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Day 7 Flashcards

1
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Define:

amoral

(ay MOR ul)

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adj. lacking a sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings

Very young children are amoral; when they cry, they aren’t being bad or good—they’re merely doing what they have to do.

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Define:

amorous

(AM ur us)

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adj. feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense; in love; relating to love

The amorous couple made quite a scene at the movie. The movie they were watching, Love Story, was pretty amorous itself. It was about an amorous couple, one of whom died.

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Define:

amorphous

(uh MOR fus)

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adj. shapeless; without a regular or stable shape; bloblike

Ed’s teacher said that his term paper was amorphous; it was as shapeless and disorganized as a cloud.

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Define:

anachronism

(uh NAK ruh niz um)

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n. something out of place in time or history; an incongruity

In this day of impersonal hospitals, a family doctor who will visit you at home seems like an anachronism.

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Define:

analogy

(uh NAL uh jee)

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n. a comparison of one thing to another; similarity

To say having an allergy feels like being bitten by an alligator would be to make or draw an analogy between an allergy and an alligator bite.

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Define:

anarchy

(AN ur kee)

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n. absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder

The country fell into a state of anarchy after the rebels kidnapped the president and locked the legislature inside the Capitol.

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Define:

anecdote

(AN ik doht)

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n. a short account of a humorous or revealing incident

The old lady kept the motorcycle gang thoroughly amused with anecdote after anecdote about her cute little dog.

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Define:

anguish

(ANG gwish)

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n. agonizing physical or mental pain

Theresa had been a nurse in the emergency room for twenty years, but she had never gotten used to the anguish of accident victims.

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Define:

animosity

(an uh MAHS uh tee)

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n. resentment; hostility; ill will

The rivals for the state championship felt great animosity toward each other. Whenever they ran into each other, they snarled.

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Define:

anomaly

(uh NAHM uh lee)

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n. an aberration; an irregularity; a deviation

A snowy winter day is not an anomaly, but a snowy July day is.

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Define:

antecedent

(an tuh SEED unt)

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n. someone or something that went before; something that provides a model for something that came after it

Your parents and grandparents could be said to be your antecedents; they came before you.

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Define:

antipathy

(an TIP uh thee)

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n. firm dislike; a dislike

I feel antipathy toward bananas wrapped in ham. I do not want them for dinner. I also feel a certain amount of antipathy toward the cook who keeps trying to force me to eat them. My feelings on these matters are quite antipathetic (an tip uh THET ik).

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Define:

antithesis

(an TITH uh sis)

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n. the direct opposite

Erin is the antithesis of Aaron: Erin is bright and beautiful; Aaron is dull and plain.

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Define:

apartheid

(uh PAHRT hyte)

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n. the former policy of racial segregation and oppression in the Republic of South Africa

The word apartheid is sometimes applied to less radical forms of racial injustice and to other kinds of separation. Critics have some­ times accused American public schools of practicing educational apartheid by providing substandard schooling for nonwhites.

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Define:

apathy

(AP uh thee)

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n. lack of interest; lack of feeling

The members of the student council accused the senior class of apathy because none of the seniors had bothered to sign up for the big annual bake sale.

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Define:

aphorism

(AF uh riz um)

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n. a brief, often witty saying; a proverb

Benjamin Franklin was fond of aphorisms. He was frequently aphoristic.

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Define:

apocalypse

(uh PAHK uh lips)

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n. a prophetic revelation, especially one concerning the end of the world In strict usage, apocalypse refers to specific

Christian writings, but most people use it more generally in connection with predictions of things like nuclear war, the destruction of the ozone layer, and the spread of fast-food restaurants to every corner of the universe. To make such predictions, or to be deeply pessimistic, is to be apocalyptic (uh pahk uh LIP tik).

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Define:

apocryphal

(uh POK ruh ful)

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n. of dubious authenticity; fictitious; spurious

Brandi’s blog discredited the apocryphal report of Martians in Congress.

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Define:

apotheosis

(uh pahth ee OH sis)

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n. elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something

Some people think that the Corvette is the apotheosis of American car making. They think it’s the ideal.

