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cumulative vocab

Terms

undefined, object
copy deck
marked by much sitting
sedentary
the state of being, unchangeable
immutability
melancholy, gloomy; suggestive of a grave or cemetary
sepulchral
threatening; serving as an evil omen
ominous
to scatter or disperse; to squander or waste
dissipate
a gallery in an underground; burial place
catacomb
to lie
prevaricate
hastily; abruptly
precipitately
the general rejection of customary beliefs (esp religion)
nihilism
of the earliest time or age
primeval
quality of being fleeting or short lived
evanescence
painful infection beneath the skin
carbuncle
unrelentingly
inexorably
an eliciting or calling forth
evocation
to put side by side
juxtapose
performed by one person in place of another; shared in by imagined participation
vicarious
corruption, moral evil
depravity
to speak evil of; to slander
malign
sly; more angerous than seems evident
insidious
related to or involving money
pecuniary
not easily understood; enigmatic
inscrutable
characteristic; habitual condition; general point or concept
tenor
range of perception or understanding
ken
whirlpool; circular current
eddy
to meditate; to think over
ruminate
eagerly, ambitiously, (in surpassing a rival)
emulously
ruddy (of complexion); gaudy, showy
florid
a light for warning or guiding; a radio signal (or anything_ that guides
beacon
talk, conversation; formal treatment of something in speech or writing
discourse
stern, severe, very plain, lacking adornment
austere
a brilliant radiance
effulgence
diverse; having great variety
multifarious
deliberate deceptiveness
duplicity
unwilling to believe; doubtful
incredulous
baseness, vileness
turpitude
thin and bony; haggard
gaunt
pronouncement; formal statement of opinion
dictum
disgusting; offensive
odious
having a worn look; gaunt
haggard
slovenly, or even sluttish
slatternly
submissive; easy to discipline
docile
a sly, side long look showing lust or malicious triumph
leer
eep crack, abyss
chasm
obviously, plainly
patently
rudimentary; not completely formed
inchoate
exhuberance, building enthusiasm
ebullition
change of form, structure, function
metamorphosis
to scorn or ridicule
deride
clothes, equipment
accoutrement
white or gray
hoary
to attack physically or verbally
assail
to recoil in fear
quail
(noun) facial expression (verb) to approve or tolerate
countenance
serious, solemn
grave
a dark gloomy covering
pall
to wail mournfully
keen
a song of grief or mourning
dirge
arrogant, positive assertion of opinion
dogmatism
filled or loaded
fraught
to get a thing accepted (or bought) by fraud or deception
foist
wrongly or unlawfully achieved, illegitimate; badly conceived
misbegotten
anything that hinders progress; an obstruction
impediment
just beginning to exist or appear
incipient
producing a sharp sensation of taste and smell
pungent
unstable; explosive
volatile
to submit; to give in return or pay; to cause to be
render
to approach and speak to (in a bold way)
accost
state of unease; restlessness
disquietude
prehistoric people who lived in caves, a recluse
troglodyte
to destroy or kill a large part of
decimate
a prediction or something of significance
portent
sulfur
brimstone
bitterness; hostility
enmity
emptiness; empty, to empty
void
to cause to get stuck; to sink in mud
mire

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