Vocabulary Quiz 14 Flashcards
(15 cards)
Opine
(v.) To hold or express an opinion
Unfrock
(v.) To deprive a monk, priest, minister, etc. of ecclesiastical rank, authority,
and function; depose. To divest or strip of a frock.
Impound
(v.) To shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal. To confine
within an enclosure or within limits.
Abyss
(n.) A deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm. Fig.: An extremity of
some condition or quality (usually a negative one); a condition from which recovery is impossible
or unlikely. In ancient cosmogony: the primal chaos before Creation; the infernal regions; hell; a
subterranean ocean.
Transpire
(v.) To occur; happen; take place. To emit or give off waste matter,
watery vapor, etc., through the surface, as of the body or of leaves. To escape, as moisture or odor,
through or as if through pores. To be revealed or become known.
Impudent
(adj.) Of, pertaining to, or characterized by impertinence or effrontery
Edifice
(n.) A building, especially one of large size or imposing appearance. Any large,
complex system or organization.
Intemperate
(adj.) Immoderate, extreme.
Exploit
(n.) A striking or notable deed; feat; spirited or heroic act; an
accomplishment.
Sanguine
(adj.) Blood-red. Disposed to hopefulness or confidence of success
Sundry
(adj.) Various or diverse
Prosaic
(adj.) Commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
Of or having the character or form of prose rather than poetry
Evince
(v.) To show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove. To reveal the possession of
(a quality, trait, etc.).
Fractitious
(adj.) Not spontaneous or natural; artificial; contrived: factitious laughter;
factitious enthusiasm. Made; manufactured: a decoration of factitious flowers and leaves.
Prodigious
(adj.) Extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.
Wonderful or marvelous. Abnormal; monstrous.