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Define:

appease

(uh PEEZ)

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v. to soothe; to pacify by giving in to

Jaleel appeased his angry mother by promising to make his bed every morning without fail until the end of time.

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. lacking a sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings

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amoral

(ay MOR ul)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense; in love; relating to love

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amorous

(AM ur us)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. shapeless; without a regular or stable shape; bloblike

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amorphous

(uh MOR fus)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. something out of place in time or history; an incongruity

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anachronism

(uh NAK ruh niz um)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a comparison of one thing to another; similarity

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analogy

(uh NAL uh jee)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder

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anarchy

(AN ur kee)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a short account of a humorous or revealing incident

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anecdote

(AN ik doht)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. agonizing physical or mental pain

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anguish

(ANG gwish)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. resentment; hostility; ill will

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animosity

(an uh MAHS uh tee)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an aberration; an irregularity; a de­viation

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anomaly

(uh NAHM uh lee)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. someone or something that went be­fore; something that provides a model for something that came after it

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antecedent

(an tuh SEED unt)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. firm dislike; a dislike

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antipathy

(an TIP uh thee)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the direct opposite

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antithesis

(an TITH uh sis)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the former policy of racial segregation and oppression in the Republic of South Africa

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apartheid

(uh PAHRT hyte)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. lack of interest; lack of feeling

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apathy

(AP uh thee)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a brief, often witty saying; a proverb

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aphorism

(AF uh riz um)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a prophetic revelation, especially one concerning the end of the world

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apocalypse

(uh PAHK uh lips)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. of dubious authenticity; fictitious; spurious

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apocryphal

(uh POK ruh ful)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something

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apotheosis

(uh pahth ee OH sis)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to soothe; to pacify by giving in to

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appease

(uh PEEZ)

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Define:

comprise

(kum PRYZE)

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v. to consist of

A football team comprises eleven players on offense and eleven players on defense.

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Define:

conciliatory

(kun SIL ee uh tor ee)

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adj. making peace; attempting to resolve a dispute through goodwill

The formerly warring countries were conciliatory at the treaty conference.

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Define:

concise

(kun SYSE)

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adj. brief and to the point; succinct

The scientist’s explanation was concise; it was brief and it helped us understand the difficult concept.

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Define:

concord

(KAHN kord)

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n. harmony; agreement

The war between the neighboring tribes ended thirty years of concord.

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Define:

concurrent

(kun KUR unt)

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adj. happening at the same time; parallel

The criminal was sentenced to two concurrent fifteen-year sentences; the sentences will run at the same time, and he will be out of jail in fifteen years.

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Define:

condescend

(KAHN duh send)

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v. to stoop to someone else’s level, usually in an offensive way; to patronize

I was surprised that the president of the company had condescended to talk with me, a mere temporary employee.

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Define:

condone

(kun DOHN)

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v. to overlook; to permit to happen

The principal condoned the hoods’ smoking in the bathroom; he simply ignored it.

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Define:

conducive

(kun DOO siv)

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adj. promoting

The chairs in the library are conducive to sleep. If you sit in them to study, you will fall asleep.

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Define:

confluence

(KAHN floo uns)

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n. a flowing together, especially of rivers; the place where they begin to flow together

The confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers is at St. Louis; that’s the place where they join together.

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Define:

congenial

(kun JEEN yul)

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adj. agreeably suitable; pleasant

The little cabin in the woods was congenial to the writer; he was able to get a lot of writing done there.

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Define:

congenital

(kun JEN uh tul)

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adj. describing a trait or condition acquired between conception and birth; innate

A congenital birth defect is one that is present at birth but was not caused by one’s genes. The word is also used more loosely to describe any (usually bad) trait or behavior that is so firmly fixed it seems to be a part of a person’s nature. A congenital liar is a natural liar, a person who can’t help but lie.

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Define:

congregate

(KAHN grih gayt)

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v. to come together

Protestors were granted permission to congregate peacefully on the plaza.

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Define:

conjecture

(kun JEK chur)

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v. to guess; to deduce or infer on slight evidence

If forced to conjecture, I would say the volcano will erupt in twenty-four hours.

