10 H Vocabulary - List 23

Front 1

aplomb

Back 1

noun - calm self-assurance and poise

Front 2

articulate

Back 2

adj - 1 skilled at expressing one's thoughts clearly; 2 said of a speech or a piece of writing: clearly presented, well-argued and to the point.

Front 3

inarticulate

Back 3

adj - 1 unable to express oneself clearly or to speak distinctly. 2 badly expressed; not spoken or pronounced clearly

Front 4

enormity

Back 4

noun - 1 outrageousness or wickedness. 2 an outrageous or wicked act. 3 immenseness or vastness

Front 5

hallucinations

Back 5

noun - the apparent observation of something which is not actually present or may not even exist

Front 6

insular

Back 6

adj - not influenced by or responsive to contact with other people, cultures, etc; narrow-minded; prejudiced

Front 7

moribund

Back 7

adj - 1 dying; near the end of existence. 2 lacking strength or vitality

Front 8

peccadillo

Back 8

noun - a minor misdeed

Front 9

rampant

Back 9

adj - uncontrolled; unrestrained

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sensuous

Back 10

adj - appealing to the senses aesthetically

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tenet

Back 11

noun - a belief, opinion or doctrine

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ascendancy

Back 12

noun - controlling or dominating power

Front 13

crux

Back 13

noun - a decisive, essential or crucial point

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equivocate

Back 14

verb - to use ambiguous words in order to deceive or to avoid answering a question

Front 15

heterogeneous

Back 15

adj - composed of parts, people, things, etc that are not related to each other, or are of different kinds