Vocabulary List #22: 3/9/98
| abash | to make ashamed or uneasy; embarrass |
| abeyance | temporary suspension of activity or function |
| accost | to approach and speak to in a challenging, aggressive way |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it |
| anathema | a ban or curse; a vigorous denunciation; one intensely disliked |
| aria | an accompanied elaborate melody sung by a single voice |
| cabalistic | secret; mystic |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story; rumor |
| cognizance | the fact of being aware; perception, knowledge |
| consternation | paralyzing alarm; dismay |
| coup | a brilliant, sudden, highly successful stroke or act |
| environs | surroundings, adjoining region or space |
| fruition | the state of bearing fruit; realization; accomplishment |
| gratis | without charge or recompense; free |
| harp | to dwell on or recur to a subject tiresomely |
| harry | assault; to make a destructive raid on |
| ideology | the way of thinking of a person; the study of ideas |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature of a thing |
| meritorious | deserving of reward or honor |
| mesmerize | hypnotize; spellbind; fascinate |
| miscellany | mixture of various things; often in collection |
| obsequious | exhibiting a servile attentiveness |
| omniscience | having infinite awareness and understanding; all knowing |
| orthography | spelling; writing words with proper letters |
| pauper | very poor person; person destitute of means |
| preponderance | majority; superiority in power, importance, number |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth; equivocate |
| reprehensible | worthy of deserving blame; culpable |
| virago | a bold, quarrelsome woman; strong; manlike large woman |