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Define:

conjure

(KAHN jur)

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v. to summon or bring into being as if by magic

The chef conjured (or conjured up) a fabulous gourmet meal using nothing more than the meager ingredients in Lucy’s kitchen.

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Define:

connoisseur

(kahn uh SUR)

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n. an expert, particularly in matters of art or taste

The artist’s work was popular, but connoisseurs rejected it as amateurish.

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Define:

consecrate

(KAHN suh krayt)

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v. to make or declare sacred

The Veterans Day speaker said that the battlefield had been consecrated by the blood of the soldiers who had died there.

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Define:

consensus

(kun SEN sus)

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n. unanimity or general agreement

Contrary to how the word is often used, consensus implies more than just a rough agreement or a majority opinion. Election results don’t reflect a consensus unless everyone or nearly everyone votes for the same candidate.

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Define:

consonant

(KAHN suh nunt)

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adj. harmonious; in agreement

Our desires were consonant with theirs; we all wanted the same thing.

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Define:

construe

(kun STROO)

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v. to interpret

Preston construed his contract as giving him the right to do anything he wanted.

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Define:

consummate

(kun SUM it)

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adj. perfect; complete; supremely skillful

A consummate pianist is an extremely good one. Nothing is lacking in the way he or she plays.

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to consist of

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comprise

(kum PRYZE)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. making peace; attempting to resolve a dispute through goodwill

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conciliatory

**(kun SIL ee uh tor ee) **

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. brief and to the point; succinct

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concise

(kun SYSE)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. harmony; agreement

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concord

(KAHN kord)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. happening at the same time; parallel

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concurrent

(kun KUR unt)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to stoop to someone else’s level, usu­ally in an offensive way; to patronize

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condescend

(KAHN duh send)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to overlook; to permit to happen

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condone

(kun DOHN)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. promoting

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conducive

(kun DOO siv)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a flowing together, especially of rivers; the place where they begin to flow together

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confluence

(KAHN floo uns)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. agreeably suitable; pleasant

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congenial

(kun JEEN yul)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. describing a trait or condition acquired between conception and birth; innate

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congenital

(kun JEN uh tul)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to come together

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congregate

(KAHN grih gayt)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to guess; to deduce or infer on slight evidence

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conjecture

(kun JEK chur)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to summon or bring into being as if by magic

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conjure

(KAHN jur)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an expert, particularly in matters of art or taste

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connoisseur

(kahn uh SUR)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to make or declare sacred

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consecrate

(KAHN suh krayt)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. unanimity or general agreement

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consensus

(kun SEN sus)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. harmonious; in agreement

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consonant

(KAHN suh nunt)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to interpret

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construe

(kun STROO)

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. perfect; complete; supremely skillful

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consummate

(kun SUM it)

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Define:

disinterested

(dis IN truh stid)

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adj. not taking sides; unbiased

A referee should be disinterested. He or she should not be root­ ing for one of the competing teams.

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Define:

disparage

(dih SPAR ij)

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v. to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way

The mayor disparaged our efforts to beautify the town square by saying that the flower bed we had planted looked somewhat worse than the bed of weeds it had replaced.

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Define:

disparate

(DIS pur it)

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adj. different; incompatible; unequal

Our interests were disparate: Cathy liked to play with dolls and I liked to throw her dolls out the window.

84
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Define:

disseminate

(dih SEM uh nayt)

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v. to spread the seeds of something; to scatter; to make widely known

News is disseminated through many media: radio, television, news- papers, magazines, and gossips.

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Define:

dissipate

(DIS uh payt)

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v. to thin out, drift away, or dissolve; to cause to thin out, drift away, or dissolve; to waste or squander

The smoke dissipated as soon as we opened the windows.

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Define:

dissolution

(dis uh LOO shun)

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n. the breaking up or dissolving of some­thing into parts; disintegration

Nothing could prevent the dissolution of the Jesse Ventura Fan Club after he retired to seek a political career.

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Define:

distend

(di STEND)

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v. to swell; to extend a great deal

The tire distended alarmingly as the forgetful gas station attendant kept pumping more and more air into it.

