Vocab 6 - Namrta

Namrta M.
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  1. pastoral
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  2. comely
    according with custom or propriety
  3. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  4. confer
    present
  5. stringent
    demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
  6. vagary
    an unexpected and inexplicable change in something
  7. aggravated
    made more severe or intense especially in law
  8. nondescript
    lacking distinct or individual characteristics
  9. waning
    a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent
  10. drab
    a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
  11. jauntily
    in a jaunty fashionable manner
  12. regurgitate
    pour or rush back
  13. bravado
    a swaggering show of courage
  14. litigious
    of or relating to legal proceedings
  15. piecemeal
    one thing at a time
  16. heretic
    a person whose religious beliefs conflict with church dogma
  17. horrid
    grossly offensive to decency or morality
  18. despotic
    having the characteristics of a tyrannical ruler
  19. conscientious
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  20. derelict
    a person without a home, job, or property
  21. decrepit
    worn and broken down by hard use
  22. motley
    consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
  23. hiatus
    an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
  24. antithetical
    sharply contrasted in character or purpose
  25. stifled
    held in check or kept back with difficulty
  26. unanimity
    everyone being of one mind
  27. trudge
    walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
  28. fettered
    bound by chains fastened around the ankles
  29. uphill
    upward on a hill or incline
  30. enthralled
    filled with wonder and delight
  31. stifled
    held in check or kept back with difficulty
  32. erratically
    in an erratic unpredictable manner
  33. topical
    pertaining to the surface of a body part
  34. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  35. weighty
    having relatively great weight; heavy
  36. interim
    the time between one event, process, or period and another
  37. transcend
    go beyond the scope or limits of
  38. tardy
    after the expected or usual time
  39. hidebound
    stubbornly inflexible and narrow-minded
  40. pertinacity
    persistent determination
  41. foreshadowing
    the act of providing vague advance indications
  42. a la mode
    in the current fashion or style
  43. ex post facto
    affecting things past
  44. denizen
    a plant or animal naturalized in a region
  45. progenitor
    an ancestor in the direct line
  46. coup
    a sudden and decisive change of government by force
  47. pun
    a humorous play on words
  48. periphrastic
    roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
  49. conscientious
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  50. execrate
    curse or declare to be evil or anathema
Created on 十月 25, 2012 (updated 十月 26, 2012)

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