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Achilles' heel
a weak-point
he was shot in the heel and that was killed his heel was his.....
Stentorian
LOUD BOOMING VOICE
operas singers have a stentorian voice
mnemonic
Assisting memory like a little reminder to help you out
SOHCAHTOA --> sine cosine tangent
Fathom
to understand or to comprehend
....
serendipity
the ability to make lucky discoveries by chance or accident
HEY LOOK 50000 DOLLARS ARE ON THE FLOOR YAY!!!!!!!!!!1
Desultory
random, unmethodical
my brain is a desultory arrangement of ideas and thoughts
Pariah
Social Outcast
Quazi Modo was a pariah of France during the french revolution
Tawdry
Showy and Cheap.
Juicy Cuture's clothing is Tawdry I mean cant you just cut up a bath towel and you would have a free Juicy Sweat suit???
Pecuniary
Realting to money
WATCH OUT FOR IMPECUNIOUS!!!!
Impecunious
having little or NO money; poor
WATCH OUT FOR PECUNIARY! (haha deja vu)
Monarch
Ruler or person who holds a dominant position, especially a hereditary ruler like a king or a queen, emporor or sultan
ALL HAIL KING ARTHUR!!!!
Anarchy
absence of government or law; confusion disorder
The world will fall into a state of anarchy in the yeah 203940234 hehehe actually we will all be dead and the monkey's will rule the phone
Hierarchy
person or things arranged in a graded series or rank
Matriarch
women who rules a family, clan, tribe or group
Patriarch
father or leader of a family or group; a dignified old man
Spartan
Severe, rigorous, disciplined
THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(I AM BEOWULFFFFF!!!!)
Gadfly
Person who continually annoys others
Homage
action showing respect and honor
Spurn
Scornfully refuse or reject
pedigree
ancestry or record of ancestry line of descent
Pittance
small amount or portion
Preposterous
ridiculous, obviously absurd, contrary to reason
macabre
gruesome, horrible, causing fear, suggesting the horror of death
Farce
ridiculous, light comedy, slapstick comedy
Bombast
speech or writing that sounds grand or important but has little meaning
BaraK Obama (DIE DIE)
Prerogative
exclusive or special right or privlige
Brittany Spears song name
Derogatory
Tending to make a person or thing seem lower or of less value; belittling; negative; discrediting
interrogate
question formally; closely, systematically
Arrogant
showing an exsessive and unpreasant sense of superiority; overbearingly proud, haughty
Abrogate
Abolish, repeal, cancel, legally do away with
Chimerical
adj. Given to wildly impossible plans, unrealistic, fanastic impractical
Chimera anyone???
Asinine
adj. stupid or silly
ASS get it like a donkey hahaha
Bellwether
n. leader
Limbo
n. place or state of neglect; period awaiting change; in between state
ITS TIME TO PLAY.............LIMBO!!!!!


you know the game show!??
Plagiarize
v. use ideas or writing of another and present them as your own
Titanic
adj. Enormous in size or strength
NEAR FAAAAR WHEREEVER YOU ARE...uuhh what were the rest of the lyrics...I will be there when my heart will go on in the end..uhhh yeah Im a lost cause here....
Irony
n. Expression that means the opposite of what is stated; event or result the opposite of what is expected
Effete
adj. Worn out, unproductive, barren
Bob!!!!!!!!!!!!
hyperbole
n. obviously extravagant statement or assertion
hey theres that ASS again! Assertion! Get it??
diabolic
adj. outrageously wicked; cruel; devilish
Durable
adj. Lasting a long time; resisting wear and decay
endure
v. exist, last; bear, put up with patiently
duration
n. time something last or continues
duress
n. force or threats to make someone do something
obdurate
adj. stubborn, unyielding, hard hearted
A bull is obdurate
Dunce
n. stupid person
charlatan
n. deceiver who falsely claims to have knowledge or skill; impostor
Bissy Rail idioooot
sycophant
n. sickeningly humble self seeking flatterer
anachronism
n. something out of its proper historical time; error of putting something in the wrong historical time
Chronos
draconian
adj. severe harsh cruel
draco malfoy hehe
plummet
v,. fall rapidly straight down
fatal
adj. causing or capable of causing death and destruction
Nefarious
adj. EXTREMELY wicked
Vindicate
v. Clear from blame, charges, criticism; justify
WATCH OUT FOR VINDICTIVE
Vindictive
adj. revengeful
WATCH OUT FOR VINDICATE
indict
v. accuse of a crime, especially to put a subject on a trial after being accused of a crime
(in DYT)
malediction
n. Curse
Diction
n. Style or choice of words, especially in regard to pronunciation
edict
n. Public command or order by one in high authority; decree
Jurisdiction
n. Legal authority, especially in regard to its range or extent
Venerate
v. Regard with great respect
Sadistic
adj. getting pleasure from hurting others
malapropism
n. ridiculous or humorous misuse of words
pragmatic
adj. practical
disparage
v. refer to something as having little importance; speaking slightingly of...
vegetate
v. lead a dull, inactive, useless life
adamant
adj. unyielding, inflexible, definite
conjugal
adj. of marriage; pertaining to the relationship between husband and wife
abominable
adj. utterly disgusting or hateful
Ominous
adj. threatening; suggestive of future evil
assent
n. agreement
v. agree
dissent
n disagreement
v. disagree
presentiment
n. vague expectation or feeling of something about to happen
sententious
adj. concise and full of meaning; using or full of proverbs and old sayings in a self important, high sounding or boring way.
hahahaha whoops lemmie see.........

