| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Abrogate | To repel, cancel, abolish, do away with |
| Abstemious | a. of a person's habits: sparing. moderate, not self indulgent, esp. in food and drink. |
| Abstract of law | in Law, an outline history of the title to a parcel of real estate, showing the original grant, the subsequent conveyances, mortgages, etc... |
| Alderman | the member of British Gentry's court next to the mayor. |
| Apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity (esp. of some early Christian texts resembling the NT); invented. |
| Apostasy | abandoning of what one believed in as a faith, etc... |
| Apoplexy | the sudden, usually marked loss of bodily function due to rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel. 2. Hemorrhage into the tissue of any organ, especially the brain. (a stroke) |
| Apotheosis | canonization: deified ideal or highest development |
| Apposite | a. suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt: A ~ answer |
| Aver | to assert often |
| Calipash | the gelatinous substance in turtles regarded as a delicacy--dull green next to upper shell. |
| Calipee | the gelatinous substance in turtles regarded as a delicacy--yellow next to lower shell. |
| Canonize | to admit formally to a list of saints; regard as a saint; sanction by sanction by church auhority. |
| Celerity | swiftness of living movement. |
| Eleemosynary | of or dependent on alms; charitable; gratuitous |
| Ersatz | adj. substitute, imitation, fake... |
| Evince | vi. To show plainly; to make clear. |
| Exigent / Exigeant | is (1. requiring immediate action or aid; urgent; pressing. (2. requiring a great deal, or more than is reasonable. |
| Exiguous | is scanty, meager; small; slender |
| Kinesiology | the study of human body movement. |
| Kinetics | the branch of mechanics that deals with the actions of forces in producing or changing the motion of masses. ~ energy is the energy of a body or a system with respect to the motion of the body or of the particles in the system. |
| Sinecure | is any position that brings profit without much work. (Sine ='s without. Cure='s care) |
| Disapprobation | is Disapproval, Condemnation |
| Prolix | is Extended to great, unnecessary or tedious length; long and wordy |
| Prate | is To talk excessively and pointlessly; to babble. 2. To utter in empty or foolish talk. She prated of the good old days. |
| Truculent | is fierce, cruel, savagely brutal. 2. brutally harsh, vitriolic; scathing. 3. aggressively hostile; belligerent. |
| Apostolic | is characteristic of the 12 apostles |
| Emolument | is Profit arising from employment; compensation for services, salary or fees. Tips are this in addition to wages. |
| Progenitor | is A biologically or non-biologically related ancestor 2. one who originates, first sets a direction or acts as a model, predecessor. |
| Venerable | is Commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; honorable; worthy of veneration or reverence because of high office or noble character 2. hallowed by religious, historic or other lofty associations. |
| Laud | is to praise, extol |
| Laudable | is praiseworthy or commendable |
| Degenerate | is vi to decline in physical, mental or moral qualities, having lost or become impaired with respect to the qualities proper to the race in kind. |
| Tempest | is a storm characterized by extensive current of wind rushing with great velocity and violence, especially one attended with rain, hail or snow. A violent storm. 2. a violent commotion, disturbance or tumult. |
| Tempestuous | is tumultuous, turbulent, resembling a violent storm |
| Natal | is pertaining to one's birth, presiding over one's birth or 3. (of places) native |
| Dysfunctional | means malfunctioning |
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