Austin Vocab Quiz #1

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Extroverted

Outgoing, social, friendly, gregarious.

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Theoretical

Concerned with thinking about an idea or concept as opposed to using or applying it.

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Tortuous

Containing many irregular bends, turns, or complications.

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Exculpate

To show or prove that someone is not guilty.

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Defame

To slander or attack verbally.

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Bestial

Animalistic; like an animal.

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Isothermal

Describing two or more things that are equal in temperature.

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Miscreant

A villain or wrongdoer.

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Noxious

Harmful, dangerous.

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Remnant

Something that is left over or continues to exist.

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Stolid

Demonstrating little emotion; not easily excited.

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Melancholy

A feeling of thoughtful sadness.

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Olfactory

Of or relating to the sense of smell.

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Proclivity

The tendency to choose or do something.

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Adhesive

Sticky; having the ability to stick to something else.

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Cacophony

Loud, confusing, disagreeable sounds.

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Proboscis

A long, flexible snout, similar to that of an elephant or mosquito.

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Ravenous

Extremely hungry, starving, voracious.

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Censor

To exclude or omit parts or all of an artistic work.

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Obligatory

Required by some rule (legal, moral, etc.).

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Demagogue

A leader who seeks support by appealing to the popular desires of the people.

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Fallacious

Illogical; based on faulty logic.

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Emissary

A person sent on a certain mission, often as a political ambassador.

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Dolorous

Feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress.

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Endoscopy

A procedure by which a doctor inspects a person’s large intestine using a long, thin, flexible camera.

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Autocratic

Describing a ruler or leader who has absolute power.

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Hypothermia

A dangerous condition in which a person’s body temperature falls far below normal levels.

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Neophyte

A beginner; a person who is very new to something.

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Heliocentric

Representing the sun as the center, as in the accepted view of our solar system.

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Sentient

Able to feel or perceive things.

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Subside

To wear off or die down.

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Divert

To turn aside; to turn away from.

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Insidious

Working or plotting in a hidden, sinister way.

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Linguist

One who specializes in the study of language and its structure.

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Invigorate

To energize; to give life to.

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Manifest

To appear in physical form.

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Verbose

Using or expressing more words than are needed.

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Beatific

Blissfully happy.

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Cognizant

Having knowledge of; being aware of.

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Benevolence

Any act of kindness or goodwill.

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