Word Work List 21 Flashcards
1
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Omniscient
A
All-knowing
2
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Amorphous
A
Shapeless
3
Q
Xenophobia
A
Fear of foreigners
4
Q
Incredulous
A
Not believing
5
Q
Monomania
A
Obsession with one thing
6
Q
Bilateral
A
Two-sided
7
Q
Malevolence
A
Evil intent
8
Q
Malediction
A
A curse
9
Q
Superfluous
A
Unnecessary
10
Q
Equivocate
A
To hedge (use ambiguous language to conceal the truth)
11
Q
Prototype
A
First model
12
Q
Anthropomorphic
A
Man-shaped
13
Q
Captious
A
Fault-finding
14
Q
Neophyte
A
Beginner
15
Q
Benediction
A
Blessing
16
Q
Neologism
A
New word
17
Q
Bellicose
A
Warlike
18
Q
Circumspect
A
Cautious
19
Q
Misanthropist
A
People-hater
20
Q
Magnanimous
A
Great-minded
21
Q
Excoriate
A
Verbally flog (humiliate extremely a lot)
22
Q
Specious
A
False
23
Q
Commensurate
A
Of like measure
24
Q
Preponderance
A
Bulk
25
Unilateral
One sided
26
Prodigy*
A genius
27
Recoup*
To get back
28
Rebate*
To give back
29
Replicate*
Reproduction
30
Adapt*
To adjust
31
Adjacent*
Adjoining
32
Obovoid*
Egg-shaped
33
Diadem*
A crown
34
Antidote*
A poison remedy
