Jekyll/hyde #5 Vocab

Front 1

imperious

Back 1

domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
2. urgent; imperative: imperious need.

Front 2

blazoned

Back 2

to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim: The pickets blazoned their grievances on placards.
2. to adorn or embellish, esp. brilliantly or showily.

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inveterately

Back 3

settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler.
2. firmly established by long continuance, as a disease, habit, practice, feeling, etc.; chronic.
hardened, constant, habitual. 2. set, fixed, rooted.

Front 4

multifarious

Back 4

having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
2. numerous and varied; greatly diverse or manifold: multifarious activities.

Front 5

polity

Back 5

a particular form or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity.
2. the condition of being constituted as a state or other organized community or body: The polity of ancient Athens became a standard for later governments.
3. government or administrative regulation: The colonists demanded independence in matters of internal polity.
4. a state or other organized community or body.

Front 6

transience

Back 6

for a short time only; temporary or transitory physics a brief change in the state of a system, such as a sudden short-lived oscillation in the current flowing through a circuit

Front 7

effulgence

Back 7

shining forth brilliantly; radiant.

Front 8

parry

Back 8

to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert.
2. to turn aside; evade or dodge: to parry an embarrassing question.
–verb (used without object)
3. to parry a thrust, blow, etc.
4. an act or instance of parrying, as in fencing.
5. a defensive movement in fencing.

Front 9

pecuniary

Back 9

of or pertaining to money: pecuniary difficulties.
2. consisting of or given or exacted in money or monetary payments: pecuniary tributes.
3. (of a crime, violation, etc.) involving a money penalty or fine.

Front 10

bravos (Brit)

Back 10

interjection
1. (used in praising a performer).
–noun
2. a shout of “bravo!”
3. a daring bandit, assassin, or murderer, esp. one hired to steal or murder for another.

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irrevocably

Back 11

not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.

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vainglorious

Back 12

adjective
1. filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.
2. characterized by, showing, or proceeding from vainglory: a vainglorious estimate of one's ability.

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obsequiously

Back 13

characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
2. servilely compliant or deferential: obsequious servants.
3. obedient; dutiful.