English Vocab Quiz #7 Flash Cards

 
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gambol v. To run and skip about playfully; to frolic 0 zeetrit Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:48 GMT view revision history
wanderlust n. very strong or irresistible impulse to travel 0 zeetrit Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:48 GMT view revision history
anomie n. a crisis of meaning or a lack of moral standards in a society 0 zeetrit Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:48 GMT view revision history
enunciate v. to speak, pronounce, express, articulate 0 zeetrit Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:48 GMT view revision history
annunciate v. to inform that some future event will happen 0 zeetrit Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:48 GMT view revision history
scrutiny n. intense examination of something 0 zeetrit Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:48 GMT view revision history
boorish adj. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible and insensitive in behavior or appearance 0 zeetrit Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:48 GMT view revision history
shrewd adj. showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters; artful, tricky or cunning; streetwise 0 zeetrit Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:48 GMT view revision history
morass n. A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen; Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult 0 zeetrit Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:48 GMT view revision history
platitude n. a trite or obvious saying said as though it were brilliantly original; a cliche 0 zeetrit Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:48 GMT view revision history
disparate adj. fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind 0 zeetrit Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:48 GMT view revision history
somnambulistic adj. of a sleepwalking quality 0 zeetrit Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:48 GMT view revision history
zeitgeist n. the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation, moral and intellectual trends of an era 0 zeetrit Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:48 GMT view revision history
picaresque adj. involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction or folklore 0 zeetrit Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:48 GMT view revision history
panegyric n? A formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something (an encomium) 0 zeetrit Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:48 GMT view revision history
tawdry adj. tastelessly cheap and gaudy; showy 0 zeetrit Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:48 GMT view revision history
encomium n. a formal expression of praise 0 zeetrit Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:48 GMT view revision history
draconian adj. Very severe, oppressive or strict 0 zeetrit Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:48 GMT view revision history
aphasia n. The inability to understand or create speech, writing, or language due to damage to the speech centers of the brain. 0 zeetrit Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:48 GMT view revision history
aesthete n. A person who appreciates and is sensitive to beauty in art and nature. 0 zeetrit Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:22:48 GMT view revision history

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