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Vocab 14 Acock
Unit 14 Acock~Curtesy of Angel ^-~ All 22 terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Beatific- adjective | bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness, or the like; blissful; saintly |
| behemoth-noun | any creature or thing of monstrous size or power |
| blandishment-noun | something, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice, etc. |
| cacophonous-adjective | having a harsh or discordant sound |
| chicanery-noun | trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry; a quibble or subterfuge used to trick, deceive, or evade |
| complaisant-adjective | inclined or disposed to please; obliging; agreeable or gracious; compliant |
| consign-verb | to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit; to transfer to another's custody or charge; entrust; to ship, as by common carrier, esp. for sale or custody |
| coup-noun/verb | a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment/overturn; upset |
| euphemism-noun | the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt |
| febrile-adjective | pertaining to or marked by fever; feverish |
| gainsay-verb | to deny, dispute, or contradict; to speak or act against; oppose |
| imminent-adjective | likely to occur at any moment; impending; projecting or leaning forward; overhanging |
| innate-adjective | existing in one from birth; inborn; native; inherent in the essential character of something; originating in or arising from the intellect or the constitution of the mind, rather than learned through experience |
| loath-adjective | unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse |
| manifest-adjective/verb/noun | readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain/to prove; put beyond doubt or question/a list or invoice of goods transported by truck or train |
| minutiae-noun | precise details; small or trifling matters |
| moratorium-noun | a suspension of activity; an authorized period of delay or waiting |
| nostrum- noun | a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine; a scheme, theory, device, etc., esp. one to remedy social or political ills; panacea |
| pariah- noun | an outcast; any person or animal that is generally despised or avoided |
| replete-adjective/verb | abundantly supplied or provided; filled/fill to satisfaction |
| visionary-adjective/noun | given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views, or schemes/a person who is given to audacious, highly speculative, or impractical ideas or schemes; dreamer |
| wizened-adjective | lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness |
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