88
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Define:

distinguish

(di STING gwish)

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v. to tell apart; to cause to stand out

The rodent expert’s eyesight was so acute that he was able to distinguish between a shrew and a vole at more than a thousand paces.

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Define:

docile

(DAHS ul)

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adj. easily taught; obedient; easy to handle

The docile students quietly memorized all the lessons their teacher told them.

90
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Define:

doctrinaire

(dahk truh NAYR)

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adj. inflexibly committed to a doctrine or theory without regard to its practicality; dogmatic

A doctrinaire supporter of manned space flights to Pluto would be someone who supported such space flights even though it might be shown that such lengthy journeys could never be undertaken. A doctrinaire opponent of fluoridation of water would be some­ one whose opposition could not be shaken by proof that fluoride is good for teeth and not bad for anything else.

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Define:

dogmatic

(dawg MAT ik)

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adj. arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; stubbornly claiming that something (often a system of beliefs) is beyond dispute

Marty is dogmatic on the subject of the creation of the world; he sneers at anyone whose views are not identical to his.

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Define:

domestic

(duh MES tik)

A

adj. having to do with the household or family; not foreign

A home that enjoys domestic tranquillity is a happy home.

93
Q

Define:

dormant

(DOR munt)

A

adj. inactive; as though asleep; asleep

Mt. Vesuvius erupted violently and then fell dormant for several hundred years.

94
Q

Define:

dubious

(DOO bee us)

A

adj. full of doubt; uncertain

I was fairly certain that I would be able to fly if I could merely flap my arms hard enough, but Mary was dubious; she said I’d better flap my legs as well.

95
Q

Define:

duplicity

(doo PLIS uh tee)

A

n. the act of being two-faced; double-deal­ ing; deception

Dave, in his duplicity, told us he wasn’t going to rob the bank and then went right out and robbed it.

96
Q

Define:

exhaustive

(ig ZAWS tiv)

A

adj. thorough; rigorous; complete; painstaking

Before you use a parachute, you should examine it exhaustively for defects. Once you jump, your decision is irrevocable.

97
Q

Define:

exhort

(ig ZORT)

A

v. to urge strongly; to give a serious warning to

The coach used his bullhorn to exhort us to try harder.

98
Q

Define:

exigency

(EK si jen see)

A

n. an emergency; an urgency

An academic exigency: You haven’t opened a book all term and the final is tomorrow morning.

99
Q

Define:

existential

(eg zis TEN shul)

A

adj. having to do with existence; having to do with the body of thought called existentialism, which basically holds that human beings are responsible for their own actions but is otherwise too complicated to summarize in a single sentence

This word is overused but under-understood by virtually all of the people who use it. Unless you have a very good reason for throwing it around, you should probably avoid it.

100
Q

Define:

exonerate

(ig ZAHN uh rayt)

A

v. to free completely from blame; to exculpate

The defendant, who had always claimed he wasn’t guilty, expected to be exonerated by the testimony of his best friend.

101
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. not taking sides; unbiased

A

disinterested

(dis IN truh stid)

102
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way

A

disparage

(dih SPAR ij)

103
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. different; incompatible; unequal

A

disparate

(DIS pur it)

104
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to spread the seeds of something; to scatter; to make widely known

A

disseminate

(dih SEM uh nayt)

105
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to thin out, drift away, or dissolve; to cause to thin out, drift away, or dissolve; to waste or squander

A

dissipate

(DIS uh payt)

106
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the breaking up or dissolving of some­thing into parts; disintegration

A

dissolution

(dis uh LOO shun)

107
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to swell; to extend a great deal

A

distend

(di STEND)

108
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to tell apart; to cause to stand out

A

distinguish

(di STING gwish)

109
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. easily taught; obedient; easy to handle

A

docile

(DAHS ul)

110
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. inflexibly committed to a doctrine or theory without regard to its practicality; dogmatic

A

doctrinaire

(dahk truh NAYR)

111
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; stubbornly claiming that something (often a system of beliefs) is beyond dispute

A

dogmatic

(dawg MAT ik)

112
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. having to do with the household or family; not foreign

A

domestic

(duh MES tik)

