The Grand Vocabulary Collection

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mollification

(n.) appeasement

docile

(adj.) easy to teach

sorority

(n.) sisterhood

fervid

(adj.) zealous

congeries

(n.) miscellaneous collection

matriarchy

(n.) society ruled by mothers or women

bellipotent

(adj.) mighty in war

compendium

(n.) summary

paternal

(adj.) fatherly

Homo sapien

(n.) human being

aggravate

(v.) to worsen

fraternal

(adj.) brotherly

rebel

(n.) a person who rises in opposition

doctor

(n.) a qualified expert of medicine

fervor

(n.) intense and passionate feeling

fraternity

(n.) brotherhood; state of feeling together

digestion

(n.) process of breaking down food in the body

grave

(n.) a place of burial for a corpse

Homo sapiens

(plu. n.) humans

maternal

(adj.) motherly

emollient

(v.) to make soft, to soften

paternity

(n.) fatherhood; state of being a father

recompense

(v.) to pay for, to compensate

sororicide

(n.) act of killing one’s sister

matricide

(n.) act of killing of one's mother.

mollify

(v.) to soothe, to appease

patrilineal

(adj.) based on a line of paternity

belligerent

(adj.) aggressive

homicide

(n.) murder

document

(n.) paper providing information

impending

(adj.) about to happen

gravity

(n.) importance, significance

patron

(n.) person who gives support to another person/cause

fervent

(adj.) marked by great intensity

suggestive

(adj.) referring to other ideas

bellicose

(adj.) showing willingness to fight.

ignoramus

(n.) an ignorant person

definitive

(adj.) conclusive

aver

(v.) affirm to be true

uxoricide

(n.) the act of killing one’s wife

obliterate

(v.) to erase

travesty

(n.) a bad or grotesque imitation

impart

(v.) give a portion to

indeterminate

(adj.) vague

perfidy

(n.) deceitfulness

sui generis

(adj.) unique

luminary

(n.) notable person

precarious

(adj.) dangerous, risky

lineage

(n.) descent from common ancestor

scissor

(n.) an instrument used for cutting thin material

infidelity

(n.) being unfaithful in a relationship

finale

(n.) the last part of a piece of a performance

linear

(adj.) arranged in a straight line.

literature

(n.) written works

luminous

(adj.) full of light

portion

(n.) a part of a whole

deprecate

(v.) express disapproval of

suicidal

(adj.) likely to commit suicide

terminate

(v.) bring to an end

verify

(v.) make sure something is true

vestibule

(n.) a lobby or foyer

semifinal

(n.) a round immediately before the final round

verdict

(n.) an opinion or judgment

tripartite

(adj.) consisting of three parts

suicide

(n.) death caused by self-directed injuries

multilinear

(adj.) having many lines

partner

(n.) pair of people engaged together in the same activity

alliteration

(n.) occurrence of the same letter/sound at the beginning of words next to each other

terminally

(adv.) impossible to cure

imprecation

(n.) a curse, words spoken when angry

diffident

(adj.) lack of self-confidence, reserved

parricide

(n.) killing a near relative

confinement

(n.) state of being cramped

Fido

(n.) a common dog name

levity

(n.) buoyancy, lightness

miscible

(adj.) capable of being mixed

omnibus

(n.) a collection of stories or other published materials

mortuary

(n.) funeral home

tortuous

(adj.) winding

senescent

(n.) beginning to show signs of old age

adversary

(n.) opponent

allude

(v.) to hint at

clamorous

(adj.) noisy

conference

(n.) consultation; a formal meeting for discussion

stringent

(adj.) rigid; constricted

anniversary

(n.) the date an event took place in a previous year.

omnipotent

(adj.) having unlimited power

mortify

(v.) cause someone to feel embarrassed

vociferous

(adj.) characterized by insistent language

semiannual

(adj.) occurring twice a year

elusive

(adj.) difficult to find

diversion

(n.) a recreation or pastime

omniscient

(adj.) knowing everything

alleviate

(v.) make less severe

mortified

(v.) past tense of mortify

contortionist

(n.) an acrobat able to twist the body into unusual postures

semisweet

(adj.) only slightly sweetened

proclaim

(v.) announce officially

transfer

(v.) move from one place to another

elevate

(v.) raise something to a higher position.