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Details Title: Vocabulary List 20 Description: List 20 Total Flash Cards: 35 Created: 02/28/2008 15:34:02	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Abomination: n Definition a cause of abhorrence or disgust; a person who is loathsome or disgusting Term Foment: v Definition to instigate or foster; to provoke; to promote the growth or development of; to stir up public opinion Term Amenable: adj Definition responsive to advice, authority, or suggestion; willing; accountable Term Bard: n Definition a poet, especially a lyric poet Term Beguile: v Definition to deceive by guile; delude to take away from by or as if by guile;to cheat; to distract th attention of; divert Term Bevy: n Definition a group or an assemblage Term Cavalier: n Definition a gallant or chivalrous man, especially one serving as escort to a woman of high social position; a gentleman Term Caustic: adj Definition corrosive and bitingly trenchant; cutting; causing a burning or stinging sensation, as from intense emotion Term Courtier: n Definition one who seeks favor, especially by insincere flattery or obsequious behavior Term Sophomoric: adj Definition exhibiting great immaturity and lack of judgment; intellectually pretentious, overconfident, conceited, but immature Term Diminutive: adj Definition extremely small in size or stature Term Dolorous: adj Definition marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief or pain Term Embezzle: v Definition to take money for one's own use in violation of a trust Term Engender: v Definition to bring into existence; give rise to Term Eunuch: n Definition a castrated male employed as a harem attendant or as a functionary in certain Asian courts Term Frivolous: adj Definition unworthy of serious attention; trivial; inappropriately silly Term Grievous: adj Definition causing grief, pain or anguish; serious or dire; grave Term Hidebound: adj Definition stubbornly prejudiced, narrow-minded, or inflexible Term Homonym: n Definition one of two or more words that have the same sound, but different meanings Term Incorrigible: adj Definition incapable of being corrected or reformed; difficult to control or manage Term Inculpate: v Definition to suggest someone is guilty of an offense; to incriminate Term Incumbent: adj Definition Imposed as an obligation or duty; obligatory; lying, leaning, or resting on something else Term Palter: v Definition to talk or act insincerely or misleadingly Term Perjure: v Definition to make oneself guilty of perjury by deliberately testifying falsely under oath Term Pestilence: n Definition a pernicious, evil influence or agent; a usually fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague Term Pinion: n Definition the wing of a bird Term Syncopation: n Definition the loss of sounds in the interior of a word; musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat Term Traduce: v Definition to cause humiliation or disgrace to by making malicious and false statement Term Tribunal: n Definition a committee or board appointed to adjudicate in a particular matter; something that has the power to determine or judge Term Turpitude: n Definition a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice Term Demure: adj Definition characterized by shyness and modesty Term Contumacious: adj Definition obstinately or stubbornly disobedient; rebellious; insubordinate Term Harangue: n Definition a long bombastic speech, especially one delivered before a gathering; a tirade Term Exigency: n Definition that state or quality of requiring much effort or immediate action; a pressing or urgent situation Term soporific: adj Definition causing or tending to cause sleep