May 2004 Vocab

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adjective
1 : relating to a style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century that is noted for its use of complex forms, bold ornamentation, and contrasting elements to evoke tension
*2 : characterized by grotesqueness, extravagance, complexity, or flamboyance

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baroque

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verb
1 : avenge
2 : to free from allegation or blame
3 *a : confirm, substantiate b : to provide justification or defense for : justify

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vindicate

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derives from the Latin "vindicatus," meaning "to set free", avenge, lay claim to"

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adjective
: of, relating to, or marked by a state of extreme emotional excitement or rapturous delight

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ectastic

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derive from the Greek verb "existanai" ("to put out of place"), which was used in a Greek phrase meaning "to drive someone out of his or her mind."

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noun
*1 : the sour juice of crab apples or of unripe fruit (as grapes or apples); also : an acid liquor made from verjuice
2 : acidity of disposition or manner

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verjuice

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from Anglo French for green and juice

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verb
1 : deny, renounce
*2 : surrender, relinquish

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abnegate

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Latin root "negare" = "to deny"

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adjective
1 : full of excessive talk : wordy
*2 : given to fluent or excessive talk : garrulous

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loquacious

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"loqui," a Latin verb meaning "to speak."

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noun
: a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer

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manifesto

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derive ultimately from the Latin noun "manus" ("hand") and "-festus," a combining form that is related to the Latin adjective "infestus," meaning "hostile."

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noun
*1 : the act or action of drinking
2 : the act or action of taking in or up : absorption

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imbibition

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Latin "imbibere," a verb whose meaning "to drink in" includes absorption of liquids, consuming drink, and appropriating ideas.

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adjective
: lacking in candor; also : giving a false appearance of simple frankness : calculating

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disingenuous

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"ingenuus" is a Latin adjective meaning "native" or "freeborn" (itself from "gignere," meaning "to beget").

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noun
1 a : migraine b : vertigo, dizziness
2 a : fancy, whim *b plural : low spirits

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megrim

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Latin and Greek speakers afflicted with a pain in one side of the head called their ailment "hemicrania" or "hçmikrania," from the Greek terms "hemi-," meaning "half," plus "kranion," meaning "cranium."

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verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior

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maffick

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adjective
1 : marked by or suggestive of flashy vulgarity or crudeness
*2 : marked by a careless unconventionality : rakish

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raffish

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derives from the Middle English "raf," and it was being used for trash and refuse back in the 1400s; *like riffraff

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noun
: a harsh rebuke

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objurgation

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Latin "objurgare" ("to scold or blame"), which was formed from "ob-" ("against") and "jurgare" ("to quarrel" or, literally, "to take to law"—in other words, "to bring a lawsuit"); "jur" means law in Latin***

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verb
*1 intransitive sense : to raise trivial and frivolous objection
2 transitive sense : to raise trivial objections to

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cavil

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derives from the Latin verb "cavillari," meaning "to jest" or "to raise silly objections," which in turn derives from the Latin noun "cavilla," meaning "raillery."

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adjective
*1 : supernatural, mysterious
2 : filled with a sense of the presence of divinity : holy
3 : appealing to the higher emotions or to the aesthetic sense : spiritual

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numinous

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from the Latin word "numen," meaning "divine will" or "nod" (it suggests a figurative nodding, of assent or of command, of the divine head).

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noun
*1 : a worker who has learned a trade and works for another person usually by the day
2 : an experienced reliable worker or performer especially as distinguished from one who is brilliant or colorful

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journeyman

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verb:
intransitive senses : to do hard, menial, or monotonous work
transitive senses : to force to do hard, menial, or monotonous work

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drudge

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adjective
1 : seeking to avert disapproval : APOLOGETIC
2 : serving to deprecate : DISAPPROVING

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deprecatory

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Latin deprecatus, past participle of deprecari to avert by prayer, from de- + precari to pray -- more at PRAY; literally "to pray against"

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n: one who is disapproved of or is held in contempt; informer; betrayer; nark, snitch, strikebreaker

intransitive verb: to turn informer, squeal

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fink

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adjective
1 : ghostly, mysterious, eerie, weird
*2 : suggesting superhuman or supernatural powers

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uncanny

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adj.:

"clever," "shrewd" or "prudent"

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canny

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noun
1 : fib
*2 : pretentious nonsense

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taradiddle

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origin unknown

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adjective
: relating to or living on the bank of a natural watercourse or sometimes of a lake or tidewater

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riparian

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"river"—the Latin "riparius," a noun deriving from "ripa," meaning "bank" or "shore."

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adjective
: of, relating to, or situated or growing on or near a shore especially of the sea

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littoral

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Etymology: Latin litoralis, from litor-, litus seashore

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noun
1 : a sudden attack of illness, faintness, or nausea
2 : a sudden access of usually disturbing emotion (as doubt or fear)
*3 : a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety

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qualm

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adjective
1 a : of, relating to, or produced by lymph, lymphoid tissue, or lymphocytes b : conveying lymph
*2 : lacking physical or mental energy : sluggish

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lymphatic

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comes from Latin "lympha" ("water" or "water goddess"), which itself may be a modification of the Greek word "nymphç," meaning "nymph."

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noun
: something that serves as a check or stop

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kibosh

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adjective
: marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger

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irascible

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Latin noun "ira," meaning "anger." From "ira," which is also the root of "irate" and "ire," came the Latin verb "irasci" ("to become angry"), which led to the French "irascible." *the "ir" does not mean "not"

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noun
: any of various nonruminant mammals (as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin; especially : elephant

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pachyderm

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Pachydermos" in Greek means literally "having thick skin" (figuratively, it means "dull" or "stupid"). It’s from "pachys," meaning "thick," and "derma," meaning "skin." ; it also means "callous" or "insensitive"

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adjective
1 : of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing
*2 : popular, common
3 : of or relating to the form of Modern Greek that is based on everyday speech

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demotic

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ha...Savage; The source of these words is the Greek word "dçmos," meaning "people."