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Collection 5
Historical Introduction Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Avarice | greed |
Alacrity | promptness in responding; eagerness |
Antipathy | strong dislike |
Blithe | carefree |
Conviction | fixed or strong belief |
Delusion | false belief or opinion |
Derision | ridicule; contempt |
Eradication | utter destruction; obliteration |
Effectual | productive; efficient |
Expedient | convenient; means to an end |
Efface | erase; wipe out |
Effete | sterile; unproductive |
Effervescent | bubbling up; foaming |
Ethereal | not earthly; spiritual |
Impregnable | impossible to capture or enter by force |
Impart | reveal |
Imperceptible | unnoticeable; so slight as not to be noticed; not clear or obvious to the senses or mind |
Impervious | resistant; incapable of being penetrated |
Iniquity | wickedness |
Insurrection | rebellion; revolt |
Insuperable | incapable of being overcome |
Impetuous | impulsive |
Integrity | sound moral principles; honesty |
Melancholy | sad; gloom; sorrowful |
Ostentatious | deliberately attracting notice |
Obscurity | darkness |
Obliterate | erase or destroy |
Posterity | generations to come |
Precarious | uncertain; insecure; risky; unstable |
Ponderous | very heavy |
Prostrate | lying flat |
Pervert | misdirect; corrupt |
Prevalent | widely existing; frequent |
Proximity | nearness |
Pensive | deeply thoughtful |
Parsimony | stinginess |
Pertinent | to the point; applying to the situation |
Perennial | persistent; constant |
Potent | powerful or effective |
Ponder | think deeply |
Plausibility | believability |
Portend | signify |
Penitent | sorry for doing wrong |
Resolute | determined; resolved; unwavering |
Semblance | outward appearance; likeness |
Sagacious | wise; keenly perceptive |
Stagnant | not flowing or moving |
Superfluous | more than is needed or wanted; useless |
Superficial | not profound; shallow |
Temporal | temporary |
Tumultuous | violent; noisy and disorderly; greatly agitated or disturbed; stormy |
Transient | temporary; passing quickly or soon |
Transcendent | excelling; surpassing |
Veracious | honest; truthful |
Venerable | worthy of respect, usually by reason of age |