Vocabulary Lessons 7 And 8

Front 1

Acquisitive

Back 1

Eagerly seeking to obtain things, wealth, or information.

Front 2

Inquisition

Back 2

1. A prolonged inquiry or questioning, especially a harsh investigation on religious or political issues.
2. (capitalized) The special court of the Roman Catholic church in the Middle Ages to combat, suppress, and punish heresy, i.e., any belief varying from orthodox doctrine.

Front 3

Querulous

Back 3

Complaining; irritable; peevish.

Front 4

Dynamo

Back 4

1. An electric generator.
2.An extremely forceful, energetic, or hardworking person.

Front 5

Dynasty

Back 5

1. A succession of rulers from the same family group or line.

Front 6

Demise

Back 6

Death, or the end of existence or operation of something.

Front 7

Emissary

Back 7

A person sent on a special mission.

Front 8

Premise

Back 8

1. A proposition offered as a basis for argument.
2. In logic, each of the first two propositions in a syllogism.

Front 9

Meretricious

Back 9

1. Attention-getting in a vulgar way; tawdry or tacky.
2. Insincere; based on pretense or deception.

Front 10

Meritorious

Back 10

Praiseworthy; deserving reward or esteem.

Front 11

Importune

Back 11

To make repeated and insistent demands or requests.

Front 12

Opportunist

Back 12

A person (or animal) taking advantage of any chance to achieve an end in a forceful or self-serving way.

Front 13

Presumption

Back 13

1. Arrogance; excessive self-assurance; unbecoming boldness.
2. Grounds for belief; assumption or supposition.

Front 14

Subsume

Back 14

To place in a larger category or under a general heading or principle.

Front 15

Sumptuary

Back 15

Pertaining to or regulating expenditure, often for religious or moral reasons, usually relating to clothing or food.

Front 16

Acerbic

Back 16

1. Sour or bitter in taste.
2. Harsh or sharp in speech, manner, or temper.

Front 17

Acrid

Back 17

Bitterly pungent or harsh in taste or smell; sharply stinging.

Front 18

Exacerbate

Back 18

To increase the severity of something; to intensify irration of violence.

Front 19

Acrimony

Back 19

Bitter, sharp animosity, especially in behavior or speech.

Front 20

Acumen

Back 20

Keenness of insight and discernment; sagacity.

Front 21

Acute

Back 21

1. Very discerning; quickly alert to impressions
2. Severe; intense

Front 22

Peremptory

Back 22

1. Urgently commanding; officious or arrogantly dictatorial.
2. Not allowing contradiction or further disagreement.