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Vocab. Lessons 6-10
Vocab. Lessons 6-10
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English
12th Grade
11/19/2007

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Term
Dogma
Definition

a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof 

Term
Exhort
Definition

1.to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently.

 

2.to give urgent advice, recommendations, or warnings.

Term
Implicit
Definition
1.

implied, rather than expressly stated: implicit agreement.

 

2.

unquestioning or unreserved; absolute: implicit trust; implicit obedience; implicit confidence.

 

3.potentially contained (usually fol. by in): to bring out the drama implicit in the occasion.
Term
Invegial
Definition
1.

to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually fol. by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.

 

2.to acquire, win, or obtain by beguiling talk or methods (usually fol. by from or away): to inveigle a theater pass from a person.
Term
Nondescript
Definition
 
1.

of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind: a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.

 

2.

undistinguished or uninteresting; dull or insipid: The private detective deliberately wore nondescript clothes. 

Term
Nonentity
Definition

1.a person or thing of no importance.

 

2.

something that does not exist or exists only in imagination.

 

3.nonexistence.
Term
Parsimonious
Definition
characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
Term
Scurrilous
Definition
1.

grossly or obscenely abusive: a scurrilous attack on the mayor.

 

2.characterized by or using low buffoonery; coarsely jocular or derisive: a scurrilous jest.
Term
Sundry
Definition

1.various or diverse: sundry persons.

 

2.all and sundry, everybody, collectively and individually: Free samples were given to all and sundry.

Term
Vociferous
Definition

1.crying out noisily; clamorous.

 

2.characterized by or uttered with vociferation: a vociferous manner of expression.
Term
Absolve
Definition
1.

to free from guilt or blame or their consequences: The court absolved her of guilt in his death.

 

2.

to set free or release, as from some duty, obligation, or responsibility (usually fol. by from): to be absolved from one's oath.

 

3.to grant pardon for.
  
Term
Antipathy
Definition
1.

a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion.

 

2.

an instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling.

  

3.an object of natural aversion or habitual dislike.
Term
Antipodes
Definition
1.

places diametrically opposite each other on the globe.

 

2.those who dwell there.
Term
Indigent
Definition
1.

lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.

 

2.Archaic.
a.deficient in what is requisite.
b.destitute (usually fol. by of).
Term
Infringe
Definition

1.to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress: to infringe a copyright; to infringe a rule.

 

2.to encroach or trespass (usually fol. by on or upon): Don't infringe on his privacy.

Term
Nettle
Definition
1.

any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Compare nettle family.

 

2.

any of various allied or similar plants.

 

3.

to irritate, annoy, or provoke.

 

4.to sting as a nettle does.
Term
Ostensible
Definition
1.

outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.

 

2.apparent, evident, or conspicuous: the ostensible truth of their theories.
Term
Retroactive
Definition
1.

operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.

 

2.pertaining to a pay raise effective as of a past date.
Term
Specious
Definition
1.

apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.

 

2.

pleasing to the eye but deceptive.

 

3.Obsolete. pleasing to the eye; fair.
Term
Subjugate
Definition
1.

to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.

 

2.to make submissive or subservient; enslave.
Term
Abnegation
Definition
1.

to refuse or deny oneself (some rights, conveniences, etc.); reject; renounce.

 

2.to relinquish; give up.
Term
Copious
Definition
1.

large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful: copious amounts of food.

 

2.

having or yielding an abundant supply: a copious larder; a copious harvest.

 

3.exhibiting abundance or fullness, as of thoughts or words.
Term
Eulogy
Definition
1.

a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, esp. a set oration in honor of a deceased person.

 

2.high praise or commendation.
Term
Euphony
Definition
agreeableness of sound; pleasing effect to the ear, esp. a pleasant sounding or harmonious combination or succession of words: the majestic euphony of Milton's poetry.
Term
Extraneous
Definition
1.

introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign: extraneous substances in our water.

 

2.not pertinent; irrelevant: an extraneous remark; extraneous decoration.
Term
Mundane
Definition
1.

of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly: mundane affairs.

 

2.

common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.

 

3.of or pertaining to the world, universe, or earth.
Term
Poignant
Definition
1.

keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.

 

2.

keen or strong in mental appeal: a subject of poignant interest.

 

3.

affecting or moving the emotions: a poignant scene.

 

4.pungent to the smell: poignant cooking odors.
Term
Progeny
Definition
1.

a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant, or animal.

 

2.

such descendants or offspring collectively.

 

3.something that originates or results from something else; outcome; issue.
Term
Sonorous
Definition
1.

giving out or capable of giving out a sound, esp. a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place: a sonorous cavern.

 

2.

loud, deep, or resonant, as a sound.

 

3.

rich and full in sound, as language or verse.

 

4.high-flown; grandiloquent: a sonorous speech.
Term
Tenure
Definition
1.

the holding or possessing of anything: the tenure of an office. 

 

2.

the holding of property, esp. real property, of a superior in return for services to be rendered.

 

3.the period or term of holding something.
  
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