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Vocabulary: Analogies Quiz 2

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Word / Phrase Meaning / Definition

Abridge

to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents

Abrogate

to abolish by formal or official means

Accent

prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness

Aggravate

to make worse or more severe; intensify, as anything evil

Arable

capable of producing crops; suitable for farming

Archipelago

a large group or chain of islands

Articulate

uttered clearly in distinct syllables

Ascetic

a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme selfdenial or self-mortification for religious reasons

Attenuate

to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity

Austere

severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict

Bang

a loud, sudden, explosive noise

Blacksmith

a person who makes horseshoes and shoes horses

Boisterous

rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy

Calm

without rough motion; still or nearly still

Captive

a prisoner

Cautious

showing, using

Clamorous

full of, marked by

Clarity

clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding

Conceal

to hide; withdraw or remove from observation

Condemned

to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure

Conservative

disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions

Constellation

any of various groups of stars to which definite names have been given, as Ursa Major

Culmination

that in which anything culminates; the culminating position or stage

Curl

to form into coils or ringlets, as the hair

Dampen

to make damp; moisten

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Delicacy

fineness of texture, quality

Deny

to state that (something declared or believed to be true) is not true

Desultory

lacking in consistency, constancy

Devolve

to transfer or delegate (a duty, responsibility, etc.) to or upon another; pass on

Dismount

to get off or alight from a horse, bicycle

Distortion

an act or instance of distorting

Dividend

a number that is to be divided by a divisor

Dramatize

to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage

Dullness

not sharp; blunt

Elaboration

an act or instance of elaborating

Elevation

the height to which something is elevated or to which it rises

Elongate

to draw out to greater length; lengthen; extend

Elucidate

to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain

Enervate

to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of

Enlightenment

the act of enlightening

Enthusiasm

absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest

Envision

to picture mentally, especially some future event or events

Erratic

deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion; ecc entric; queer

Error

a deviation from accuracy or correctness; a mistake, as in action or speech

Erudite

characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly

Exacerbate

to increase the severity, bitterness

Exalted

raised or elevated, as in rank or character

Expurgation

to amend by removing words, passages

Facile

moving, acting, working, proceeding

Foresight

care or provision for the future; provident care

Fulsome

offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive; overdone or gross

Furnace

a structure or apparatus in which heat may be generated, as for heating houses, smelting ores

Gesture

a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head

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Hackneyed

made commonplace or trite; stale; banal

Hamlet

a village without a church of its own, belonging to the parish of another village or town

Hike

to walk or march a great distance, especially through rural areas

Illuminate

to supply or brighten with light; light up

Impenetrable

not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced

Inauguration

an act or ceremony of inaugurating.

Inception

beginning; start; commencement

Infirmity

a physical weakness or ailment

Inventor

a person who invents, especially one who devises some new process, appliance

Loquacious

talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling

Lure

anything that attracts, entices

Mendacious

telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest

Mince

to cut or chop into very small pieces

Miscarry

to have a miscarriage of a fetus

Mundane

of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly

Mystify

to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely

Navigable

deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships

Obdurate

unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings

Oblivion

the state of being completely forgotten or unknown

Patent

the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use

Penury

extreme poverty; destitution

Peremptory

leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative

Pertinence

relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand; relevant

Ponder

to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon )

Ponderous

of great weight; heavy; massive

Porosity

the state or quality of being porous

Pottery

ceramic ware, especially earthenware and stoneware

Precis

a concise summary

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Predictable

to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell

Profligate

utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute

Prosaic

commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative

Refutation

an act of refuting a statement, charge

Relevant

bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent

Repel

to drive or force back

Restraint

a restraining action or influence

Royalty

royal persons collectively

Ruminate

to chew the cud, as a ruminant

Salacious

lustful or lecherous

Scintillating

animated; vivacious

Shallow

of little depth; not deep

Shard

a fragment, especially of broken earthenware

Shorten

to make short or shorter

Silo

a structure, typically cylindrical

Simper

to smile in a silly, self-conscious way

Slag

the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its
ore

Spontaneity

the state, quality, or fact of being spontaneous

Spontaneous

coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation

Starvation

the act or state of starving; condition of being starved

Stockholder

a holder or owner of stock in a corporation

Stoic

of or pertaining to the school of philosophy founded by Zeno

Sustenance

means of sustaining life; nourishment

Taciturn

inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation

Upshot

the final issue, the conclusion, or the result

Vitality

exuberant physical strength or mental vigor

Wage

Often, wages. money that is paid or received for work or services

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Waltz

a ballroom dance, in moderately fast triple meter, in which the dancers revolve in perpetual circles

Waterway

a river, canal

Wholesome

conducive to moral or general well -being; salutary

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