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All 374 Terms

Term Definition
confuse perplex
abundant copious
cross traverse
a book lover bibliophile
study of populations demography
cheerful sanguine
showy ostentatious
small universe microcosm
toss out the window defenestrate
intent or hatred animus
perplexed nonplused
prohibition interdiction
of like measure commensurate
beginner neophyte
not believing incredulous
demur to object
poignant sharp
lassitude languor
apprehend to understand
prodigious amazing
indolent lazy
persiflage flippant style
ambiguous indefinite
ambivalence conflicting feelings
declasse low class
putative thought-to-be
mollify make soft
gregarious sociable
altercation heated dispute
alter ego second self
to engage in love affairs philander
unauthentic works apocrypha
slanted tendentious
to trouble with requests importune
a pithy saying apothegm
a mania cacoethes
a maxim precept
truthful veridical
physical beauty pulchritude
completely remove expunge
sharpness of temper acerbity
breach of faith perfidy
semitransparent translucent
bad noise cacophony
touchable tangible
concern for others altrusim
funeral ceremonies obsequies
a departure exodus
sadly thoughtful pensive
healthful salubrious
modest or affectedly modest demure
to wave undulate
friendly amiable
to lessen abate
clear and calm serene
servile obsequious
calm sedate
lower oneself condescend
belief in nothing nihilism
small space interstice
logocal argument dialectic
reckless temerarious
a specious reasoner sophist
scholarly erudite
unraveling of plot denouement
intense desire or lust concupiscence
edible esculent
holding stubbornly pertinacious
person in conversation interlocutor
a concise wisdom aphorism
self-taught person autodidact
treat as real reify
in the middle of things in medias res
get around circumvent
free from blame exculpate
cupidity greed
euphoria feeling of well-being
protocol rules of ceremony
odious disgusting
visage face
pontificate speak dogmatically
mendacious untruthful
uxorious wife-doting
apophasis mention by denial
rebuke sharp reprimand
objurgation rebuke
soporofic sleep-inducing
internecine mutually destructive
dichotomy two-part division
epiphany revelation
eclectic from various sources
numinous supernatural
mendicant a begger
fatuous complacently stupid
oblivion being forgotten
propitious favorably disposed
requite repay
aphasia loss of speech
nullifidian faithless person
risible laughable
assiduous persevering
saturnine gloomy and remote
vacuous stupidly empty of ideas
ex cathedra from the throne
pusillanimous small-minded
sublime noble
auto da fe burning a heretic
ebullient enthusiastic
impunity exemption from punishment
illuminati enlightened intellects
hegemony state dominance
pyshosis major mental illness
neurosis mental disorder
oleaginous oily
peregrinate to travel
reiterate repeat
desultory rambling
idee fixe obsession
precusor forerunner
euphony beautiful sound
attenuated thinned
extraneous from outside
profound deep
sedulous diligent
incunabula infancy
parvenu an upstrat
sycophant an obsequious parasite
adagio a slow movement
desuetude disuse
prolegomenon preliminary statement
hedonism devotion to pleasure
narcissism self-adoration
patrician aristocratic
miscreant evil unbeliever
terra firma firm land
inchoate just begun
peripatetic walking
ambient surrounding
tenuous thin
ductile malleable
fortuitous by chance
surrogate substitute
allude indirectly refer
dishabille partially dressed
sybarite a devotee of luxury
stocism indifference to sensation
valediction farewell speech
supercilious scornful
moribund dying
expository explanatory
riposte swift retort
truncate to cut short
transcend go beyond
prostrate lying face-down
adventitious accidental
vituperate to violently revile
amanuensis secretary
ambulatory able to walk
nocturne painting of a night scene
dictum pronouncement
ineffable inexpressible
euthanasia mercy killing
expatiate to elaborate
specious false
xenophobia fear of foreigners
unctuous oily
cloister to seclude
recherche rarely choice
asseverate to state severely
sagacity discerning wisdom
affable friendly and kind
anodyne a pain reliever
iconoclasm ridiculing institutions
mordacious biting
equipoise balance
superannuated obsolete
nonpareil something unequaled
contiguous touching
intractable stubborn
egregious blatant
puerilism childishness
nefarious villainous
congruity harmonious agreement
ruminate to mentally chew
edify to enlighten
symbiosis mutual interdependence
necrophobia fear of death
pedantry trivial teaching
retrospective backward looking
fin de siecle decadent
truculent fiercely savage
remonstrate plead in protest
recondite abstruse
incisive sharp
diatribe abusive speech
modus vivendi manner of living
homeostasis equilibrium
clamor loud outcry
recidivism chronic relapse
inveigh to violently criticize
vitiate to corrupt
profligate wastefully extravagant
multifarious very diverse
rapprochement restorstion of friendship
in vacuo in a vacuum
apocryphal not authentic
opprobrium disgrace
diffident shy
stringent binding
misogynist hater of women
propinquity nearness
tremulous trembling
haute couture high fashion
