identical copy of double of something; to repeat. |
| Bilateral | (adjective) #1 Having two sides. #2 Made between two persons or groups. |
| Bipartisan | (adjective) Involving two political parties. |
| Bisect | (verb) To divide into two equal parts. |
| Trilogy | (noun) A group of 3 literary or musical works that have a related theme. |
| Trisect | (verb) To divide into 3 equal parts. |
| Triumvirate | (noun) A group of 3, especially in authority. |
| Quadrant | (noun) #1 (mathematics) A quarter of a circle or of its circumference. #2 An early machine for measuring altitudes. #3 Any of the four parts of an area divided by perpendicular lines. |
| Quartet | (noun) #1 A musical composition for four voices or instruments. #2 A set of four, especially of four musicians. |
| Quatrain | (noun) A stanza or group of four lines of poetry. |
| Decimate | (verb) #1 To destroy a large part of. #2 To kill one in every ten. |
| Decathlon | (noun) An athletic contest in which each contestant takes part in ten events. |
| Bicentennial | (noun) A 200th anniversary. (adjective) Happening every 200 years. |
| Centenary | (adjective) Pertaining to a 100 year period. (noun) A centennial. |
| Centigrade | (Adjective) Referring to a thermometer scale of 100 degrees where water freezes at 0 and boils at 100 |
| Pandemonium | (noun) Uproar. |
| Panacea | (noun) A cure-all for diseases or troubles. |
| Omnipotent | (adj) Having unlimited power; all-powerful. |
| Omnipresent | (adj) Present everywhere. |
| Omnivorous | (adj) 1. Feeding on both plants and meat. 2. Devouring everything, especially intellectually. |
| Catholic | (adj) 1. Universal; including most things. 2. Referring the the Roman Catholic church. |
| Holocaust | (noun) 1. A great destruction, especially by fire. 2. (Capitalized) Murder by the Nazis of over 6millon Jews and millions of other people in world war II. |
| Totalitarian | (adj) Referring to a form of government in which one person or party holds absolute control. |
| Cloister | (noun) 1. A covered walk along the inside walls of a building usually looking out on a courtyard. 2. A monastery or similar place of religious seclusion. (verb) 3. To seclude as in a memory. |
| Preclude | (verb) To prevent; to make impossible. |
| Recluse | (noun) A person who avoids mixing with people. |
| Inception | (noun) The beginning of something. |
| Incipient | (adj) In it's early stages; the beginning. |
| Annihilate | (verb) To destroy completely. |
| Nihilism | (noun) The total rejection of religious or moral beliefs. |
| Negate | (verb) 1. to disprove; to nullify. 2. To rule out; cancel; to repeal. |
| Renegade | 1. (noun) one who deserts a group, cause, faith, etc.; an outlaw. 2. (adj) like a renegade; traitorous. |
| Vacuous | (adj) Empty, especially of meaning or purpose. |
| Vanity | (noun) 1. Conceit, especially about ones appearance. 2. Something worthless or useless. 3. A dressing table. |
| Vaunt | (verb)1. To boast; to brag about. (noun) 2. A boast. |
| Aperture | (noun) An opening especially one that admits light. |
| Overt | (adj) Done or shown openly. |
| Microbe | (noun) An organism invisible to the naked eye, especially one that causes disease. |
| Microcosm | (noun) A miniature world; something that resembles something else on a very small scale. |
| Minuscule | (adj) extremely small. |
| Minutia | (noun) A small or trivial detail. |
| Attenuate | (verb) 1.To make slender or small. 2. To weaken; to reduce in force or value. |
| Tenuous | (adj) 1. Thin in form . 2. Flimsy having little substance or validity. |
| Satiate | (verb) To satisfy an appetite fully; to gratify to excess. |
| Comply | (verb) To do as one is asked or ordered. |
| Implement | 1. (noun) A tool or utensil. 2. (verb) To carry out; to put into effect. |
| Replete | (adj) 1. Well-stocked or abundantly supplied. 2. Completely filled; utterly satisfied. |
| Expletive | (noun) AN exclamation or oath, often obscene. |
| Copious | (adj) Plentiful; in large amounts. |
| Macrocosm | (noun) 1. The universe. 2. Any great whole. |
| Magnanimous | (adj) Noble and generous, especially in forgiving; not petty. |
| Magnate | (noun) A wealthy, influential person, especially in business. |
| Magnitude | (noun) 1. Greatness of importance or size. 2. The degree of brightness of a star. |
| Megalomania | (noun) 1. A form of mental illness in which a person has exaggerated ideas of his or her own importance. 2. An obsessive idea to do things on a grand scale. |
| Polygamy | (noun) The system of having more than one spouse at a time. |
| Polygon | (noun) A flat shape with many straight sides. |
| Antebellum | (adj) Of a period before a war, especially the American Civil War. |
