World Lit Father K Vocab List

Front 1

to abrogate

Back 1

to nullify

Front 2

to absolve

Back 2

to loosen or to set free (esp. from obligation/guilt)

Front 3

abstruse

Back 3

difficult to comprehend

Front 4

alliteration

Back 4

the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables

Front 5

aquiline

Back 5

eagle-like

Front 6

arrayed

Back 6

arranged

Front 7

attrition

Back 7

the act of weakening or exhausting by constant harassment, abuse, or attack

Front 8

to aver

Back 8

to declare positively, or verify to be true

Front 9

to balk

Back 9

to stop and refuse to proceed

Front 10

to bamboozle

Back 10

to hoodwink

Front 11

to beguile

Back 11

to deceive

Front 12

to brood

Back 12

to dwell gloomily

Front 13

cacophony

Back 13

harsh, discordant group of sounds

Front 14

calliope

Back 14

instrument resembling organ w/ series of whistles sounded by steam

Front 15

carapace

Back 15

a bony/disguising shell or shield

Front 16

carrion

Back 16

dead flesh unfit for food, rotting flesh

Front 17

cartographer

Back 17

map maker

Front 18

charlatan

Back 18

fraud/faker

Front 19

to chortle

Back 19

to laugh or chuckle

Front 20

contusion

Back 20

bruise

Front 21

to cower

Back 21

to shrink away in fear

Front 22

craven

Back 22

defeated

Front 23

decorum

Back 23

good taste in conduct or appearance

Front 24

to deign

Back 24

to stoop

Front 25

dilatory

Back 25

intended to cause delay

Front 26

to divulge

Back 26

to make public

Front 27

droll

Back 27

having an odd humor

Front 28

eclectic

Back 28

selecting what appears to be best in various systems/beliefs

Front 29

to enervate

Back 29

to lessen the vitality or strength of (mentally or physically)

Front 30

enigma

Back 30

someone or something hard to understand/explain

Front 31

entomologist

Back 31

one who studies insects

Front 32

erratic

Back 32

unpredictable

Front 33

estuary

Back 33

water passage where the tide meets a river current esp.: arm of the sea at the lower end of a river

Front 34

to expunge

Back 34

to obliterate, remove from a list

Front 35

euphemism

Back 35

inoffensive expression substituted for offensive/unpleasant expression

Front 36

fallacy

Back 36

false belief

Front 37

fastidious

Back 37

difficult to satisfy or please

Front 38

fetish

Back 38

an object of fixation/obsession

Front 39

fissure

Back 39

narrow opening

Front 40

flask

Back 40

bottle usually holds alcohol

Front 41

fledgling

Back 41

immature or inexperienced person

Front 42

forage

Back 42

food for grazing animals

Front 43

to gestate

Back 43

to conceive and gradually develop

Front 44

to glean

Back 44

to gather information or material bit by bit

Front 45

glib

Back 45

smooth-talker, superficial, fast talking, nonchalant

Front 46

to grovel

Back 46

to creep with the body prostrate in token of subservience or abasement

Front 47

granivorous

Back 47

feeding on seeds or grain

Front 48

gruesome

Back 48

ghastly, grisly

Front 49

to hector

Back 49

to bully

Front 50

to hone

Back 50

to sharpen/intensify

Front 51

indigenous

Back 51

occurring naturally in a particular region or environment

Front 52

to ingratiate

Back 52

to gain favor by deliberate effort

Front 53

intrepid

Back 53

characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance

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jaded

Back 54

abused

Front 55

junket

Back 55

trip or journey

Front 56

legerdemain

Back 56

sleight of hand

Front 57

limpid

Back 57

clear and simple in style

Front 58

littoral

Back 58

of, relating to, situated or growing on or near a shore (esp. of the sea)

