November 2004 Vocab
Terms
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verb
1 : shelter; conceal
*2 : establish; settle - ensconce
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verb
*1 : to examine closely and minutely
2 : to make a scrutiny - scrutinize
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noun
*1 : evasion of straightforward action or clear-cut statement : equivocation
2 : desertion of a cause, position, party, or faith - tergiversation
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noun
: keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters - acumen
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noun
*1 : an exhibition or display of optical effects and illusions
2 a : a constantly shifting complex succession of things seen or imagined b : a scene that constantly changes
3 : a bizarre or fantastic combination, collection, - phantasmagoria
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adjective
1 : hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence
*2 : reserved, unassertive - diffident
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noun
: glowing and warmly enthusiastic praise; also : an expression of this - encomium
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adjective
1 : firmly established by long persistence
*2 : confirmed in a habit : habitual - inveterate
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noun
1 : a seal used especially as a mark of official approval
*2 : a feature or quality conferring prestige; also : prestige - cachet
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noun
: a fitting return or recompense - meed
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adjective
: refusing to submit to authority - recusant
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verb
1 : to make confused : puzzle, bewilder
2 : to occupy the attention of : distract, absorb
*3 : to cause to have feelings of wry or tolerant amusement - bemuse
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noun
: an organism that lives under extreme environmental conditions (as in a hot spring or ice cap) - extremophile
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verb
1 : to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression
*2 : to assert as if true : pretend - feign
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noun
: divination by the appearance or motion of liquids (as water) - hydromancy
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adjective
*1 : including a multitude of individuals : populous
2 : existing in a great multitude
3 : existing in or consisting of innumerable elements or aspects - multitudinous
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adjective
: frenzied, frantic - frenetic
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noun
: a shelter occupied during the winter by a dormant animal - hibernaculum
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noun
: a period of physiologically enforced dormancy between periods of activity - diapause
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verb
1 : to reduce the violence of (a disease); also : to ease (symptoms) without curing the underlying disease
*2 : to cover by excuses and apologies
3 : to moderate the intensity of - palliate
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noun
1: syndicated material supplied especially to weekly newspapers in matrix or plate form
*2: standardized, formulaic, or hackneyed language - boilerplate