Day 32

45 words to learn

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anomaly

abnormality

uh-NAHM-uh-lee

deviation from the normal; abnormality

anthology

story book

an-THOL-uh-jee

a book which is a collection of poems or stories

arcane

mysterious

ar-KAYN

mysterious

brook

tolerate

bruk

to tolerate

confound

confuse

kun-FOWND

to confuse or perplex

consequential

self-important

kahn-suh-KWEN-shul

self-important; resultant

covert

secret

KOH-vert

hidden or concealed

curriculum

course of study

kuh-RIK-yuh-luhm

course of study

discursive

rambling

dih-SKUHR-sihv

wandering from topic to topic

dismal

gloomy

DIZ-muhl

causing dejection; gloomy

dissent

disagreement

dih-SENT

difference of opinion; to differ in opinion

enthrall

captivate

en-THRAWL

to captivate or charm; enslave

esoteric

understood by a few

eh-suh-TEHR-ihk

understood only by a small group

flux

continuous flow

fluhks

continuous flow

fractious

rebellious

FRAAK-shuhs

quarrelsome or rebellious

gravity

seriousness

GRAV-i-tee

seriousness

hoary

ancient

HAW-ree

gray or whitish with age; ancient

implausible

unlikely

im-PLAW-zuh-buhl

not likely to be true

inadvertently

unintentionally

in-uhd-VUR-tnt-lee

unintentionally

incendiary

flammable

ihn-SEHN-dee-her-ee

burning easily; tending to create strife, violence etc.

incense

to make angry

IN-sens

to make angry

indignant

furious

ihn-DIHG-nuhnt

angry, offended, incensed

liberal

broad-minded

LIHB-ruhl

broad-minded, generous

lilliputian

diminutive

lil-i-PYOO-shuhn

extremely small or tiny

longevity

long life

lon-JEV-i-tee

long life; relatively long duration of employment, service, etc

minutiae

small details

mi-NOO-shee-ee

small, precise, or trifling details

naive

ingenuous

nah-VEE

ingenuous, unsophisticated

nascent

coming into being

NAY-sehnt

coming into being; developing

niggardly

miserly

NIG-erd-lee

miserly; stingy or ungenerous

obsequy

funeral ceremony

OB-si-kwee

a funeral ceremony

opulence

affluence

AH-pyoo-lehns

extravagant luxury or wealth

orotund

pompous

OR-uh-tuhnd

pompous

palpable

tangible

PAL-puh-buhl

capable of being touched; evident

precis

concise summary

PRAY-see

a concise summary

pristine

pure

prih-STEEN

pure, uncorrupted

rancorous

bitterly resentful

RAN-kuh-rus

bitterly resentful

renovate

repair, revive

REN-uh-veyt

to restore something to a better condition; revive

reproach

to blame

ri-PROHCH

to blame or scold

sanguine

cheerful

SAAN-gwuhn

cheerful, confident, optimistic

satire

work ridiculing human vice

SAT-yr

a literary work that ridicules or criticizes human vice through humor or derision

shunt

to sidetrack

shuhnt

to sidetrack; shift from one track to another

trite

not new

trahyt

not new

truculence

aggressiveness

truhk-yuh-luhns

aggression, harshness

turpitude

depravity

TUR-puh-tood

depravity

utopian

idealistic

yoo-TOH-pee-uhn

of or relating to a perfect or ideal existence