Etymology 76 words for midterm

Gumption

Courage and Initiative; common sense

Bilious

Bad tempered, cross

Regress

To move backward

Ambiance

The mood or quality of

Paradigm

An model; an example

Hegira

Flight, escape

Kismet

Destiny, Fate, Fortune

Garner

To gather or acquire

Halcyon

Calm, pleasant

Malapropism

Word humorously misused

Fastidious

Hard to please, fussy

Blandishment

Flattery

Necromacy

Magic, especially practiced by a witch

Debauchery

Corruption, self-indulgence

Badinage

Playful, teasing talk

Libertine

One who leads an immoral life

Defile

To pollute, or corrupt

Languid

Sluggish, drooping from weakness

Fissure

An opening, groove, a split

Fetish

Object that receives respect or devotion

Garrulous

Talkative

Lachrymose

Tearful, weepy

Legerdemain

Sleight of hand; deception

Epitome

A typical example

Scintillate

To twinkle, To sparkle, spark intellectually

Elixir

Supposed remedy for all aliments

Juxtapose

Place side-by-side for comparison

Kinetic

Pertaining to motion

Cessation

Stopping, a discontinuous

Desiccated

Dried Up

Caveat

A warning

Gratuitous

Unnecessary or uncalled for

Delineate

To describe, to depict

Sedition

Rebellion or resistance against the government

Redolent

Having a pleasant odor; suggestive or evocative

Diadem

A CROWN

Garish

Tasteless Guady

Adulterate

To make impure, to contaminate

Emanate

To come forth; to send forth

Impicious

Disrespectful toward god

Bucolic

Pertain to country side, rural, rustic

Immutable

Unchangeable, fixed

Idolatry

Excessive or blind adoration; worship of object

Hybrid

Anything of mixed origin

Onus

Burden; Responsibility

Impecunious

Penniless, without money

Blanch

To whiten, to make pale

Heterogeneous

Different,Dissimilar

Finesse

Diplomacy, tactful, management

Chimerical

Imaginary, fantastic

Sapient

Wise; full of knowledge

Deride

Ridicule, to mock

Eclectic

Choosing from various sources

Machination

Evil design or plan

Nubile

Suitable for marriage in age and physical development, reference to females

Raiment

Clothing; garments

Idiosyncrasy

Peculiar personality trait

grandiose

Impressive, showy, magnificent

Masochist

One who enjoys his or her own pain and suffering

Pejorative

Negative effect, insulting

Hackneyed

Commonplace, overused

Imperious

Domineering, Naughty

Neologism

New word or expression

Olfactory

Pertaining to smell

Gibe

To scoff, To Ridicule

Martinet

Strict Disciplinary, taskmaster

Immolate

Kill someone as sacrificial victim, usually by fire

Censure

To criticize sharply

Recondite

Difficult to understand, profound

Agape

Surprised open-mouth, agog

Grotesque

Absurd, Distorted

Carcinogen

Causing cancer

Quagmire

Swamp, a difficult or inextiable situation

Gambol

To Frolic; to romp about playfully

Harbinger

An omen or a sign