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03/06/2011

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Term
Rescind
Definition
Revoke or Cancel
Term
Impetuous
Definition

Acting on impulse, think of impatient:

 

He acted impetuously while waiting for his name to be called.

Term
Diffident
Definition

shy, timid, unsure

 

The lady was amused by the diffident suitor.

 

Natalie Nakels was a diffident young girl who overcame her shyness by becoming a rockstar on MTV's Made.

Term
Insipid
Definition

uninteresting or bland

 

The girl's cheerleading performance was an insipid display of athleticism and garnered boo's and yawns from the audience.

Term
Intrepid
Definition

Brave, bold, fearless

 

The intrepid sailor hoisted himself off the ship into the violent waves to save his fellow shipmate

Term
Verbose
Definition

Using too many words

 

The speech was far too verbose for the fourth-graders to capture any meaning from it.

Term
Transcribe
Definition

To write out or type out in full.

 

The woman transcribed her husband's letters which had become tattered and worn from years of careless handling.

Term
Reprisal
Definition

Retaliation for an injury with the intent of inflicting at least as much injury in return.

 

The colonization of Palestine provoked reprisal against Israel by the hands of the Arab peoples.

Term
Sterile
Definition

(besides the inability to produce offspring)

 

lacking creativity imagination or viltality

Term
Expedite
Definition

To hasten or speed up

 

The expedited delivery of the package allowed ample time for the electrician to finish his installation of the cirvuit board.

Term
Construe
Definition

To explain or deduce the meaning of

 

The diagram allowed the professor to construe the meaning of the written passage.

 

The young man construed the smile of his girlfriend to be a sign of joy when he entered her room.

 

It is difficult to construe the meaning of your sentence without a proper definition of the word 'cursory'.

Term
Subvert
Definition

To overthrow or undermine.

 

The French peasants subverted the tyranny of their king, Louis the XVI, in a bloody revolution which took the lives of over one-million people.

Term
Cursory
Definition

Hastily done with little attention to detail.

 

A cursory glance at the statistical data would suggest an increase in economic activity in the American economy, but a closer examination would tell a different story.

Term
Vindictive
Definition

Inclined to seek vengeance.

 

She was incredibly vindictive towards her mother for the physical abuse against her as a child and would later reveal to her psychologist plans to muder her in her sleep.

Term
Invoice
Definition
A detailed list of goods or shipped or services rendered with an account of all costs.
Term
Affluence
Definition

A plentiful supply of material goods or wealth.

 

The CEO displayed tremendous affluence when disclosing his private earnings to his colleques during the last quater.

Term
Collated
Definition

To examine and compare carefully in order to note points of disagreement.

 

The investigator gathered collated evidence in an attempt to compare the discussions between the private business owner and the head of a prominent New York drug smuggling cartel.

Term
Reverent
Definition

feeling or showing profound respect or veneration

 

He expressed his reverence for the authors of the Constitution.

Term
Veneration
Definition

Profound respect or reverence.

 

He expressed much veneration towards the authors of the Constitution.

Term
Eponymous
Definition

Lending it's name to

 

The eponymous and excellent-tasting jelly made from this fruit gives the Jelly PalmTree it's name.

Term
Iconoclastic
Definition

Attacking or cynically viewing popular institutions and beleifs and/or public figures

 

The original Zeitgiest receieved critical acclaim for it's iconoclastic artistry.

Term
Ophthalmological (off-thal-mu-logical)
Definition
of or related to the eye
Term
Abase
Definition

to humiliate, degrade

 

After being overthrown and abased, the deposed leader offered to bow down to his conqueror

Term
abate
Definition

to reduce, lessen

 

The rain poured down for a while, then abated.

Term
abdicate
Definition

to give up a position, usually one of leadership

 

The Nixon abdicated his presidency after allegations that he was stealing money for his election campaign.

Term
aberration
Definition

something that differes from the norm

 

Her orange spikey hair and ripped jeans wer an aberration from the school dress-code.

 

Term
abet
Definition

to aid, help, encourage

 

The Peace Corp was dispatched to abet the Haitian citizens in their struggle to bring food to the hungry.

Term
abhor
Definition

to hate, detest

 

"I abhor such despicable behavior!"

Term
abject
Definition

pitiful, wretched

 

I find your attempt to sabatoge Mellisa's wedding a disgraceful and abject attempt to win your ex-boyfriend back.

Term
abjure
Definition

to reject, renounce

 

To prove his honesty, the President abjured the evil policies of his wicked predecessor.

 

Term
abnegation
Definition

denial of comfort to oneself

 

The brahmas slept on the floor, took only cold showers, and generally followed other practices of abnegation.

Term
abridge
Definition

to cut down, shorten

 

The abridged version of the speech provided a clearer understand of what she was trying to accomplish

Term
abrogate
Definition

to abolish, usually by authority

 

The practice of burning flags was abrogated by the United States Congress as an act of treason.

Term
abscond
Definition

to sneak away and hide

 

When her parents came home from the parent-teacher conference, Sam absconded through the back door to her friends house.

 

Term
absolution
Definition

freedom from blame, guilt, sin

 

The feeling of absolution was undescribable as the suspect was acquitted of all charges.

Term
abstruse
Definition

hard to comprehend

 

Peter's abstruse coding made it difficult for his colleuges to decide what his program did.

Term
accede
Definition

to agree

 

I accede to the mayor's request to end business practices which undermine the quality of work for my employees.

Term
accolade
Definition

high praise, special distinction

 

Britney Spears received high accolades for her performance on the VH1 music awards

Term
accord
Definition

an agreement

 

We reached an accord regarding the rights of workers to collectively bargain.

Term
accost
Definition

to confront verbally

 

I accosted the man for the disrespectful tone he took with the female waitress

Term
accretion
Definition

slow growth in size or amount

 

The slow accretion of wealth of the minority elite prompted widespread anguish amongst the nations poorest people.

Term
acerbic
Definition
The street gang member became increasingly acerbic towards a rival after he pulled out a switchblade.
Term
acquiesce
Definition

to agree or comply without protesting

 

We ask the public to acquiesce to the new measures we are taken to ensure the security of our police officers during private inspections.

Term
acrimony
Definition

bitterness, discord

 

The new republican bill caused acrimony amongst the union leaders and it's members.

Term
acumen
Definition

keen insight

 

His spiritual acumen gave the Buddah a never before acheived peace of mind which we would later teach to his followers.

Term
Voracious
Definition

Wanting or devouring great quantities of food

 

He had a voracious appetite after having fasted for three days.

Term
Respite
Definition

break, pause, rest

 

The setting sun offered the sailor breif respite from the daily drugery of mopping decks and polishing hand-rails.

Term
Upbraid
Definition

to reprimand or scold

 

The teacher upbraided the student for speaking out of turn.

Term
Egregious
Definition

profoundly bad or shameful

 

The murder was so egregious that the person convicted was given four life sentences.

Term
Boon
Definition

a benefit or gain

 

The boon of being an olympic diver is receiving tremendous respect from your peers.

Term
bask
Definition

to expose oneself to pleasant warmth

 

the woman basked in the sun for hours.

Term
Profuse
Definition

extensive, abundant, extravagant

 

The profuse amount of oil spilt into the gulf region sparked outcries from those reliant on the fishing

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