Vocabulary List 5
Terms
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- Nonce word
- a word coined and used only for a particular occasion
- Portmanteau word
- a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
- Zenith
- The point on the celestial sphere that is directly above the observer
- Nadir
- the point below the observer
- Winsome
- Charming, often in a childlike or naive way
- Bumptious
- Crudely or loudly assertive
- Cleave-
- To split with or as if with a sharp instrument
- Abject
- Brought low in condition or status
- Ostensible
- Represented or appearing as such
- Faux pas
- a social blunder.
- Dilatory
- Tending to postpone or delay
- Celerity
- Swiftness of action or motion
- Cerulean
- Azure; sky-blue
- Neophyte
- A beginner or novice
- Mordant
- Bitingly painful
- Acerbic
- harsh or severe, as of temper or expression
- Alacrity
- cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness
- Bailiwick
- a person's area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work
- Dearth
- an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack
- Panache
- a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair
- Ineffable-
- incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible
- Doppelganger-
- a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person
- Pernicious-
- causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful
- Etymology-
- the deviation of a word.
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Ameliorate-
; - to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory
- Sesquipedalian-
- containing many syllables
- Lionize-
- to treat (a person) as a celebrity
- Extrapolate-
- to infer (an unknown) from something that is known