WOD 12/31/04-1/25/05
Terms
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- seriatim
- in a series
- evince
- to show in a clear manner; to manifest; to make evident
- forlorn
- sad and lonely becaused deserted
- omnipresent
- present in all places at the same time; ubiquitous
- perfunctory
- done merely to carry out a duty
- bibulous
- related to consumption of alcoholic drink; readily absorbing fluids or moisture
- voluble
- characterized by ready flow of speech
- apogee
- the farthest or highest point; culmination
- hubris
- overbearing pride or presumption
- profuse
- pouring forth with fullness or exuberance
- slake
- to satisfy, to quench; to extinguish
- indurate
- physically or morally hardened; unfeeling; stubborn (can also be verb)
- eldritch
- strange; unearthly; weird; eerie
- quagmire
- soft, wet, miry land that shakes or yields under the feet; a difficult or precarious position or situation
- cosmopolite
- one who is at home in every place; an organism found in most parts of the world
- impervious
- not admitting of entrance or passage through; not capable of being harmed, damaged, or affected
- putsch
- a secretly planned and suddenly executed attempt to overthrow a government
- oblation
- the act of offering something, such as worship or thanks, especially to a deity
- lubricious
- lustful; lewd
- vituperation
- the act or an instance of speaking abusively to or about; sustained and severly abusive language
- distrait
- divided or withdrawn in attention, expecially because of anxiety
- rejoinder
- an answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply
- galumph
- to move in a clumsy manny or with a heavy tread
- transmute
- to change from one nature, form, substance, or state into another; to transform
- tintinnabulation
- a tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells