Vocabulary Words Chapters 11-15

Front 1

to repeal, cancel, declare null and void

Back 1

abrogate

Front 2

completely surrounding, encompassing

Back 2

ambient

Front 3

roughness, severity, bitterness, or tartness

Back 3

asperity

Front 4

to make smooth or glossy by rubbing, oplish; (n.) gloss, brightness, luster

Back 4

burnish

Front 5

a small group working in secret

Back 5

cabal

Front 6

delightful, highly enjoyable; deliciously flavoured, svaoury; an appealing or appetizing food or dish

Back 6

delectable

Front 7

to express mild disapproval; to belittle

Back 7

deprecate

Front 8

loose bits and pieces of material resulting from disintegration or wearing away; fragments that result from any destruction

Back 8

detritus

Front 9

overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling

Back 9

ebullient

Front 10

drawn from distant sources, one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources

Back 10

eclectic

Front 11

limp, not firm; lacking vigour or effectiveness

Back 11

flaccid

Front 12

having little or no money

Back 12

impecunious

Front 13

inflexible, beyond influence, relentless, unyielding

Back 13

inexorable

Front 14

dying, on the way out

Back 14

moribund

Front 15

one who claims to reveal or influence the future through magic, especially communication with the dead; in general, a magician or wizard

Back 15

neocromancer

Front 16

burdensome, involving hardships

Back 16

onerous

Front 17

common, prevalent, widespread, happening often, full, abounding, plentiful, abundant, replete

Back 17

rife

Front 18

the parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything

Back 18

rudiments

Front 19

to set apart, seperate for a special purpose, to take possession of and hold in custody

Back 19

sequester

Front 20

to get rid of something unwanted, delete; to sift through, to obtain what is desirable

Back 20

winnow

Front 21

pertaining to beauty, sensitive or responsive to beauty

Back 21

aesthetic

Front 22

no longer in existance or functioning, dead

Back 22

defunct

Front 23

to frustate, thwart, or defeat; to confuse, perplex, or embarass

Back 23

discomfit

Front 24

to take up and support; to become attached to, adopt, to marry

Back 24

espouse

Front 25

an object believed to have magical powers, an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence

Back 25

fetish

Front 26

living together in a herd or group; sociable, seeking the company of others

Back 26

gregarious

Front 27

marked by a persistent absense of good luck

Back 27

hapless

Front 28

faultless, beyond critiscism

Back 28

impeccable

Front 29

to trouble with demands; to beg for insistantly

Back 29

importune

Front 30

to insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction

Back 30

interpolate

Front 31

incapable of being repaired or rectified

Back 31

irreparable

Front 32

concise, using few words

Back 32

laconic

Front 33

to become weak, feeble, or dull; to droop; to be depressed or dispirited; to suffer neglect

Back 33

languish

Front 34

given to lying or deception; untrue

Back 34

mendacious

Front 35

the lowest point

Back 35

nadir

Front 36

present in all places at all times

Back 36

ominpresent

Front 37

done in a superficial or half-hearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm

Back 37

perfunctory

Front 38

expressive of sorrow or woe; melancholy

Back 38

plaintive

Front 39

to make suitable repayment, as for a kindness, service, or favor; to make retaliation, as for an injury or a wrong; to reciprocate

Back 39

requite

Front 40

equivalent; having the same meaning, value or effect

Back 40

tantamount

Front 41

extremely difficult to understand

Back 41

abstruse

Front 42

an open or intentional insult; a slight; to insult to one's face; to face in defiance, confront

Back 42

affront

Front 43

a false rumour, fabricated story

Back 43

canard

Front 44

excessively ready to find fault; given to petty criticism; intended to trap, confuse, or show up

Back 44

captious

Front 45

aware, knowledgeable, informed; having jurisdiction

Back 45

cognizant

Front 46

regretful for some misdeed or sin; plagued by a sense of guilt; thouroughly penitent

Back 46

contrite

Front 47

the centre of attraction, attention, or interest; something that serves to guide or direct

Back 47

cynosure

Front 48

well behaved, dignified, socially proper

Back 48

decorous

Front 49

to think it appropriate or suitable to one's dignity to do something, to condescend

