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myriad

(n): extremely great # of ppl/things (a myriad of birds flew overhead)

indictment

(n): 1.formal charge of a serious crime (indictment for conspiracy)


2.a thing that indicates a system is bad and needs to be condemned (these rising crime rates are indictments of a corrupted society)

eulogy

(n): speech that praises someone (a eulogy to the King)

legitimate

(v.): make lawful/justify


(adj.): 1.comforming to the law


2.able to be defended w/ logic/justification; valid (legitimate excuse)


3.relating to serious drama as distinct from musical comedy (the legitimate theatre)

inane

(adj.): lacking sense/meaning; silly (don't ask inane questions)

multifarious

(adj.): many and of various types (multifarious activities)

anachronistic

(adj.): 1.belonging to a period other than that being portrayed


1.1belonging to an earlier period, typically being old-fashioned (she opposed the anachronistic morality of her parents)

byzantine

(adj.): relating to the Byzantine Empire (formed from the eastern part of the Roman Empire); complicated

adroit

(adj): clever/skillful (he was adroit at tax avoidance)

lackadaisical

(adj.): lacking enthusiasm & determination; carelessly lazy (the school has a lackadaisical approach to teaching)

onerous

(adj): 1.(of a task) involving a great deal of effort/trouble/difficulty (his duties were onerous)


1.1(law) involving heavy obligations (an onerous lease)

slipshod

(adj.): 1.characterized by a lack of care/thought/organization (his slipshod management)


2. (of shoes) worn down at the heel (his slipshod heels)

sophistry

(n): the use of clever but false arguments (his argument is pure sophistry)

receptivity

(n): the state of being receptive to new ideas

substantiate

(v): provide evidence (he provided no evidence to substantiate this conclusion)

curtail

(v): 1.reduce in extent/quality (civil liberties were further curtailed)


1.1deprive someone of sth (he was curtailed of his food)

intemperance

(n): 1.lack of moderation/restraint (his intemperance of tone)


1.1excessive indulgence, esp. in alcohol (a warning about female intemperance)

acumen

(n): the ability to make good judgements and take quick decisions (he always had his own sense of business acumen)

arcane

(adj): understood by few; mysterious or secret (arcane procedures for electing people)

lucid

(adj): 1. expressed clearly, easy to understand 2.Bright/luminous

magnanimity

(n): the fact/condition of being magnanimous; generosity (both sides will have to show magnanimity)

solicitousness

(n): the state of solicitous-characterized by/showing interest/concern (her family's solicitousness in taking care of her is making her feel somewhat helpless)

effacement

(n): n. of efface-1.erace a mark from a surface (with time, the words are effaced by the rain)

seditious

(adj): inciting/causing people to rebel against the authority of a state/monarch (the letter was declared seditious)

insurrectionist

(n&adj): of insurrection-a violent uprising against an authority (the insurrection was savagely put down) (to the Empire, Gandhi is considered an insurrectionist)

subversive

(adj): seeking to subvert-undermine the power and authority of an established system (subversive literature)

corollary

(n): 1.a proposition that follows from 1 already approved


1.1a direct/natural consequence (the huge increases in unemployment were the corollary of expenditure cuts)

sanctity

(n): 1.the state or quality of being holy (the site of the tomb was a cite of sanctity for Ancient Egyptians)


2.ultimate importance and inviolability (the sanctity of human life)

congenial

(adj): 1. (of a person) pleasing or liked on account of having qualities/interests that are similar to one's own (his need for some congenial company)

reclusive

(adj.) solitary (a reclusive life)

penchant

(n): a strong/habitual liking for sth. or tendency to do sth. (he has a penchant for adopting stray dogs)

pilfer

(v): steal (things of little value) (shepilfered a handful of coins)

profundity

(n): great depth of insight/knowledge (the simplicity and profundity of the message)

tribulation

1. a cause of great trouble/suffering (thetribulations of being a megastar)1.1a state of great trouble/suffering (his timeof tribulation was just beginning)

agnostic

(n): person who believes that nothing is known/nothing can be known of the existence/nature of God


(adj): 1.1having a doubtful or non-commital attitude about sth (he was agnostic about electoral reforms)