opposite of bombastic but becomes boring in a sense I suppose
sentiment
n. Feeling or opinion
despotic
adj. tyrannical oppressive
gullible
adj. easily deceived, tricked, cheated
guile
n. deceit treachery
Hey it rhymes with smile!!! :D
exonerate
v. free from blame
Cliche
n. expression or idea that is stale from overuse
yeah yeah I know there is an accent buuut why is a french word in an american vocab book? Have you ever thought about that?! hehe
trite
adj. uninteresting because of overuse; lacking originality and freshness
Same as Cliche in a sense
melancholy
adj. Sad gloomy depressed
n. sadness, gloom, depression
choleric
adj. Easily angered; grouchy; quick-tempered
Tybalt, from Romeo and Juliet had a choleric attitude; yadda yadda yadda
Phlegmatic
adj. sluggish, not easily excited
Pamela talked about this word in detail talking about how it is related to phlegm?EWWWWWW
sanguine
adj. cheerful, confident, hopeful
consensus
n. general agreement, majority opinion, harmony
dissension
n. strong disagreement, quarrling
sensual
adj. enjoying bodily pleasures; pertaining to the body and the senses rather than the mind or spirit
insensible
adj. unable to fee; unaware; unconscious
insensitivity
n. inability to be affected by; lack of sensitivity
Maverick
n. Independent person
That penguin's name in Surfs up. His last name was something Maverick :D
Esoteric
adj. known or understood only by a select few
undermine
v. gradually weaken away; injure or destroy secretly or underhandedly; dig beneath or wear away from under
alleviate
v. relieve; lessen or make more bearable (pain, evil, suffering)
bacchanal
bacchanalia
n. wild drunken party
hedonist
n. one who lives only for pleasure
nihilist (NY-uh-list)
n. one who rejects all religious, moral and traditional values, practices, and institutions
somnolent
adj. sleepy, drowsy; causing sleep
diatribe
n. violent, angry, bitter attack in words
Tribulation
n. great suffering, misery or distress
avert
v. turn away; prevent
divert
v. Turn aside from a purpose, course, path; distract; amuse
subvert
v. overthrow; undermine
revert
v. return to a former condition
vertigo
n. diziness
paradox
n. seemingly self-contradictory statement (possibly true), condition, or person
admonish
v. warn advise, or criticize to correct a fault
penitent
adj. feeling sorry and willing to atone or make up for sin or wrongdoing
accolade
n. High praise, award, honor
nonchalant
adj. casually unconcerned
banal
adj. ordinary, uninteresting, pointless
iridescent
adj. showing rainbow-like colors
cajole
v. persuade by flattery, promises, pleasant or misleading words
Urbane
adj. sophisticated, smooth, polite, polished in manner
Stymie (STY mee)
v. Block, hinder, frustrate
recede
v. move backward; slope or slant backward
secede
v. withdraw formally from membership, especially from a political or religious association
intercede
v. ask or pleas for another; help settle a dispute or bring about an agreement between differing parties
concede
v. grant or admit as true or right; yield, give up
precedent
n. something said or done earlier that serves as an example or justification
recalcitrant
adj. stubbornly resisting authority, discipline, guidance, or treatment
pinnacle
n. highest point
Siren
n. Beautiful and dangerously fascination women who attracts and tempts men
What about the sound that the firetrucks make!? (odysseus and the sirens who were they?? (ugly bird women in my op ewww)
Adonis
n. Extremely handsome young man
HANDSOME YOUNG _______
inexorable
adj. unchangeable or unstoppable by pleading or begging, unyielding
tally
v. count up, add, record
I am tallying up the votes.

I am what? I am _____ing the votes
Bizarre
adj. very strange, odd, fantastic
no its not like the shop. Its like seeing a purple moose with a helicopter blade for a tail
remorse
n. bitter and painful sense of guilt
Spurious
adj. not genuine
Fervent
adj. intense, passionate
capitulate
v. surrender, give up
recapitulate
v. summarize
decapitate
v. cut off the head -- behead
per capita
adj. or adv. for each person (of population): per person
capitalize
v. take advantage of or profit from
Harbinger
n. person or thing that signals what will follow
opportune
adj. timely, suitable, favorable
skeptical
adj. doubting, questioning
cardinal
adj. fundamental, chief, of basic importance
trivial
adj. of little importance
meretricious
adj. insincere; vulgarity, showily or cheaply attractive
lampoon
n. ridiculous or humorous attack on a person, group or institution
fetish
object of obsessive concern or unreasoning devotion
zenith
n. point in the sky directly overhead; highest point
nadir
n. point in the sky directly opposite the zenith and directly beneath the observer; lowest point
elude
v. escape, avoid, slip away
delude
v. mislead, fool, deceive
allude
v. refer indirectly, mention casually
prelude
n. introductory act, event, performance or musical piece; introduction
interlude
n. Something that comes between two events.