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Veritable Vocabulary Review 61-100
Use this review for the 2nd vocab final at the end of the semester.
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| nepotism | favoritism towards one's family |
| noisome | annoying, noxious, harmful |
| noxious | toxic, injurious |
| nuance | trace, subtle distinction |
| obstreperous | loud, unmanageable, rowdy |
| ostracize | banish from society |
| panacea | a cure-all |
| parsimonious | frugal, stingy |
| potency | strength, power |
| prognosticate | to foreteel, prophesy |
| propriety | decorum, appropriateness |
| punctilious | exact, careful in manners |
| quash | suppress, crush, quell |
| querulous | complaining, whining, irritable |
| quintessence | the most typical example |
| recidivism | relapse into previous behavior |
| repartee | clever retort, witty reply |
| reticent | quiet, silent, reserved in speech |
| sanguinary | bloody, gory, murderous |
| serendipity | a fortunate finding by chance |
| sinister | evil, unlucky, inauspicious |
| sodality | club, comradeship, association |
| solipsism | obsessive or extreme self-centeredness |
| spurious | false, bogus, fake, counterfeit |
| supercilious | condescending, haughty |
| sycophant | scoundrel, talebearer, parasite |
| symbiosis | cooperation between two unlike entities |
| temporal | fleeting, temporary, earthly |
| tortuous | winding, twisted, crooked |
| triumvirate | group or association of 3 people |
| ultimatum | a final command or condition |
| ursine | bearlike |
| vagary | unpredicatable or eccentric action |
| vicarious | substituting, delegated |
| vulgate | common language, language of the people |
| wanton | willing, unrestrained, reckless |
| wherewithal | means, money, resources |
| xenophobia | fear of anything foreign |
| zeal | enthusiasm, fervor |
| zenith | highest peak, point, summit |
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