| Antecedent | (noun) 1. A thing or event that precedes 2. The noun to which a pronoun refers. |
| Anterior | (adj) Coming before in position or time. |
| Avantgarde | 1. (adj) Ahead of the times, especially in the arts 2. (noun) A group that is ahead of the times. |
| Vanguard | (noun) 1. The foremost position, especially of an army or fleet 2. Leaders of a movement, fashion, etc. |
| Precept | (noun) A command; a rule of conduct. |
| Predestination | (noun) The belief that what happens in human life has already been determined by some higher power. |
| Preempt | (verb) To take possession of something before anyone else can do so. |
| Premonition | (noun) A warning in advance. |
| Preposterous | (adj) Absurd; contrary to nature or reason. |
| Pretentious | (adj) Showy; pompous; claiming unjustified distinction. |
| Premier | 1. (adj) First in time or importance. 2. (noun) A prime minister or head of state. |
| Primate | (noun) 1. An archbishop or bishop who ranks highest among others. 2. A member of the order of animals that includes monkeys, apes, and humans. |
| Prime | 1. (noun) First in rank, excellence, quality, importance, or time. 2. (adj) Chief; most important. 3. (verb) To prepare something or someone for use or action. |
| Primeval | (adj) Belonging to the first ages; ancient. |
| Primordial | (adj) Primeval; original; fundamental. |
| Posterior | (adj) Situated behind or at the back. |
| Posterity | (noun) 1. Future generations. 2. A person's descendants. |
| Posthumous | (adj) Occurring or continuing after death, especially a work published after the author's death or a child born after the father's death. |
| Artifact | (noun) An object made by human beings; often refers to a primitive tool or other relic from an earlier period. |
| Artifice | (noun) 1. craftiness; trickery. 2. Cleverness; skill . |
| Artless | (adj) 1. Without deceit or cunning; natural; simple. 2. Crude; ignorant; uncultured. |
| Artisan | (noun) A skilled craftsperson. |
| Ode | (noun) A poem usually addressed to a particular person, object, or event that has stimulated deep and novel feelings in the poet. |
| Parody | 1. (noun) A humorous imitation of a piece of literature or music. 2 . (verb) To mimic a style, plot. or idea for comic effect. |
| Rhapsody | (noun) Speech or writing expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm. |
| Incantation | (noun) The chanting or speaking of words seeming to have magical power or used to create a magical spell. |
| Recant | (verb) To take back a formal statement or belief previously made known. |
| Depict | (verb) 1. To paint, draw, or express in a picture or sculpture. 2. To describe; to picture in words. |
| Pictograph | (noun) A picture or drawing representing words or ideas. |
| Accrue | (verb) To come as a natural increase or advantage. |
| Crescendo | (noun) A gradual increase in sound, often referring to music. |
| Excrescence | (noun) Abnormal growth or outgrowth. |
| Beneficence | (noun) Doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action. |
| Efficacious | (adj) Effective as a means of remedy. |
| Facile | (adj) Acting, working, or proceeding with ease; fluent. (Sometimes, superficial, when something is too easily done.) |
| Facsimile | (noun) An exact copy of a book, painting, document, etc. |
| Faction | (noun) 1. A group or clique within a larger group, party, or government. 2. Conflict within an organization or nation. |
| Mollify | (verb) To calm; to make gentler or softer in feeling. |
| Context | (noun) 1. The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning. 2. The circumstances surrounding an vent or situation. |
| Pretext | (noun) A false reason put forward to conceal the true one. |
| Transgress | (verb) To go beyond or over set limits; to break a rule. |
| Transitive | (adj) Describing an action carried from subject to verb to object; needing a direct object to complete the meaning of the verb. |
| Transitory | (adj) Lasting for only a short while. |
| Translucent | (adj) Permitting light to pass through, but not transparent. |
| Ambience | (noun) Environment; the surrounding atmosphere. |
| Obituary | (noun) Notice of a death with biographical information. |
| Transient | (adj) 1. Passing quickly; transitory. 2. Staying only a short time. (noun) A person or thing having a short stay. |
| Aberration | (noun) Straying from what is normal or accepted.. |
| Erratic | (adj) Irregular or inconsistent in movement, habit, quality, or ideas. |
| Episode | (noun) An incident in a person's life or in a story or play. |
| Exodus | (noun) 1. Mass departure or Emigration. 2. (capitalized) the departure of the Israelites from Egypt with their leader Moses. |