Front 59

lurid

Back 59

causing horror or revulsion

Front 60

malevolent

Back 60

having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite or hatred

Front 61

malleable

Back 61

capable of being shaped/altered

Front 62

marsupial

Back 62

animals with an abdominal pouch used for carrying young

Front 63

to molt

Back 63

to shed/cast off

Front 64

mote

Back 64

may, might

Front 65

neologism

Back 65

meaningless word coined by a psychotic, new word or expression

Front 66

obtrusive

Back 66

impertinent

Front 67

oenophile

Back 67

lover of wine

Front 68

omniscient

Back 68

having infinite awareness, all-knowing

Front 69

overt

Back 69

open to view

Front 70

panache

Back 70

flamboyance in style or action

Front 71

penultimate

Back 71

next to last

Front 72

penury

Back 72

severe poverty

Front 73

perusal

Back 73

something carefully studied, read

Front 74

pervade

Back 74

to diffuse throughout something

Front 75

pince-nez

Back 75

eyeglasses clipped to the nose by a spring

Front 76

pensive

Back 76

suggestive of sad thoughtfulness

Front 77

ploy

Back 77

devised or contrived move

Front 78

plumage

Back 78

feathers

Front 79

precocious

Back 79

exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually young age

Front 80

to preen

Back 80

to dress or smooth oneself, gloat

Front 81

presage

Back 81

foreshadowing

Front 82

progeny

Back 82

descendents, successors, followers

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propitious

Back 83

favorable

Front 84

punctilious

Back 84

careful

Front 85

quandary

Back 85

state of perplexity/doubt

Front 86

rampant

Back 86

rearing upon hind legs with forelegs extended

Front 87

recondite

Back 87

concealed

Front 88

to repudiate

Back 88

to refuse to accept or acknowledge

Front 89

sacrosanct

Back 89

most sacred or holy

Front 90

salacious

Back 90

salty, suggestive

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sartorial

Back 91

of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes

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savanna

Back 92

tropical/subtropical grassland with scattered trees

Front 93

scoliosis

Back 93

lateral curvature of the spine

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serendipity

Back 94

finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for

Front 95

seriatim

Back 95

in a series

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simian

Back 96

ape-like

Front 97

sluice

Back 97

floodgate

Front 98

sojourn

Back 98

a temporary stay

Front 99

solstice

Back 99

The shortest and the longest day of the year

Front 100

spartan

Back 100

plain and simple

Front 101

spurious

Back 101

false, fake

Front 102

stiletto

Back 102

long thin italian dagger

Front 103

strident

Back 103

harsh high pitched wailing

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to sully

Back 104

to soil

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svelte

Back 105

thin and graceful

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Sybaritic

Back 106

one who lives in luxury

Front 107

Tabor

Back 107

small drum usually accompanied by a fife

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Taxonomy

Back 108

classification

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Tic

Back 109

unconscious quirk of behavior or speech

Front 110

Tremulous

Back 110

easily shaken or disordered, exceedingly sensitive

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Tumult

Back 111

commotion, riot

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Ubiquitous

Back 112

widespread

Front 113

Undulate

Back 113

having a wavy surface, edge or markings

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Vacillate

Back 114

fluctuate, oscillate, hesitate

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Venality

Back 115

open to corrupt influence/bribery

Front 116

Verbatim

Back 116

word for word

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Voracious

Back 117

ravenous

Front 118

Wry

Back 118

twist

Front 119

immutable

Back 119

not capable of or susceptible to change

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equanimity

Back 120

with even mind

Front 121

sage

Back 121

wise through reflection and experience

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castigated

Back 122

chasten, punish

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caul

Back 123

the inner fetal membrane of higher vertebrates especially when covering the head at birth

Front 124

facade

Back 124

front of a building

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to supplicate

Back 125

to ask humbly and earnestly of

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suppliant

Back 126

humbly imploring

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pyre

Back 127

pile of material to be burned

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to batten

Back 128

to grow prosperous especially at the expense of another

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augury

Back 129

omen

Front 130

citadel

Back 130

stronghold

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to scant

Back 131

to give little attention to

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chaplet

Back 132

a wreath to be worn on the head

Front 133

compunction

Back 133

anxiety arising from awareness of guilt

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to allay

Back 134

to calm

Front 135

epitome

Back 135

summary of a written work

Front 136

ethos

Back 136

the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution

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pallid

Back 137

pale

Front 138

to lustrate

Back 138

to purify ceremonially

Front 139

expedient

Back 139

resource

Front 140

clairvoyant

Back 140

able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception

Front 141

pestilence

Back 141

contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating

Front 142

parricide

Back 142

one that murders his or her father, mother, or a close relative

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insolence

Back 143

pride

Front 144

infamy

Back 144

disgrace

Front 145

garnered

Back 145

collected, accumulated

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to rankle

Back 146

to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness

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comport

Back 147

behave

Front 148

malediction

Back 148

curse

Front 149

levity

Back 149

lack of steadiness

Front 150

execrable

Back 150

wretched