Week 6 Vocabulary Review

Vocabulary flashcards for Week 6 covering terms, definitions, and synonyms for the upcoming Thursday quiz.

Lexicon

A dictionary or specialized vocabulary (Synonym: glossary)

Ostensible

Stated or appearing to be true but not necessarily so (Synonym: apparent)

Refraction

The bending of light as it passes from one medium to another (Synonym: deflection)

Encase

To enclose in or as if in a case (Synonym: enclose)

Appropriation

The act of taking something for one’s own use (Synonym: seizure)

Preemptive

Done to prevent an anticipated event (Synonym: proactive)

Amalgamate

To combine into one (Synonym: merge)

Polarize

To cause division into opposing groups (Synonym: divide)

Saturate

To soak thoroughly (Synonym: drench)

Notwithstanding

In spite of (Synonym: despite)

Conundrum

A confusing and difficult problem (Synonym: puzzle)

Imbue

To inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality (Synonym: instill)

Phenotypic

Relating to observable characteristics of an organism (Synonym: observable)

Teem

To be full of or swarming with (Synonym: overflow)

Ethereal

Extremely delicate and light, seeming not of this world (Synonym: delicate)

Somber

Dark or dull in tone; gloomy (Synonym: melancholy)

Rebuke

To express sharp disapproval (Synonym: Reprimand)

Exorbitant

Unreasonably high (Synonym: Outrageous)

Exonerate

To clear from blame (Synonym: Vindicate)

Hackneyed

Overused and unoriginal (Synonym: Trite)