Mid-East (Fisk) & Servants of Allah Vocab

Omer C. (Turkey)
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  1. integument
    an outer protective covering
  2. succinct
    briefly giving the gist of something
  3. rendition
    a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role
  4. mortify
    cause to feel shame
  5. embryonic
    of an organism prior to birth or hatching
  6. antebellum
    belonging to a period before a war
  7. rampart
    an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
  8. ramshackle
    in poor or broken-down condition
  9. sling
    a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released
  10. lintel
    a horizontal beam over a door or window
  11. opulent
    rich and superior in quality
  12. foray
    a sudden short attack
  13. marauder
    someone who attacks in search of loot
  14. providential
    peculiarly fortunate or appropriate
  15. enormity
    the quality of extreme wickedness
  16. extirpate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  17. tamarisk
    any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil
  18. thicket
    a dense growth of bushes
  19. rejoinder
    a quick reply to a question or remark
  20. recrimination
    mutual accusations
  21. rictus
    a gaping grimace
  22. clamber
    climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
  23. shale
    a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay
  24. portly
    fairly large
  25. effete
    excessively self-indulgent, affected, or decadent
  26. shebang
    an entire system; used in the phrase `the whole shebang'
  27. insurrection
    organized opposition to authority
  28. bier
    a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial
  29. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
  30. iniquitous
    characterized by injustice or wickedness
  31. litchee
    Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
  32. upend
    become turned or set on end
  33. ochre
    any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
  34. rapt
    feeling great delight and interest
  35. poppy
    annual or perennial herb with milky juice and showy flowers
  36. frond
    compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
  37. revetment
    a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment
  38. sputter
    spit up in an explosive manner
  39. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  40. latrine
    a public toilet in a military area
  41. venal
    capable of being corrupted
  42. prelate
    a senior clergyman and dignitary
  43. coven
    an assembly of witches; usually 13 witches
  44. swarthy
    naturally having skin of a dark color
  45. pontificate
    administer a pontifical office
  46. stilted
    artificially formal or stiff
  47. stilted
    artificially formal or stiff
  48. ameliorate
    make better
  49. sclerosis
    any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue
  50. fount
    a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water
  51. countermand
    cancel officially
  52. crag
    a steep rugged rock or cliff
  53. fuselage
    the central body of an airplane holding crew and passengers
  54. camaraderie
    the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
  55. garland
    a circular band of flowers or other foliage
  56. mettle
    the courage to carry on
Created on Sat Dec 19 14:41:46 EST 2009

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