Day 6
45 words to learn
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abstruse
recondite
ab-STROOS
hard to comprehend
arrogance
overbearing pride
AR-uh-guhns
offensive display of superiority
beleaguer
harass
bih-LEE-guhr
to surround or beset, as with troubles; harass
buoyant
tending to float
BOI-uhnt
tending to float; cheerful
chicanery
trickery
shi-KAY-nuh-ree
trickery
colloquy
dialogue
KAHL-uh-kwee
dialogue or conversation; a conference
concomitant
existing concurrently
kon-KOM-i-tuhnt
one that occurs or exists concurrently with another
congruity
harmony
kuhn-GROO-ih-tee
correspondence, harmony, agreement
desecrate
abuse
DEHS-ih-krayt
to abuse something sacred
deterrent
hindrance
dih-TUR-uhnt
something that hinders
dubious
doubtful
DOO-bee-uhs
doubtful; of uncertain outcome
edacious
voracious
ih-DEY-shuhs
voracious
extant
still in existence
EK-stunt
not destroyed or lost ; in existence
flaunt
to show off
flawnt
to show off
furtive
stealthy
FUHR-tihv
marked by stealth; hidden; secret
galleon
ancient ship
GAL-ee-uhn
ancient type of sailing ship
geniality
cheerfulness
JEEN-yuhl-tee
warmth, cheerfulness
hiatus
interruption
hahy-EY-tuhs
interruption in the continuity of a work, action etc.; pause
ingratiate
charm
ihn-GRAY-shee-ayt
to do things in order to make someone like you
malediction
curse
maal-ih-DIHK-shun
a curse
mirth
laughter
muhrth
gaiety, laughter
necromancy
black magic
NEK-ruh-man-see
black magic; conjuration
nullify
negate
NUH-lih-fie
to make legally invalid; to counteract the effect of
occult
supernatural
uh-KULT
connected with magical powers; supernatural
opine
to express opinion
oh-PIEN
to express an opinion
pariah
outcast
puh-RIE-uh
a rejected and despised person
phoenix
mythical & immortal bird
FEE-niks
mythical, immortal bird that lives for several hundred years before burning itself and then rising from its ashes; anything that is restored after great destruction
premonition
forewarning
pree-muh-NISH-uhn
a forewarning
proselytize
convert to faith
prah-SUHL-uh-tiez
to convert to a particular belief or religion
reciprocity
interchange
res-uh-PROS-i-tee
granting of privileges in return for similar
scurvy
despicable
SKUR-vee
contemptible, despicable
shirk
avoid
shurk
avoid especially work; get out of responsibility
simile
comparison
SIM-uh-lee
a figure of speech in which two things are compared using ''like'' or ''as''
soggy
soaked
SOG-ee
soaked; heavy
solipsism
self-interest
SAHL-ihp-sihz-uhm
belief that oneself is the only reality
suffrage
right to vote
SUHF-rij
the right to vote in a political system
supposition
assumption
suhp-uh-ZISH-uhn
the act of assuming to be true; assumption
tarnish
discolor
TAHR-nish
discolor; to diminish the purity of
tractable
obedient
TRAAK-tuh-buhl
easily led; obedient
tranquility
serenity
trang-KWIL-uh-tee
quality or state of being tranquil; serenity
traverse
move across
TRAV-ers
to move across
treatise
serious article
TREE-tis
a long, serious article on a particular subject
virtuoso
expert
vur-choo-OH-soh
a person who has special knowledge or skills, especially of music
wily
cunning
WIE-lee
deceptive, cunning
zenith
highest point
ZEE-nihth
the highest point; culmination