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
Plunder (extra)
v. to steal smt from
Ravage (extra)
v. to cause damage to
consanguinity (extra)
n. someone descended from same ascestor
