Vocabulary list--#9

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apocrypha

uh-POK-ruh-fuh

noun

1. Various religious writings of uncertain origin regarded by some as inspired, but rejected by most authorities.
2. A group of 14 books, not considered canonical, included in the Septuagint and the Vulgate as part of the Old Testament, but usually omitted from Protestant editions of the Bible.
3. Writings, statements, etc., of doubtful authorship or authenticity.


badinage

bad-n-azh\bad-n-ij

noun/verb

1. Light, playful banter or raillery.
2. To banter with or tease (someone) playfully.


bibliophage

BIB-lee-uh-feyj

noun

An ardent reader; a bookworm.


bloviate

BLOH-vee-ayt

verb intransitive

To speak or write at length in a pompous or boastful manner.


cerulean

suh-ROO-lee-un

adjective

Resembling the blue of the sky.


craquelure

kra-kloor

noun

Cracks on painting: A network of small cracks that sometimes appear on the surface of oil paintings as it ages.


fascicle

FAS-i-kuhl

noun

1. A section of a book or set of books published in installments as separate pamphlets or volumes.
2. A small bundle, tight cluster, or the like.
3. Botany. A close cluster, as of flowers or leaves.
4. Anatomy. A small bundle of nerve or muscle fibers.


haberdasher

HAB-er-dash-er

noun

1. British: A dealer in notions.
2. A dealer in men's clothing and accessories.


kef

keyf

noun

1. A state of drowsy contentment.
2. Also, keef. a substance, especially a smoking preparation of hemp leaves, used to produce this state.


lachrymose

LAK-ruh-mohss

adjective

1. Given to tears or weeping : tearful
2. Tending to cause tears : mournful

lyard

LAHY-erd

adjective

Streaked or spotted with gray or white.


maieutic

may-yoo-tik

adjective

Of or pertaining to the Socratic method of eliciting new ideas from someone.


Malversation

mael-ver-say-shen

noun

Misconduct or malfeasance in public office, at one time also known as "jobbery".


manumit

man-ya-mit

verb transitive

To release from slavery or servitude.


maudlin

mawd-lin

adjective

1. Mawkishly emotional, overly sentimental to the point of silliness or tears.
2. Drunk to the point of crying, sobbing.


misanthrope

mis-en-throp

noun

A person who hates people.


misprison

mis-pri-zhen

noun

1.Neglect or failure to do one's duty, either a legal duty or a duty of office.
2.Misunderstanding or underestimation, failure to appreciate the value of something.


mountebank

MOUN-tih-bank

noun

1. A person who sells quack medicines from a platform
2. A boastful unscrupulous pretender: Charlatan.


obscurantism

uhb-SKYOORr-uhn-tiz-uhm

noun

1. Opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
2. Deliberate obscurity or evasion of clarity.


ochlocracy

ok-lok-ra-see

noun

Government by the mob, mob rule.


omnibus

OM-nuh-buhs

noun

1. A volume of reprinted works of a single author or of works related in interest or theme.
2. A bus.

adjective

Pertaining to, including, or dealing with numerous objects or items at once.


onomatopoeia

ah-nuh-mah-tuh-PEE-uh

noun

1. The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss).
2. The use of words whose sound suggests the sense.


opuscule

oh-PUHS-kyool

noun

1. A small or minor work.
2. A literary or musical work of small size.


pansophy

PAN-suh-fee

noun

Universal wisdom or knowledge.


peculate

pe-kye-layt

verb

To embezzle, to steal money entrusted to you.


penultimate

pen-el-te-met

adjective

Before the ultimate or last, next to the last in a row or series. The one before the next to the last is the antepenultimate.


perorate

PUR-uh-rayt

verb intransitive

1. To conclude or sum up a long discourse.
2. To speak or expound at length; to declaim.


prehensible

pri-HEN-suh-buhl

adjective

Able to be seized or grasped.


quean

kween

noun

1. An overly forward, impudent woman; shrew; hussy.
2. A prostitute.
3. British Dialect. A girl or young woman, especially a robust one.


ruminate

ROO-muh-nayt

verb

1. To engage in contemplation: Meditate.
2. To chew again what has been chewed slightly and swallowed: Chew the cud.


tramontane

truh-MAHN-tayn

adjective

1. Situated on the north side of the Alps: Transalpine.
2. Lying on or coming from the other side of a mountain range.

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