113
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. inactive; as though asleep; asleep

A

dormant

(DOR munt)

114
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. full of doubt; uncertain

A

dubious

(DOO bee us)

115
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. the act of being two-faced; double-deal­ ing; deception

A

duplicity

(doo PLIS uh tee)

116
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. thorough; rigorous; complete; pains­taking

A

exhaustive

(ig ZAWS tiv)

117
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to urge strongly; to give a serious warning to

A

exhort

(ig ZORT)

118
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an emergency; an urgency

A

exigency

(EK si jen see)

119
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. having to do with existence; having to do with the body of thought called existentialism, which basically holds that human beings are responsible for their own actions but is otherwise too complicated to summarize in a single sentence

A

existential

(eg zis TEN shul)

120
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to free completely from blame; to ex­culpate

A

exonerate

(ig ZAHN uh rayt)

121
Q

Define:

expatriate

(eks PAY tree ayt)

A

v. to throw (someone) out of his or her native land; to move away from one’s native land; to emigrate

The rebels were expatriated by the nervous general, who feared that they would cause trouble if they were allowed to remain in the country.

122
Q

Define:

expedient

(ik SPEE dee unt)

A

adj. providing an immediate advantage; serving one’s immediate self-interest; practical

Since the basement had nearly filled with water, the plumber felt it would be expedient to clear out the drain.

123
Q

Define:

expedite

(EK spi dyte)

A

v. to speed up or ease the progress of

The post office expedited mail delivery by hiring more letter carriers.

124
Q

Define:

explicit

(ik SPLIS it)

A

adj. clearly and directly expressed

No one explicitly asked us to set the barn on fire, but we got the impression that that was what we were supposed to do.

125
Q

Define:

extol

(ik STOHL)

A

v. to praise highly; to laud

The millionaire extolled the citizen who returned his gold watch and then rewarded him with a heartfelt handshake.

126
Q

Define:

extraneous

(ik STRAY nee us)

A

adj. unnecessary; irrelevant; extra

Extra ice cream would never be extraneous, unless everyone had already eaten so much that no one wanted any more.

127
Q

Define:

extrapolate

(ik STRAP uh layt)

A

v. to project or deduce from something known; to infer

George’s estimates were extrapolated from last year’s data; he simply took all the old numbers and doubled them.

128
Q

Define:

extricate

(EK struh kayt)

A

v. to free from difficulty

It took two and a half days to extricate the little girl from the abandoned well into which she had fallen.

129
Q

Define:

extrovert

(EKS truh vurt)

A

n. an open, outgoing person; a person whose attention is focused on others rather than on himself or herself

Maria was quite an extrovert; she walked boldly into the roomful of strange adults and struck up a friendly conversation.

130
Q

Define:

exult

(ig ZULT)

A

v. to rejoice; to celebrate

The women’s team exulted in its victory over the men’s team at the badminton finals. They were exultant.

131
Q

Define:

infinitesimal

(in fin uh TES uh mul)

A

adj. very, very, very small; infinitely small

An infinitesimal bug of some kind crawled into Heather’s ear and bit her in a place she couldn’t scratch.

132
Q

Define:

ingenuous

(in JEN yoo us)

A

adj. frank; without deception; simple; artless; charmingly naive

A young child is ingenuous. He doesn’t know much about the ways of the world, and certainly not enough to deceive any­ one.

133
Q

Define:

inherent

(in HAIR unt)

A

adj. part of the essential nature of something; intrinsic

There is an inherent strength in steel that cardboard lacks.

134
Q

Define:

injunction

(in JUNGK shun)

A

n. a command or order, especially a court order

Wendy’s neighbors got a court injunction prohibiting her from playing her radio.

135
Q

Define:

innate

(i NAYT)

A

adj. existing since birth; inborn; inherent

Joseph’s kindness was innate; it was part of his natural character.

136
Q

Define:

innocuous

(i NAHK yoo us)

A

adj. harmless; banal

The speaker’s voice was loud but his words were innocuous; there was nothing to get excited about.

137
Q

Define:

inordinate

(in OR duh nit)

A

adj. excessive; unreasonable

The math teacher paid an inordinate amount of attention to the grammar rather than algebra.

