English: vocab Flashcards
Bipartisan
political parties
monologue
one speech
unilateral
one sided
triumvirate
three authorities
omnipotent
all powerful
totalitarianism
all control
nihilism
no religious beliefs
minutia
small detail
satiate
enough satisfied
copious
plentiful
polygamy
many wives
predestination
before life
primordial
original, fundamental
posterity
future generations
parody
funny imitation of literature
recant
to take back a statement
crescendo
gradual increase in sound
excrescence
abnormal growth
aberration
straying from what is normal
transgress
to go beyond or over set limits
circumvent
to avoid
convene
to assemble especially for a meeting
conglomeration
collection of unrelated things
celerity
swiftness
convalesce
to recover after illness
valor
bravery
apiary
Where bee hives are kept
caprice
Sudden impulse
equestrian
Skill of riding a horse
serpentine
Pertaining to a snake or serpent