Back 49

deign

Front 50

thouroughly dried out; divested of spirit or vitality; arid and uninteresting

Back 50

desiccated

Front 51

the power to produce a desired result

Back 51

efficacy

Front 52

to bring into existance, give rise to, produce; to come into existance, assume form

Back 52

engender

Front 53

light, airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly (rather than earthbound)

Back 53

ethereal

Front 54

the front or face of a building; a surface appearence (as opposed to what may lie behind)

Back 54

facade

Front 55

revolting in an unnatural or morbid way; suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead

Back 55

ghoulish

Front 56

not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible

Back 56

incongruous

Front 57

a crafty, scheming, or underhanded action designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end

Back 57

machination

Front 58

to hypnotize, entrance; to fascinate, enthrall, bewitch

Back 58

mesmerize

Front 59

disgrace arising from shameful conduct; contempt, reproach

Back 59

oppobrium

Front 60

generally regarded as such; reputed; hypothesized, inferred

Back 60

putative

Front 61

blissful; rendering or making blessed

Back 61

beatific

Front 62

a creature of enormous size or appearence

Back 62

behemoth

Front 63

anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet talk, apple-polishing

Back 63

blandishment

Front 64

harsh-sounding, racous, discordant, dissonant

Back 64

cacophonous

Front 65

trickery, deceptive practices or tactics, double-dealing

Back 65

chicanery

Front 66

to give over to another's care, charge, or control; to entrust, deliver; to set apart for a special use

Back 66

consign

Front 67

a highly successful stroke, masterstroke, tour de force, act, plan, or stratagem; a sudden takeover of power or leadership

Back 67

coup

Front 68

a mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one; a subsititute

Back 68

euphemism

Front 69

feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic

Back 69

febrile

Front 70

to deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose

Back 70

gainsay

Front 71

about to happen; threatening

Back 71

imminent

Front 72

natural, inborn, inherent; built-in

Back 72

innate

Front 73

unwilling, reluctant, disinclined

Back 73

loath

Front 74

clear, evident to the eyes or mind; to show plainly, exhibit, evince; a list of cargo and/or passengers

Back 74

manifest

Front 75

small or trivial details, trifling matters

Back 75

minutiae

Front 76

a suspension of activity; an official wating period; an authorized period of delay

Back 76

moratorium

Front 77

an alleged cure-all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness

Back 77

nostrum

Front 78

one who is rejected by a social group or organization

Back 78

pariah

Front 79

not practical, lacking in realism; having the nature of a fantasy or dream; one given to far-fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight

Back 79

visionary

Front 80

dry, shrunken, and wrinkled (often as the result of aging)

Back 80

wizened

Front 81

that which is pleasant or agreeable; attractive features, customs, etc.

Back 81

amenity

Front 82

an opening, gap, hole, orifice

Back 82

aperture

Front 83

a difference of opinion

Back 83

dissidence

Front 84

devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease; with discriminating tastes

Back 84

epicurean

Front 85

not thrifty, failing to plan ahead

Back 85

improvident

Front 86

wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act

Back 86

iniquity

Front 87

sacred; of such a character that it must no be broken, injured, or prejudiced

Back 87

inviolable

Front 88

open or capable or change, fickle

Back 88

mutable

Front 89

just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existance

Back 89

nascent

Front 90

a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deference, homage

Back 90

obeisance

Front 91

formal or elaborate praise; a tribute

Back 91

panegyric

Front 92

a device for publicly punishing offenders; a means for exposing one to public contempt or ridicule

Back 92

pillory

Front 93

a woefully meager allowance, wage or portion

Back 93

pittance

Front 94

to foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict; a warning or indication of the future

Back 94

presage

Front 95

descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples

Back 95

progeny

Front 96

to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide

Back 96

promulgate

Front 97

uprightness, righteousness; correctness

Back 97

rectitude

Front 98

restless, hard to manage, balky

Back 98

restive

Front 99

angelic, heavenly, celestial

Back 99

seraphic

Front 100

to have existance; to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life; to persist or continue

Back 100

subsist