138
Q

Define:

insatiable

(in SAY shuh bul)

A

adj. hard or impossible to satisfy; greedy; avaricious

Peter had an insatiable appetite for chocolate macadamia ice cream; he could never get enough. Not even a gallon of chocolate macadamia was enough to sate (sayt) or satiate (SAY shee ayt) his craving.

139
Q

Define:

insidious

(in SID ee us)

A

adj. treacherous; sneaky

Winter was insidious; it crept in under the doors and through cracks in the windows.

140
Q

Define:

insinuate

(in SIN yoo ayt)

A

v. to hint; to creep in

When I told her that I hadn’t done any laundry in a month, Valerie insinuated that I was a slob.

141
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to throw (someone) out of his or her native land; to move away from one’s native land; to emigrate

A

expatriate

(eks PAY tree ayt)

142
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. providing an immediate advantage; serving one’s immediate self-interest; practical

A

expedient

(ik SPEE dee unt)

143
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to speed up or ease the progress of

A

expedite

(EK spi dyte)

144
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. clearly and directly expressed

A

explicit

(ik SPLIS it)

145
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to praise highly; to laud

A

extol

(ik STOHL)

146
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. unnecessary; irrelevant; extra

A

extraneous

(ik STRAY nee us)

147
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to project or deduce from something known; to infer

A

extrapolate

(ik STRAP uh layt)

148
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to free from difficulty

A

extricate

(EK struh kayt)

149
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an open, outgoing person; a person whose attention is focused on others rather than on himself or herself

A

extrovert

(EKS truh vurt)

150
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to rejoice; to celebrate

A

exult

(ig ZULT)

151
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. very, very, very small; infinitely small

A

infinitesimal

(in fin uh TES uh mul)

152
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. frank; without deception; simple; artless; charmingly naive

A

ingenuous

(in JEN yoo us)

153
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. part of the essential nature of something; intrinsic

A

inherent

(in HAIR unt)

154
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a command or order, especially a court order

A

injunction

(in JUNGK shun)

155
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. existing since birth; inborn; inherent

A

innate

(i NAYT)

156
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. harmless; banal

A

innocuous

(i NAHK yoo us)

157
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. excessive; unreasonable

A

inordinate

(in OR duh nit)

158
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. hard or impossible to satisfy; greedy; avaricious

A

insatiable

(in SAY shuh bul)

159
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. treacherous; sneaky

A

insidious

(in SID ee us)

160
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to hint; to creep in

A

insinuate

(in SIN yoo ayt)

161
Q

Define:

insipid

(in SIP id)

A

adj. dull; bland; banal

Barney’s jokes were so insipid that no one in the room managed to force out so much as a chuckle.

162
Q

Define:

insolent

(IN suh lunt)

A

adj. arrogant; insulting

The ill-mannered four-year-old was so insolent that even adults were tempted to raise their voices at him.

163
Q

Define:

instigate

(IN stuh gayt)

A

v. to provoke; to stir up

The strike was instigated by the ambitious union president, who wanted to get his name into the newspapers.

164
Q

Define:

insular

(IN suh lur)

A

adj. like an island; isolated

Lying flat on his back in bed for twenty-seven years, the 1,200­ pound man led an insular existence.

165
Q

Define:

insurgent

(in SUR junt)

A

n. a rebel; someone who revolts against a government

The heavily armed insurgents rushed into the presidential pal­ ace, but they paused to taste the fresh blueberry pie on the dinner table and were captured by the president’s bodyguards.

166
Q

Define:

integral

(IN tuh grul)

A

adj. essential

A solid offense was an integral part of our football team; so was a strong defense.

167
Q

Define:

integrate

(IN tuh grayt)

A

v. to combine two or more things into a whole

This word is related to segregate, aggregate, and congregate, all of which describe joining or separating. It has the same root as integer, which means a whole number. Marisol’s school offered an integrated history and language curriculum so that students learned Roman history and Latin in the same classroom.

168
Q

Define:

intractable

(in TRAK tuh bul)

A

adj. uncontrollable; stubborn; disobedient

The intractable child was a torment to his nursery school teacher.