1.2(computing) relating to hardware that is compatible w/ many platforms or operating systems (many common file formats (JPEG, MP3) are platform-agnostic)

empiric

(adj.) related to experience; empirical

quixotic

(adj): extremely idealistic; unrealistic, impractical (a vast and quixotic project)

allege

(v.) claim/assert that someone has done sth.illegal or wrong, typically w/o proof (he alleged that he had been assaulted)

austerity

(n) state of being obsolete (the castle’smedieval austerity)

ascertain

(v) make sure (they attempted to ascertain the cause of the accident)

conspicuousness

(n) state of standing out so as to be clearlyvisible (his conspicuousness made him an easy target)

transitory

(adj): not permanent (transitory periods of medieval greatness)

pliant

(adj) pliable, bendable, adaptable, compliant(pliant willow stems)

arboreal

(adj) living/related to trees (arboreal rodents)

extol

(v) praise enthusiastically (he extolled the virtues of the president)

furtiveness

(n) the state of attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive (he stole a furtive glance at her)


2.the state of having guilty nervousness

venality

(n) state of being venal-corrupt (the venality of the officers shows the state's corruption)

circumvent

(v) find a way around (if you come across an obstacle on the road you can circumvent it)

belabour

(v) 1.attack verbally/physically (he belaboured the dog with his fists)


2.argue/discuss in excessive detail (there is no need to belabour the point)

gluttonous

(adj) excessively greedy (a gluttonous capitalist)

supple

(adj) 1.bending and moving easily and gracefully (her supple fingers)


1.1not stiff/hard; easily manipulated


(v) make more flexible (the dance teacher was bending and suppling her laterally)

repertory

(n) 1.the performance of various plays, ballets by a company at regular short intervals (both repertory pieces were performed beautifully)


2.repertoire


2.1a collection, esp. of info

barrage

(n): 1.a concentrated artillery bombardment over a concentrated area


1.1an overwhelming number of criticisms, questions/complaints delivered simultaneously (a barrage of questions)


2.an artificial barrier across a river to prevent flooding/generate electricity; dam

libellous

(adj) characteristic of a libel-


1.published false statement that is damaging to the person's reputation


1.1a thing that brings underserved discredit on a person by misrepresentation


(v) 1.make a false and typically malicious statement about


2.bring a suit against (you libel the car if it hits u)

rehash

(v) 1.reuse without significant change/improvement (he endlessly rehashes songs from the 80s)


1.1 consider/discuss (sth) after it has happened (don't rehash the argument)

copious

(adj) abundant in supply/quantity (she took copious notes)


1.1profuse in speech/ideas (she was a little too copious in talking about her country)

amass

(v) gather together (a large number of things) over a period of time (he amassed a fortune)

excise

(n) a tax on certain goods & commodities produced within a country and on licenses granted for certain activities (the excise duties are high)


(v) charge excise on goods (excised goods)



contemptible

(adj) deserving contempt; despicable (a display of contemptible cowardice)

distillation

(n) action of purifying a liquid by a process of heating & cooling


2.extraction of the essential meaning/most important aspect of sth. (the film is a distillation of personal experiences)

amalgamation

(n) the action, process, or result of combining or uniting (the threat of amalgamation with another college)

derision

(n) contemptuous mockery (my stories were greetedwith derision and disbelief)

disarming

(adj) (Of manner or behaviour) having the effect of allaying (diminishing) suspicion or hostility, especially through charm (he gave her a disarming smile)

debacle

A sudden and ignominious (deserving public disgrace) failure; a fiasco (failure esp. humiliating one) (Often the films in question turn into debacles)

dearth

(n) A scarcity or lack of something (there is a dearth of evidence)


1.1a scarcity of food

affability

(n) the quality of being affable-friendly, good-natured (an air of benign affability)

equanimity

(n) Calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation (she accepted both the good and the bad with equanimity)

truculence

(n) the state of being eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant (the truculent attitude of farmers to cheaper imports)

hackney

(n) A horse or pony of a light breed with a high-stepping trot, used in harness


1.1 [USUALLY AS MODIFIER] A horse-drawn vehicle kept for hire (a hackney coach)

dismantle

(v) take (a machine/structure) to pieces (the enginewas dismantled and the bits piled to a heap)

spurn

(v) 1.reject with disdain (he was afraid thathis poetry would be spurned by the publisher)


2.strike, tread/push away with foot (with onetouch of my feet, I spurn the solid Earth)

finagle

(v) Obtain by dishonest or devious means (Ted attended all the football games he could finagle tickets for)


1.1Act in a dishonest or devious manner (they wrangled and finagled over the fine points)

winnow

(v) Blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff (the machine winnowed the grain)


2.Remove (people or things) from a group until only the best ones are left (guidelines that winnowed out those not fit to be soldiers)


2.1Find or identify (a valuable part of something) (it’s difficult to winnow out the truth)


3.(Of the wind) blow (the autumn wind winnowing its way through the grass)

overhaul

(v) 1.take apart in order to examine and repairif necessary (a company that overhauls and repairs aircraft)2.overtake someone, esp. in a sporting event(he overhauled her in the 200m)

encroach

(v) 1.intrude on (a person’s territory/thingconsidered to be a right) (he encroached on her privacy)


