12th Grade Cards: Difficult Words(2)
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adulation
n. excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise
androgyny
n. showing characteristics of both sexes
apogee
n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited
attenuate
v. make slender, fine, or small; weaken; lessen density of
betimes
ad. in good time; before the usual or expected time
billiards
n. any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory balls
bumptious
a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing
cajolery
n. flattery intended to persuade
caparison
n. stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially for a warhorse
chimerical
a. fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative
coddle
v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point
colloquy
n. a conversation, especially a formal one
concatenate
v. combine two strings to form a single one; add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series
confederacy
n. a league or compact for mutual support or common action; alliance
conspirator
n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter
contrivance
n. an artificial or unnatural arrangement of details or parts; inventive skill; skill to bring something about or create something
corollary
n. natural consequence or effect; result
cosmogony
n. the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe
debilitate
v. make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of
degeneracy
n. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
dendrology
n. the scientific study of trees
derogation
n. a communication that belittles somebody or something; a partial repeal or abolition of a law
desultory
a. aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with subject
didactic
a. instructive, especially excessively
disavowal
n. denial of any connection with or knowledge of
disputation
n. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
dissonant
a. not in accord; lacking in harmony; characterized by musical dissonance
diversity
n. point or respect in which things differ; difference
divination
n. successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck; the art or gift of prophecy by supernatural means
ductile
a. easily influenced; flexible; pliable
eccentricity
n. oddity; departure from that which is stated, regular, or usual; deviation from center
effluvium
n. a foul-smelling outflow or vapor, especially a gaseous waste
elide
v. omit a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation; leave or strike out
emulate
v. be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel
encomium
n. high praise; formal expression of praise; tribute
epicycle
n. a circle that rolls around inside or outside another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid
eulogize
v. praise formally and eloquently
execration
n. hate coupled with disgust; an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone; the object of cursing
expeditious
a. marked by speed and efficiency
extrude
v. force or push out; drive away; displace or remove, as a person from a place or office
fervid
a. extremely hot; eager; impassioned; burning
flay
v. strip off the skin or outer covering of
freethinker
n. a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it
gelid
a. very cold, icy, or frosty
hacienda
n. the main house on a ranch or large estate
immunosuppressant
n. a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response
inexpedient
a. not appropriate to the purpose; not suitable or advisable
interlocutor
n. one who speaks in dialogue or takes part in conversation
introspect
v. reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings
involution
n. the shrinkage of an organ in old age or when inactive; the act of sharing in the activities of a group; the action of enfolding something
irrefrangible
a. not to be broken or violated; inviolable; incapable of being refracted
jocular
a. humorous, amusing or joking; sportive; not serious
lariat
n. a long noosed rope used to catch animals
lethargy
n. inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
liege
n. a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service; a person holding a fief
lithograph
n. a flat surface, of stone or metal, is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern; a print produced by lithography
luminescent
a. emitting light not caused by heat
mandibular
a. relating to the lower jaw, either the upper or lower part of the bill of a bird
merino
n. white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality
microscopy
n. research with the use of microscopes
missal
n. a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year; any books of prayers or devotions
monocracy
n. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator, not restricted by a constitution, laws or opposition
muffle
n. bare end of nose between nostrils
nasalization
n. the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators
neopaganism
n. a modern religious movement that seeks to incorporate beliefs or ritual practices from traditions outside the main world religions
nostrum
n. patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable; quack medicine
obstreperous
a. noisily aggressive; making great noise or outcry
opprobrium
n. state of disgrace resulting from public abuse; state of extreme dishonor
outrigger
n. a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull
pariah
n. social outcast; person who is rejected from society or home
pedant
n. one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning
pentameter
n. a verse line having five metrical feet
perspicacious
a. having keen insight; mentally perceptive; astute
pestilential
a. tending to produce infectious disease; destructive
planisphere
n. a representation of the circles of the sphere on a plane surface, such as a polar projection of the celestial sphere onto a chart
prattle
v. speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly; talk artlessly and childishly
prehension
n. the act of gripping something firmly with the hands or the tentacles
pseudonymity
n. the fact or state of being signed with a pseudonym
rejuvenescence
n. a renewal of youthfulness or vigor
repugnance
n. extreme dislike or aversion; opposition; conflict; resistance, in a physical sense
runnel
n. a small stream, brook, rivulet; a small channel, as for water
saponaceous
a. resembling or having the qualities of soap
sinuosity
n. having curves; a turn, curve, or intricacy
submersible
n. a warship designed to operate under wate; capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged
unmitigated
a. unrelieved or immoderate in intensity or severity; without exception; absolute
vociferate
v. utter in a very loud voice
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