Vocab Test 2 (nefarious-ubiquitous) DEFINITION

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reputed

(adj.) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged

mordant

(adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh

consumate

(adj.) complete or perfect in the highest degree; (v.) to bring to a state of completion or perfection

overweening

(adj.) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate

pecuniary

(adj.) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money

pusillanimous

(adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

sumptuous

(adj.) costly, rich, magnificent

primordial

(adj.) developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic

mundane

(adj.) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary

utopian

(adj.) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

frenetic

(adj.) frenzied, highly agitated

fecund

(adj.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive

verdant

(adj.) green in tint or color; immature i experience or judgement

viscous

(adj.) having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement of fluidity

jocular

(adj.) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

recumbent

(adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting

esoteric

(adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret

depraved

(adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles

unwonted

(adj.) not usual or expected; not in character

incumbent

(adj.) obligatory, required; (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

ubiquitous

(adj.) present or existing everywhere

substantive

(adj.) real, having a solid basis; considerable in number or amount; meaningful and on topic

ludicrous

(adj.) ridiculous, laughable, absurd

piquant

(adj.) stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative

nefarious

(adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

figment

(n.) a fabrication of the mind; and arbitrary notion

bastion

(n.) a fortified place, stronghold

idiosyncrasy

(n.) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify

nettle

(n.) a prickly or stinging plant; (v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely

stratagem

(n.) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end

concord

(n.) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant

penchant

(n.) a strong attraction or inclination

nuance

(n.) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference

grouse

(n.) a type of game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble

fiat

(n.) an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness

disarray

(n.) disorder, confusion; (v.) to throw in disorder

flotsam

(n.) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people

verbiage

(n.) language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression

propinquity

(n.) nearness in place or time; kinship

sophistry

(n.) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy

ignominy

(n.) shame and disgrace

acuity

(n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)

atrophy

(n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v.) to waste away

exigency

(n., often pl.) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency

garner

(v.) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use

glean

(v.) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers

incarcerate

(v.) to imprison, confine, jail

delineate

(v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially

hallow

(v.) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere

enervate

(v.) to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring


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