2.advance gradually beyond usual/acceptablelimits (the sea has encroached all around the coast)

constituent

(n) voter (he was loved by the constituents)

modicum

(n) A small quantity of a particular thing, especially something desirable or valuable (his statement had a modicum of truth)

surfeit

(n) An excessive amount of something (a surfeit of food)


1.1An illness caused or regarded as being caused by excessive eating or drinking (he died of a surfeit)


(v) Cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess (I am surfeited with shopping)

conciliatory

(adj) Intended or likely to placate or pacify (quell anger) (a conciliatory approach)

penurious

(adj) Extremely poor; poverty-stricken (a penurious old tramp)


2.Unwilling to spend money; mean (his stingy and penurious wife)

miffed

(adj) somewhat annoyed (she was miffed at not being invited)

jaded

(adj) Bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something (meals to tempt the most jaded appetites)


1.1Irish informal Physically tired; exhausted (I have to work tonight and I don’t want to become totally jaded before I even get there)

tangential

(adj) Relating to or along a tangent (a tangential line)


2.Diverging from a previous course or line; erratic (tangential thoughts)


3.Hardly touching a matter; peripheral (the reforms were tangential to efforts to maintain a basic standard of life)

obsequious

obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree: they were served by obsequious waiters.

fawning

displaying exaggerated flattery or affection; obsequious: fawning adoration | fawning interviews with Hollywood celebs.

extirpate

(v) root out and destroy completely: the use of every legal measure to extirpate this horrible evil from the land.

pathos

(n) a quality that evokes pity or sadness: the actor injects his customary humor and pathos into the role.

plaudits

(n) praise: the network has received plaudits for its sports coverage.• the applause of an audience: the plaudits for the winner died down.

disingenuous

not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.

invocation

the action of invoking something or someone for assistance or as an authority: the invocation of new disciplines and methodologies.


• the summoning of a deity or the supernatural: his invocation of the ancient mystical powers.


• an incantation used for this.


• (in the Christian Church) a form of words such as “In the name of the Father” introducing a prayer, sermon, etc.

manifesto


(n) a public declaration of policy and aims, especially one issued before an election by a political party or candidate.

arbitration

the use of an arbitrator (an independent person or body officially appointed to settle a dispute.) to settle a dispute.

mandate

1 an official order or commission to do something: a mandate to seek the release of political prisoners.


• Law a commission by which a party is entrusted to perform a service, esp without payment and with indemnity against loss by that party.


• Law an order from an appellate court to a lower court to take a specific action.


• a written authority enabling someone to carry out transactions on another's bank account.


• historical a commission from the League of Nations to a member state to administer a territory: the end of the British mandate in Palestine.


2 the authority to carry out a policy or course of action, regarded as given by the voters to a candidate or party that is victorious in an election: a sick leader living beyond his mandate.


(v)1 give (someone) authority to act in a certain way: other colleges have mandated coed fraternities.


• make mandatory: the government began mandating better car safety.


2 historical assign (territory) under a mandate of the League of Nations: (as adj) : mandated territories.

recrimination

an accusation in response to one from someone else: there was a period of bitter recrimination.

hearsay

(n) rumor: according to hearsay, Bob had managed to break his arm.


• (Law) the report of another person's words by a witness, usually disallowed as evidence in a court of law: everything they had told him would have been ruled out as hearsay | [ as modifier ] : hearsay evidence.

fallacy

a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument: the notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy.


• Logic a failure in reasoning that renders an argument invalid.


• faulty reasoning; misleading or unsound argument: the potential for fallacy which lies behind the notion of self-esteem.

equivocation

the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication: I say this without equivocation.

filibuster

(n) 1 an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures: it was defeated by a Senate filibuster in June.2 historical a person engaging in unauthorized warfare against a foreign country. (v) act in an obstructive manner in a legislature, especially by speaking at inordinate length: several measures were killed by Republican filibustering.• obstruct (a measure) by filibustering.

divulge

make known (private or sensitive information): I am too much of a gentleman to divulge her age.

redolent

1 (redolent of/with) strongly reminiscent or suggestive of (something): names redolent of history and tradition.• literary strongly smelling of something: the church was old, dark, and redolent of incense.


2 archaic or literary fragrant or sweet-smelling: a rich, inky, redolent wine.

cosset

(v) care for and protect in an overindulgent way: all her life she'd been cosseted by her family.

provident

making or indicative of timely preparation for the future: she had learned to be provident.