Word Power 10
The Garrulous Gamin Also Gesticulated! (Lesson 28)
1. flagellate: (v.) to ship, or to punish as if by whipping
2. foment: (v.) to stir up, to incite
3. forswear: (v.) retract, renounce, or recant
4. fusillade: (n.) a rapid outburst, spray of gunfire
5. gainsay: (v.) to deny, to speak or act against
6. gamin: (n.) a street urchin, a slim girl with an impish charm
7. garrulous: (adj.) talkative
8. gerrymander: (v.) to divide into election districts to gain political advantage
9. gestalt: (n.) a structure whose parts cannot stand alone
10. gesticulate: (v.) to gesture esp. when speaking
11. gird: (v) to invest with authority, to brace
12. habeas corpus: (n.) right to a trial before a conviction and sentence
13. halitosis: (n.) bad breath
14. hidebound: (adj.) excessively rigid, dry and stiff, inflexible
15. histrionic: (adj.) overly dramatic, theatrical, deliberately affected
Can Homeopathy Cure an Ignominious Past?
16. hoary: (adj.) gray or white with age
17. homeopathy: (n.) a system of natural healing
18. husbandry: (n.) the judicious use of resources, livestock farming
19. ignominious: (adj.) disgraceful, dishonorable
20. imbroglio: (n.) a difficult and confused situation, a complicated disagreement
21. impecunious: (adj.) without money, penniless
22. impervious: (adj.) impenetrable
23. implacable: (adj.) not capable of being appeased or mollified
24. impugn: (v.) to attack the integrity of something
25. inchoate: (adj.) just beginning, not organized or orderly, incomplete
26. iniquitous: (adj.) evil, unjust
27. insouciant: (adj.) nonchalant, lighthearted, unconcerned
28. interregnum: (n.) the period between two successive governments, a pause in a continuing series
29. intransigent: (adj.) uncompromising, stubborn
30. inveterate: (adj.) habitual, deeply rooted or established
Libidinous Libations or Military Machinations (lesson 30)
31. irascible: (adj.) hot-tempered, cranky
32. itinerant: adj. moving from place to place
33. juggernaut: n. a massive, unstoppable object
34. junta: n. a small group that rules a country after a coup d’etat
35. largess: n. a generous giving of gifts, philanthropy
36. lassitude: n. a weariness, listlessness, a state of lethargy
37. leitmotif: n. a dominant or recurring theme
38. levee: n. an embankment designed to prevent a river from flooding
39. libation: n. a pouring of a liquid for a religious ceremony, a drink
40. libidinous: adj. lustful, lascivious
41. lope: v. to run at steady, easy pace
42. macerate: v. to soften by soaking, to cause to waste away
43. machination: n. scheming activity for an evil purpose
44. malapropism: n. the humorous misuse of a word that sounds very much like the word intended
45. malfeasance: n. an illegal act especially by a public official
Word Power 10
The Garrulous Gamin Also Gesticulated! (Lesson 28)
1. flagellate: (v.) to ship, or to punish as if by whipping
2. foment: (v.) to stir up, to incite
3. forswear: (v.) retract, renounce, or recant
4. fusillade: (n.) a rapid outburst, spray of gunfire
5. gainsay: (v.) to deny, to speak or act against
6. gamin: (n.) a street urchin, a slim girl with an impish charm
7. garrulous: (adj.) talkative
8. gerrymander: (v.) to divide into election districts to gain political advantage
9. gestalt: (n.) a structure whose parts cannot stand alone
10. gesticulate: (v.) to gesture esp. when speaking
11. gird: (v) to invest with authority, to brace
12. habeas corpus: (n.) right to a trial before a conviction and sentence
13. halitosis: (n.) bad breath
14. hidebound: (adj.) excessively rigid, dry and stiff, inflexible
15. histrionic: (adj.) overly dramatic, theatrical, deliberately affected
Can Homeopathy Cure an Ignominious Past?
16. hoary: (adj.) gray or white with age
17. homeopathy: (n.) a system of natural healing
18. husbandry: (n.) the judicious use of resources, livestock farming
19. ignominious: (adj.) disgraceful, dishonorable
20. imbroglio: (n.) a difficult and confused situation, a complicated disagreement
21. impecunious: (adj.) without money, penniless
22. impervious: (adj.) impenetrable
23. implacable: (adj.) not capable of being appeased or mollified
24. impugn: (v.) to attack the integrity of something
25. inchoate: (adj.) just beginning, not organized or orderly, incomplete
26. iniquitous: (adj.) evil, unjust
27. insouciant: (adj.) nonchalant, lighthearted, unconcerned
28. interregnum: (n.) the period between two successive governments, a pause in a continuing series
29. intransigent: (adj.) uncompromising, stubborn
30. inveterate: (adj.) habitual, deeply rooted or established
Libidinous Libations or Military Machinations (lesson 30)
31. irascible: (adj.) hot-tempered, cranky
32. itinerant: adj. moving from place to place
33. juggernaut: n. a massive, unstoppable object
34. junta: n. a small group that rules a country after a coup d’etat
35. largess: n. a generous giving of gifts, philanthropy
36. lassitude: n. a weariness, listlessness, a state of lethargy
37. leitmotif: n. a dominant or recurring theme
38. levee: n. an embankment designed to prevent a river from flooding
39. libation: n. a pouring of a liquid for a religious ceremony, a drink
40. libidinous: adj. lustful, lascivious
41. lope: v. to run at steady, easy pace
42. macerate: v. to soften by soaking, to cause to waste away
43. machination: n. scheming activity for an evil purpose
44. malapropism: n. the humorous misuse of a word that sounds very much like the word intended
45. malfeasance: n. an illegal act especially by a public official