| Itinerant | 1. (adj) Traveling from place to place, especially to perform some duty or work; transient. 2. (noun) A person who travels from place to place. |
| Itinerary | (noun) 1. A route of travel. 2. A plan or record of a journey. |
| Advent | (noun) 1. Arrival or coming into being. 2. (capitalized) The period beginning four weeks before Christmas; the birth of Christ. |
| Circumvent | (verb) 1. To avoid; to evade by cleverness. 2. To avoid by passing around. |
| Convene | (verb) To assemble, especially for a meeting. |
| Intervene | (verb) to occur between events or periods. 2. To come between, thereby easing a situation. 3. To interfere or to interrupt. |
| Telepathy | (noun) Communication from one mind to another without speech, writing, or other sensory means. |
| Deviate | (verb) To turn aside from a course, norm, pattern, or subject. |
| Devious | (adj) 1. winding; roundabout. 2. Underhanded; deceptive. |
| Impervious | (adj) 1. Not penetrable by light rays, moisture, etc. 2. Incapable of being influenced or affected. |
| Accelerate | (verb) To cause faster movement; to go faster. |
| Celerity | (noun) Swiftness; quickness; speed |
| Concur | (verb) 1. To agree; to cooperate. 2. To coincide; to happen simultaneously. |
| Discourse | (noun) 1. Conversation. 2. A formal discussion of a subject in speech or writing. (verb) 3. To talk; to discuss formally in speech or writing. |
| incur | (verb) To meet with; to run into; to bring upon oneself. |
| Precursor | (noun) Forerunner |
| succor | 1. (noun) Help in time of distress. 2. (verb) To render help to. |
| Conglomeration | (noun) A collection of unrelated things. |
| Abject | (adj) 1. Humiliating and miserable. 2. Contemptible. |
| Conjecture | 1. (noun) An opinion formed from inconclusive evidence; a guess. 2. (verb) To conclude from insufficient evidence. |
| Interjection | (noun) A word or phrase sometimes inserted between other words, often expressing emotion; a word not linked grammatically to other words in a sentence. |
| Assail | (Verb) 1. To attack violently; to assault. 2. To attack with words; to ridicule or criticize harshly. |
| Desultory | (Adj) 1. Jumping from one thing to another; rambling. 2. Haphazard or random. |
| Exult | (Verb) To rejoice greatly; to be triumphant. |
| Resilient | (Adj) 1. Capable of returning to the original shape after being bent or stretched. 2. Buoyant; recovering quickly from illness, change, or misfortune. |
| Salient | (Adj) 1. Conspicuous; striking. 2. Projecting up or out. |
| Convalesce | (Verb) To recover health after illness. |
| Avail | (Verb) To use to one's own advantage. |
| Prevalent | (Adj) Widely occurring or in general use. |
| Valor | (Noun) Heroic courage; bravery. |
| Evolve | (verb) 1. To develop gradually. 2. To change from a simpler to a more complex form of animal or plant life. |
| Voluble | (Adj) Speaking in a steady, easy flow of words; talkative; glib. |
| Apiary | (noun) A place where hives or colonies of bees are kept for their honey. |
| Aviary | (noun) A house, enclosure, or large cage for birds |
| Bovine | (adj) Having the quality of a cow or ox: sluggish, dull. |
| Canine | 1. (noun) Member of the family of dogs. 2. (adj) Pertaining to the family of dogs, and especially the qualities associated with them. |
| Caper | (noun) 1. A playful hop, leap, or skip. 2. A prank or wild escapade. |
| Caprice | (noun) A sudden impulse, whim, or unmotivated change of mind. |
| Capricious | (adj) Subject to whim; impulsive; unpredictable or fickle. |
| Equine | (adj) Pertaining to a horse; belonging to the family of horses and zebras. |
| Equitation | (noun) The art of riding horses. |
| Equestrian | 1. (adj) Pertaining to a rider of horses, or skill in riding. 2. (noun) One who rides or performs on horseback. |
| Feline | 1. (noun) A member of the family of cats, lions, tigers, and jaguars. 2. (adj) Belonging to the cat family; having the characteristics of a cat, such as gracefulness and independence. |
| Leonine | (adj) Pertaining to a lion; having the characteristics of a lion, such as fierceness and majesty. |
| Lionize | (verb) To regard or treat a person as a celebrity. |
| Piscine | (adj) Typical of fish. |
| Porcine | (adj) pertaining to or resembling a pig. |
| Serpentine | (adj) 1. Resembling a serpent in form or movement: sinuous; winding. 2. Having qualities of a serpent; subtle, sly, sometimes even evil. |
| Simian | 1.(adj) pertaining to or resembling an ape or monkey. 2. (noun) An ape or monkey. |
| Ursine | (adj) Pertaining to or characteristics of a bear. |
| Zoology | (noun) The science dealing with animals. (Also used as an adjective.) |
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