Vocabulary 2

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regnant

Back 1

prevalent; widespread

reigning; ruling (usually used following the noun it modifies): a queen regnant

exercising authority, rule, or influence

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shivaree

Back 2

a mock serenade with kettles, pans, horns, and other noisemakers given for a newly married couple; charivari

an elaborate, noisy celebration

to serenade with a shivaree

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desiderate

Back 3

to wish or long for

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adumbrate

Back 4

to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch

to foreshadow; prefigure

to darken or conceal partially; overshadow

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adventitious

Back 5

associated with something by chance rather than as an integral part; extrinsic

appearing in an abnormal or unusual position or place, as a root

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poultice

Back 6

a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body

as used as a verb

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rectilinear

Back 7

forming a straight line

formed by straight lines

characterized by straight lines

moving in a straight line

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phlegmatic

Back 8

not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish

self-possessed, calm, or composed

of the nature of or abounding in the humor phlegm

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stilted

Back 9

stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous

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lugubrious

Back 10

mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner

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prosaic

Back 11

commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative

of or having the character or form of prose rather than poetry

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trundle

Back 12

to cause to roll along; roll

to convey or move in a wagon, car, or other wheeled vehicle

to cause to rotate; twirl; spin

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portiere

Back 13

a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration

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grammalogue

Back 14

a word symbolized by a sign or letter

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enteric

Back 15

of or pertaining to the enteron; intestinal

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sacerdotal

Back 16

of priests; priestly

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suspire

Back 17

to sigh
to breath
to sigh; utter with long, sighing breaths

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tergiversate

Back 18

to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate

to turn renegade

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viscera

Back 19

organs in the cavities of the body, especially those in the abdominal cavity

the intestines; bowels

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baksheesh

Back 20

a tip, present, or gratuity

to give a tip

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prurient

Back 21

having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.

causing lasciviousness or lust

having a restless desire or longing

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schadenfreude

Back 22

satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune