29 Flashcards
1
Q
colloquy
A
conversation
2
Q
synopsis
A
summary
3
Q
sanction
A
authorize
4
Q
prognosis
A
medical forecast
5
Q
philanthropy
A
love of mankind
6
Q
mobocracy
A
mob rule
7
Q
magniloquence
A
great eloquence
8
Q
joie de vivre
A
joy of living
9
Q
mundane
A
worldly
10
Q
unequivocal
A
durect
11
Q
audiophile
A
stereo buff
12
Q
omnifarious
A
of all kinds
13
Q
deduction
A
reasoning down from principles
14
Q
viable
A
able to live
15
Q
terra firma
A
solid ground
16
Q
Russophile
A
one who fears Russia
17
Q
polychrome
A
many-colored
18
Q
perspicacity
A
insight
19
Q
gerontocracy
A
government of the old
20
Q
kleptomaniac
A
pathological thief
21
Q
in loco parentis
A
in place of parents
22
Q
synthesis
A
combination
23
Q
nihilism
A
belief in nothing
24
Q
entomology
A
insect zoology
25
Q
invidious
A
causing envy
