SADLIER-OXFORD Vocab Unit 1-3 TEST

Mr. Borne (United States of America)
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  1. propriety
    correct behavior
  2. articulate
    express or state clearly
  3. suppliant
    humbly entreating
  4. coherent
    marked by an orderly and consistent relation of parts
  5. evince
    give expression to
  6. undulate
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
  7. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  8. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
  9. accost
    approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently
  10. unwonted
    out of the ordinary
  11. sacrilege
    blasphemous behavior
  12. avid
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
  13. verdant
    characterized by abundance of vegetation and green foliage
  14. murky
    cloudy, dirty, and difficult to see through
  15. insatiable
    impossible to fulfill, appease, or gratify
  16. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  17. talisman
    a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil
  18. tenable
    based on sound reasoning or evidence
  19. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  20. piquant
    having an agreeably pungent taste
  21. reconnaissance
    the act of scouting, especially to gain information
  22. incendiary
    capable of causing fires or catching fire spontaneously
  23. credence
    the mental attitude that something is believable
  24. overt
    open and observable; not secret or hidden
  25. substantiate
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  26. devious
    turning away from a straight course
  27. summarily
    quickly and without following customary procedures
  28. decry
    express strong disapproval of
  29. distraught
    deeply agitated especially from emotion
  30. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  31. celerity
    a rate that is rapid
  32. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  33. congeal
    solidify, thicken, or come together
  34. invidious
    containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
  35. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
  36. nefarious
    extremely wicked
  37. primordial
    having existed from the beginning
  38. brackish
    slightly salty
  39. exhume
    dig up for reburial or for medical investigation
  40. temporize
    draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time
  41. histrionic
    overly dramatic or emotional
  42. arrogate
    seize and take control without authority
  43. maelstrom
    a powerful circular current of water
  44. largesse
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  45. gambit
    a chess move in which the player sacrifices minor pieces
  46. viscous
    having a relatively high resistance to flow
  47. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
  48. animadversion
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  49. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  50. acquisitive
    eager to attain and possess material possessions
  51. verbiage
    overabundance of words
  52. feckless
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  53. propinquity
    the property of being close together
  54. carping
    persistent petty and unjustified criticism
  55. myopic
    unable to see distant objects clearly
  56. belabor
    beat soundly
  57. cavort
    play boisterously
  58. germane
    relevant and appropriate
  59. utopian
    pertaining to or resembling an ideally perfect state
  60. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
Created on Tue Oct 22 12:32:35 EDT 2013

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