Barron's 13 Flashcards
1
Q
literati
A
well-educated people who are interested in literature.
2
Q
suffrage
A
the right to vote
3
Q
denizen
A
an inhabitant; a regular visitor
4
Q
introspective
A
observing one’s own thoughts and feelings
5
Q
homeostasis
A
automatic maintenance by an organism in balance with itself
6
Q
inherent
A
firmly established by nature or habit
7
Q
avuncular
A
like an uncle, benevolent and tolerant
8
Q
bard
A
poet
9
Q
convex
A
curved outward
10
Q
vaunt
A
to boast about or praise (something), especially excessively; to drag
11
Q
emaciated
A
thin and wasted because of illness or lack of foods
12
Q
sidereal
A
relating to the stars
13
Q
succor
A
relief, help in time of distress or want
14
Q
etymology
A
origin an history of a word
15
Q
discrete
A
constituing a separate thing; distinct