169
Q

Define:

intransigent

(in TRAN suh junt)

A

adj. uncompromising; stubborn

Vijay was an intransigent hard-liner, and he didn’t care how many people he offended with his views.

170
Q

Define:

intrinsic

(in TRIN sik)

A

adj. part of the essential nature of something; inherent

Larry’s intrinsic boldness was always getting him into trouble.

171
Q

Define:

introspective

(in truh SPEC tiv)

A

adj. tending to think about oneself; examining one’s feelings

The introspective six-year-old never had much to say to other people but always seemed to be turning something over in her mind.

172
Q

Define:

inundate

(IN un dayt)

A

v. to flood; to cover completely with water; to overwhelm

The tiny island kingdom was inundated by the tidal wave. Fortunately, no one died from the deluge.

173
Q

Define:

invective

(in VEK tiv)

A

n. insulting or abusive speech

The critic’s searing review was filled with bitterness and invective.

174
Q

Define:

inveterate

(in VET ur it)

A

adj. habitual; firm in habit; deeply rooted

Eric was such an inveterate liar on the golf course that when he finally made a hole-in-one, he marked it on his score card as a zero.

175
Q

Define:

irascible

(i RAS uh bul)

A

adj. easily angered or provoked; irritable

The CEO was so irascible, his employees were afraid to talk to him for fear he might hurl paperweights at them.

176
Q

Define:

ironic

(eye RAHN ik)

A

adj. meaning the opposite of what you seem to say; using words to mean something other than what they seem to mean

Eddie was being ironic when he said he loved Peter like a brother; in truth, he hated him.

177
Q

Define:

irrevocable

(i REV uh kuh bul)

A

adj. irreversible

My decision not to wear a Tarzan costume and ride on a float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is irrevocable; there is absolutely nothing you could do or say to make me change my mind.

178
Q

Define:

itinerant

(eye TIN ur unt)

A

adj. moving from place to place

The life of a traveling salesman is an itinerant one.

179
Q

Define:

portent

(POR tent)

A

n. an omen; a sign of something coming in the future

The distant rumbling we heard this morning was a portent of the thunderstorm that hit our area this afternoon.

180
Q

Define:

postulate

(PAHS chuh lut)

A

n. something accepted as true without proof; an axiom

We might be able to prove a postulate if we had the time, but not now. A theorem is something that is proven using postulates.

181
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. dull; bland; banal

A

insipid

(in SIP id)

182
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. arrogant; insulting

A

insolent

(IN suh lunt)

183
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to provoke; to stir up

A

instigate

(IN stuh gayt)

184
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. like an island; isolated

A

insular

(IN suh lur)

185
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a rebel; someone who revolts against a government

A

insurgent

(in SUR junt)

186
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. essential

A

integral

(IN tuh grul)

187
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to combine two or more things into a whole

A

integrate

(IN tuh grayt)

188
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. uncontrollable; stubborn; disobe­dient

A

intractable

(in TRAK tuh bul)

189
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. uncompromising; stubborn

A

intransigent

(in TRAN suh junt)

190
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. part of the essential nature of something; inherent

A

intrinsic

(in TRIN sik)

191
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. tending to think about oneself; examining one’s feelings

A

introspective

(in truh SPEC tiv)

192
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. to flood; to cover completely with water; to overwhelm

A

inundate

(IN un dayt)

193
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. insulting or abusive speech

A

invective

(in VEK tiv)

194
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. habitual; firm in habit; deeply rooted

A

inveterate

(in VET ur it)

195
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. easily angered or provoked; irritable

A

irascible

(i RAS uh bul)

196
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. meaning the opposite of what you seem to say; using words to mean something other than what they seem to mean

A

ironic

(eye RAHN ik)

197
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. irreversible

A

irrevocable

(i REV uh kuh bul)

198
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. moving from place to place

A

itinerant

(eye TIN ur unt)

199
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. an omen; a sign of something coming in the future

A

portent

(POR tent)

200
Q

Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. something accepted as true without proof; an axiom

A

postulate

(PAHS chuh lut)

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