Quentin Vocab

Celluloid

1) a tough flammable thermoplastic composed of cellulose nitrate and camphor used to make photographic film 2) a motion-picture film

Nefarious

extremely wicked or villainous

Myriad

a countless or extremely great number

Ubiquitous

present, appearing, or found everywhere

Subterfuge

1) deceit used in order to achieve a goal or to misrepresent the true nature of an activity 2) deceptive device

Peripatetic

1) a person who walks from place to place, especially on foot 2) working at various places for relatively short periods 3) a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism

Supine

1) lying face upward 2) Latin verbal noun used only in accusative and ablative cases (to denote purpose)

Fecundity

1) the intellectual fruitfulness of a creative imagination 2) the state of being fertile

Matriculate

enroll as a student, someone who has been admitted to a college or university

Inherent

1) existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute 2) vested in someone as a right or priveledge

Garrulous

1) excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters 2) full of conversation

Apotheosis

1) highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax 2) elevation of someone to divine status

official recognition or approval Approbation

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Acrimony

a sharp and bitter manner, ill feeling

Adulate

flatter in an obsequious manner, praise someone excessively

Absolution

1) the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance; forgiveness of sins 2) formal release from guilt, obligation, or punishment