Day 36
45 words to learn
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acquiesce
comply
AK-wee-ES
to comply quietly or without protest
amortize
pay a debt
uh-MOHR-tiez
to pay back a debt by making regular payments
anthropocentrism
humans as central
an-thruh-poh-SEN-triz-uhm
regarding man at the center of one's philosophy
antiquated
outdated
AN-ti-kwey-tid
outdated; old fashioned
bard
poet
bahrd
a person who writes poems
behemoth
giant
bi-HEE-muhth
any large or powerful creature ; giant
cadence
rhythm
KAYD-ns
rhythmic flow of poetry; marching beat
caret
insertion mark
KAR-ut
an insertion mark (^) used by editors
circuitous
indirect
ser-KYOO-i-tuhs
indirect
clairvoyant
psychic
klair-VOI-uhnt
a person who can predict future ; psychic
color
distort
KUH-lur
to change as if by dyeing; distort
converge
gather
kuhn-VURJ
tend to meet ; concentrate
convoluted
complex
kahn-vuh-LOO-tehd
complex, twisted
cumbersome
burdensome
KUHM-ber-suhm
burdensome, awkward
dainty
delicate
DEYN-tee
delicate, exquisite
default
to fail to act
dih-FAWLT
to fail to do something
desist
discontinue
dih-ZIST
stop; discontinue; cease
dilatory
causing delay
DIHL-uh-tohr-ee
tending to delay
disinterested
unbiased
dis-IN-ter-est-ed
free from self-interest; unbiased
eccentric
unusual
ek-SEN-trik
departing from the norms; unusual; quirky; odd
encapsulate
enclose in capsule
en-KAP-suh-leyt
to enclose in capsule; summarize
endemic
native
ehn-DEH-mihk
found in a particular place or among a particular group of people
epicure
gourmand
eh-pih-KYOOR
one devoted to sensual pleasure, particularly in food and drink; gourmand
flamboyant
colorful, showy
flam-BOI-uhnt
colorful, ornate, showy
fulmination
violent censure
fuhl-muh-NEY-shuhn
a violent censure; explosion
gainsay
deny
gayn-SAY
to deny or contradict
gregarious
sociable
greh-GAYR-ee-uhs
sociable; enjoying the company of others
imprecation
curse
ihm-prih-KAY-shuhn
a curse
impugn
attack verbally
ihm-PYOON
attack verbally; to call into question
impute
to attribute
im-PYOOT
to attribute to a cause or source
irascible
easily angered
i-RAS-uh-buhl
easily provoked to anger ; irritable
litany
recitation
LIT-n-ee
a lengthy recitation; prolonged account
malapropism
misusing words
MAL-uh-prop-iz-uhm
an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound
parley
discussion
PAR-lee
a discussion, usually between enemies
perpetrate
commit
PUR-pi-treyt
to commit
pervasive
spreading throughout
per-VEY-siv
spreading throughout
prescience
foreknowledge
PRE-see-unts
foreknowledge
profound
deep
pruh-FOUND
of deep meaning; thorough; going beneath the superficial
qualm
feeling of nausea
kwahm
sudden feeling of faintness or uneasiness, especially nausea
rectitude
integrity
REHK-tih-tood
moral uprightness
remediable
fixable
rih-MEE-dee-uh-buhl
capable of being corrected or cured
scrupulous
careful
SKROO-pyuh-luhs
very careful or precise; diligent
subdue
overcome
suhb-DOO
overcome; bring into control
trinket
of little value
TRING-kit
something of little value; knick-knack
unwitting
inadvertent
uhn-WIT-ing
not deliberate; unconscious