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etymology final
all words that will possibly be pn the etymology final.
Question | Answer |
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acquiesce | accept something reluctantly but without protest |
ambiance | the character and atmosphere of a place |
appall | greatly horrify |
auspices | under the auspices of with the help, support, or protection of (forces of protection) |
Bacchanal | a drunken celebration |
Certitude | something that someone firmly believes is true |
congested | blocked up or too full of something |
Consortium | several business' or companies |
consummate | to make perfect |
Declivity | a downward slope |
decorous | keeping with good taste and propriety |
depose | remove from office |
deracinate | (poetic) tear something up by the roots |
desultory | lacking a plan or purpse |
detritus | waste or debris of any kind |
ecstasy | intense joy |
edification | improvement of a person morally or intellectually |
elaborate | detailed and complicated in design and planning |
elegiac | having a mournful quality |
euphoria | feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness |
extant | still in existence |
festooned | to decorate |
flagrant | obviously offensive |
flourish | grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way |
fulminate | expressing protest |
germane | relevant to a subject under consideration |
gestation | using hand motions when speaking for emphasis |
hoi polloi | the common people |
impaired | having a disability of a specific kind |
impeccable | faultless |
impending | be about to happen |
implicit | implied though not plainly expressed |
incandescent | shinning very brightly |
incense | smoke or perfume |
inexplicable | unable to be explained or accounted for |