Thursday, November 6, 2014

All Vocab

Pedantry: n. the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.


Odious: Adj. deserving or causing hatred


Luxuriant: adj. abundant or lush in growth


Dictum: n. an authoritative pronouncment


Cacophony: n. harsh discordance of sound


Proclivity: n. natural inclination or tendency


Proboscis: n. the trunk of an elephant


Stratum: n. a layer of material


Mausoleum:  a magnificent tomb


Marionette: n. a puppet controlled by strings


Phoenix: n. a mythical bird of great beauty fabled to live 500 or 600 years in the Arabian wilderness, to burn itself on a funeral pyre, and to rise from its ashes in the freshness of youth and live through another cycle of years


Preclude-verb- to prevent the presence;to make impossible

Impunity -noun- exemption from punishment 

Immolation-noun- a sacrifice

Abscond-verb- to depart in sudden or secret manner; to avoid/escape from capture and legal prosecution

Repose-verb- the state of being at rest, peace, tranquility 

Aperture-noun- an opening

Termination-noun- elimination of a object; an issue or result

Subside-verb-to sink or lower
Inaugurate-verb- formal beginning, to introduce

Exhilarates-verb- to make cheerful, or happy; to enliven

Blandly
Pleasantly gentle or agreeable
"a bland,affable manner"
adverb

Gaunt
bleak desolate,or grim, as places or things
"a gaunt, wind swept landscape"
Adjective

Indolently
having or showing  disposition to avoid exertion; slothful
"an indolent person"
Adverb

Scruples
a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force
Noun

Gossamer
a fine, filmy cobweb seen n grass or bushes or floating in the air n calm weather especially in autumn
Noun

Palpable
Easily or plainly seen, heard, or perceived
Adjective

Nocturnal
Of or pertaining to the night
Adjective

Futile
Incapable of producing any result
Adjective

Furtive
Taken, done, used, in secret
adjective

Reciprocate
To feel, give, etc. in return
verb

Naïve
Having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificality
Adjective

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