pyromania compulsive arson
stereotype a fixed prejudice
disquisition formal discussion
myriad innumerable
egotism chronic self-reference
fastidious overly discriminating
transient temporary
expostulate earnestly object
pungent sharp
lacustrine of lakes
megalomania delusions of gratness
dissonant inharmonious
myopia nearsightedness
purlieu a haunt
chiaroscuro artistic shading
choreography dancing
topiary art of trimming shrubs
ontogeny development of individual
ontology metaphysics of being
oncology medicine of tumors
viva voce word of mouth
ululate to howl
insidious sly
paragon excellent model
impecunious poor
dissemble conceal through pretense
sanctimonious affectedly holy
epitaph tomb inscripition
cenotaph empty tomb
procreant producing offspring
cursory hasty and superficial
ephemeral short-lived
peremptory dictatorial
ad infinitum without end
hauteur disdainful snobbery
omnium gatherum as assorted collection
reprobate hopeless scoundrel
pharisaism hypocrisy
remunerate repay
contretemps embarrassing mishap
hyperbole overstatement
germane related
lingua franca hybrid language
manifesto declaration of intent
pandemic large epidemic
munificent extremely generous
venerate deeply respect
venial forgivable
apposite appropriate
amphiboly double meaning
sacerdotal priestly
querulous full of complaint
replete filled
immolate sacrifice
refractory stubborn
effusion outpouring
triptych a triple panel
adumbration foreshadow
piscine relating to fish
obfuscate to obscure
impudicity shamelessness
flagellate to whip
encomium enthusiastic praise
contumacy stubborn disobedience
stigmatize to stain someone's reputation
contumely contemptuous insult
etiology cause
hebetude dullness
inexpungable unconquerable
perspicacity insight
synthesis combination
stertorous snoring
penchant an intense liking
rejuvenate make young again
valetudinarian sickly person
telekinesis moving from a distance
epicycle circle within a circle
abstruse difficult to understand
disparate incongruously different
idiom language peculiar to a group
obtrusive offensively interfering
solicitude state of concern
refulgent shining
repartee witty replies
antediluvian from before the Flood!
panegyric elaborate eulogy
obviate to make unnecessary
redound to reflect on
atavism a throwback
sapid pleasing in taste
gradient slope
occlude to block a passage
emolument payment
dyspepsia indigestion
escritoire writing table
intrinsic inherent
epithet a disparaging name
circumspect cautious
toponym place name
amorphous without shape
superfluous unnecessary
stratify to form layers
sarcasm sneering remarks
acrimony bitterness
paradox a self-contradictory truth
onerous laborious
indurate to make callous
coherent sticking together
cognate of common ancestry
aperture an opening
exuviae castoff skin or shell
incipient just beginning
concatenate to chain together
incorporeal not consisting of matter
perspicuous brilliantly clear
ingenuous innocent and naive
impetus driving forces
prima facie at first sight, obvious
surcease an end
ipso facto by the very fact
plenary full
vertiginous dizzying
attrition wearing away
unique one of a kind
inundate to flood
procure to obtain
necromancy sorcery
phantasmagoria rapidly changing images
anomaly abnormality
preclude foreclose
circumscribe to limit
bathos false sentimentality
simulacrum a semblance or sham
cogitate think deeply
anterior at the front
erratum an error in writing
hyperborean arctic
finite measurable
gravamen essential complaint
contusion a bruise
fusillade firearm outpouring
distend stretch out
pro rata proportionate
exhortatory urging
sanguinary bloody
anthropoid humanlike
gratuitous un-called for
impedimenta hindering baggage
soi-disant self-styled
tactile pertaining to touch
similitude resemblance
pointillism dot painting
turbid muddy of muddled
turgid swollen
permutation complete tansformation
convoke call together
lugubrious full of mourning
manifest evident
extirpate to root out
surfeit excess
pellucid crystal clear

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Terms 374
Creator kelvin
Created May 30, 2007
Groups Mrs.Cosby's 6th grade, Word Within a Word, Mrs. Cosby's Outlaws, The Word Within the Word
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All the WWW words so far up to list #85

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kelvin : I'm finally done
bunnilover46 : wow. thanks 4 making this kelvin!! it'll reely help!!!
katelee168 : you've got to be kidding me
katelee168 : you had that many words to memorize????!?!?!?!
Chokaholik94 : welcome to our lives
katelee168 : OMIGOSH
katelee168 : AND I THOUGHT 25 A WEEK WAS BAD ENOUGH
katelee168 : !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
katelee168 : (that's how many we did last year @ my other skool)
katelee168 : but we did have a lot more tests and quizzes
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Most Missed Words

  1. inveigh → to violently criticize - 3 misses
  2. cheerful → sanguine - 2 misses
  3. calm → sedate - 2 misses
  4. requite → repay - 2 misses
  5. assiduous → persevering - 2 misses
  6. precusor → forerunner - 2 misses
  7. sedulous → diligent - 2 misses