Vocabulary List #9: 11/3/97
abet to actively encourage (and activity or plan)
abode the place where one lives; home; temporary stay or wait
acquiesce to accept or comply tacitly or passively
adulation excessive or lavish flattery or admiration
allay to subdue or reduce on severity; make quiet
askew out of line or order; awry
assiduous out of line or order; awry
baroque characteristic of the style or art of the 17th century
bawdy obscene, lewd; boisterously or humorously indecent
conflagration a large disastrous fire; conflict
craven defeated, vanquished; lacking courage; fainthearted
efface to rub out, erase, obliterate
hoax trick, fraud; practical joke
intercede to intervene, mediate, interpose
jaded tired, worn out; wearied, dulled
joust a personal combat or competition
litany recitation and response; prayer involving clergy and congregation
nostrum a quack medicine; patent medicine; panacea
noxious constituting a harmful influence on mind, behavior; corrupting
occult beyond human understanding; secret; esoteric
plagiarism the use of ideas or words of another as one's own
primeval of or relating to the earliest ages; primitive
promulgate to make known by open declaration; proclaim
pulchritude physical beauty; comeliness
quirk an abrupt twist or curve; idiosyncrasy
recompense a return for something owed, compensation
remuneration the act of compensating for a service or loss; recompense
shibboleth a word used for detecting a foreigner because of pronunciation
stolid having or expressing little or no sensibility; unemotional
symmetry balanced proportions; correspondence in size, shape, etc.

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