Vocabulary Quiz 9 Flashcards
Preamble
(n.) A preliminary or preparatory statement in speech or writing; an
introductory paragraph; a prologue. (v.) To make a
preamble or introductory statement.
Posterity
(n.) All future generations of people collectively, esp. regarded as the
beneficiaries of a particular inheritance, tradition, culture. for/in posterity: for (the sake
or good of) future generations; for the future.
Disfranchise
(v.) to deprive a person of a right of citizenship, as of the right to
vote; to deprive of a privilege, or right.
Odious
(adj.) Deserving of hatred; exciting hatred or repugnance; hateful;
disagreeable; offensive; repulsive
Oligarchy
(n.) A form of govt or organization in which all power is
vested in a few persons or a small group; the controlling faction in such an
organization.
Discord
(n.) Absence of concord or harmony (between persons); disagreement of
opinions and aims; variance, dissension, strife.
Imminent
(adj.) Likely to occur at any moment; impending. Projecting or leaning
forward; overhanging.
Lexicographer
(n.) A writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary
Usurp
(v.) To seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without
legal right; To use without authority or right; employ
wrongfully
Formidable
(adj.) Causing fear, apprehension, or dread; Of discouraging or awesome strength, size, difficulty; intimidating; Arousing feelings of awe or admiration because of grandeur, strength; Of great
strength; forceful; powerful
Inure
(v.) To bring (a person.), by use, habit, or continual exercise, to a
certain condition or state of mind; to the endurance of a certain condition, to the following of a
certain kind of life; to accustom, habituate.
Futile
(adj.) Incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not
successful
Engender
(v.) To produce, cause, or give rise to: Hatred engenders violence. To
beget; procreate.
Insular
(adj.) Isolated, provincial.
Vacillate
(v.) To waver, show indecision
