9 Flashcards
Apotheosis
noun: Elevation to a divine status; glorification.
Anomaly
noun: Irregularity or deviation from the norm; a deviation from what is normal or expected. (aberration)
Ardor
noun: Great emotion or passion; devotion.
Assuage
verb: To make less intense or severe; to ease; to relieve (allay, conciliate, mitigate, palliate).
Cognition
noun: A mental process by which something is acquired.
Concord
noun: An agreement; harmony or agreement of interests or feelings.
Congenital
adjective: Or or relating to a condition that is present at birth.
Consitituent
adjective: A component or part; a citizen or voter.
Didactic
adjective: Excessively instructive or moralizing.
Effigy
noun: A stuffed doll.
Ellicit
verb: To draw out; (engender, evince)
Exonerate
verb: To clear or free from blame. (exculpate)
Expiate
verb: To atone for. (absolve)
Expurgate
verb: To censor; to edit by omitting or modifying parts of a text or speech considered indelicate or offensive. (bowdlerize)
Gregarious
adjective: Outgoing; demonstrably sociable. (convivial)