Study English Vocab Quiz #3 Flash Cards

 
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English Vocab Quiz #3

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Chimera
n. An impossible or foolish fantasy.
Desiccate
v.To dry out.
Nadir
n. The point below/opposite of a given point, or an extreme state of adversity.
Licentious
adj. lacking moral dicipline or restraint, or ignoring social standards
Inure
v. To adapt or habituate or get used to something or to take result in.
Futsy
n. Flatulence.
Sine qua non
n. An essential or prerequisite condition. Literally, in Latin "without which, not"
Harrangue
n. A loud, impassioned speech, a rant, generally given to spur people into action.
Risible
adj. Amusing, provoking laughter.
Garrulous
adj. Excessively or tiresomely talkative. Trivially rambling.
Opacity
adj. Incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning or the amount of light can pass throuugh a given object.
Solicitude
n. A feeling of excessive concern.
Penumbra
n. A fringe region of partial shadow around the main shadow. Is lighter.
Tenuous
adj. Thin in consistancy, lacking importance or sureness.
Aphorism(-istic)
n. A short, moralistic saying or a saying about a general truth.
Panacea
n. hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases, named for the Greek godess of healing
Prevarication
n. a lie.
Lucid(-ity)
adj. and n. clear, or a clearness of thought.
Concupiscent
adj. lustful.
Quotidian
n.and adj. A mundane or daily thing or occurance
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