Poor Abby (Larissa) Quiz 2

Larissa X. (China)
I'm wallowing in misery
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  1. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  2. bilious
    relating to a digestive juice secreted by the liver
  3. cognate
    related by blood
  4. corollary
    an inference following from the proof of another proposition
  5. cul de sac
    a street with only one way in or out
  6. derring-do
    brave and heroic action
  7. divination
    the art or gift of prophecy by supernatural means
  8. elixir
    a substance believed to cure all ills
  9. folderol
    nonsense or foolishness
  10. gamut
    a complete extent or range
  11. hoi polloi
    the common people generally
  12. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  13. lucubration
    laborious cogitation
  14. mnemonic
    of or relating to the practice of aiding the memory
  15. obloquy
    state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  16. parameter
    a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied
  17. pundit
    an expert who publicly gives opinions via mass media
  18. risible
    arousing or provoking laughter
  19. symptomatic
    relating to sensations experienced by a patient
  20. volte-face
    a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
  21. aficionado
    a serious devotee of some activity, genre, or performer
  22. browbeat
    discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner
  23. commensurate
    corresponding in size or degree or extent
  24. diaphanous
    so thin as to transmit light
  25. emolument
    compensation received by virtue of holding an office
  26. foray
    a sudden short attack
  27. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
  28. homily
    a sermon on a moral or religious topic
  29. immure
    lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  30. insouciant
    marked by unconcern
  31. matrix
    an enclosure within which something originates or develops
  32. panache
    distinctive and stylish elegance
  33. persona
    an image of oneself that one presents to the world
  34. philippic
    a speech of violent denunciation
  35. prurient
    characterized by lust
  36. sacrosanct
    treated as if holy and kept free from violation or criticism
  37. systemic
    affecting an entire structure, network, or complex of parts
  38. tendentious
    having a strong bias, especially a controversial one
  39. vicissitude
    a variation in circumstances or fortune
  40. abortive
    failing to accomplish an intended result
  41. bruit
    tell or spread rumors
  42. contumelious
    arrogantly insolent
  43. dictum
    an authoritative declaration
  44. ensconce
    fix firmly
  45. iconoclastic
    characterized by attack on established beliefs
  46. internecine
    within a group or organization
  47. maladroit
    not quick or skillful in action or thought
  48. maudlin
    very sentimental or emotional
  49. modulate
    fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
  50. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
  51. prescience
    the power to foresee the future
  52. quid pro quo
    something given in exchange for something else
  53. salubrious
    promoting health
  54. saturnalia
    a wild gathering
  55. touchstone
    a basis for comparison
  56. traumatic
    psychologically painful
  57. vitiate
    make imperfect
  58. waggish
    witty or joking
Created on 七月 15, 2013

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