Vocab Q2 Test

Accord

Accord

An agreement

Annul

Legally declare invalid

Bicameral

Containing 2 branches or chambers

Congregate

to come together

Dissension

Disagreement that leads to a big argument

Eligible

Qualified to be chosen

Equitable

Fair or impartial

Extemporaneous

Done without preparation

Extortion

Using blackmail to get something (usually money)

Loquacious

Full of excessive talk

Obsequious

Overly submissive and eager to please

Mortician

A funeral director

Promiscious

Having multiple sexual partners

Octoroon

Person of one-eighth black ancestry

Quarter

1. To cut into 4 equal pieces

2. stationed or lodged in a specific place

Sanctuary

A place of refuge/a safe place

Senescent

Growing old; aging

Soliloquy

Speech to oneself

Undulated

To go up/down in a smooth motion

Suffused

Gradually spread through or over

Triumvirate

A group of three rulers

Verbatim

Following the exact words

Volunteer (n.)

Someone who freely offers to do a task

Volunteer (v.)

Freely offer to do something

Vociferous

Someone who is outspoken or vocal

Accord

Agreement, harmony

Annul

Cancel, revoke

Bicameral

Binary, bilateral

Congregate

Assemble, gather

Dissension

Disagreement, discord

Eligible

Qualified

Equitable

Fair, just

Extemporaneous

Impromptu, improv

Extortion

Blackmail, extraction

Loquacious

Talkative, conversational

Obsequious

Servile, obedient

Mortician

Funeral director, undertaker

Promiscuous

Licentious; immoral

Octoroon

Mixed-race

Quarter

Fourth part, cut up

Sanctuary

Hideout, haven

Senescent

Elderly, ancient

Soliloquy

Monologue

Undulated

Fluctuate, wave

Suffused

Bathe, cover

Triumvirate

Threesome, trio

Verbatim

Directly, exactly

Volunteer

Sign up, propose

Vociferous

Outspoken, blatant

Deity

a god or goddess

Acrimonious

(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone

Amanueusis

secretary; one who copies something from dictation

Belligerent

hostile and aggressive

Bellipotent

mighty in war

Corpulent

(adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body

Deportment

demeanor; conduct; behavior

Elocution

a person's manner of speaking or reading aloud in public

Fervent

(adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot

Gravity

1. a force that attracts someone or something to the center of the earth

2. extreme or alarming importance

Impending

of an event regarded as threatening or significant; about to happen; forthcoming

Ignominy

a public shame or disgrace

Lineage

lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree

Infidelity

the action or state of being unfaithful to a spouse or other sexual partner

Indeterminate

not exactly known, established, or defined

Maintain

keep (something) at the same level or rate

Malodorous

smelling very unpleasant

Linear

arranged in or extending along a straight or nearly straight line

Regalia

the emblems or insignia of royalty, especially the crown, scepter, and other ornaments used at a coronation

Regicide

the act of killing a king

Navicular

1. boat shaped

2. a boat-shaped bone in the ankle or wrist

3. a chronic disorder of the navicular bone in horses that affects the front feet

Sui Generis

unique

Sanguinary

involving or causing much bloodshed

Respire

to breathe

Tripartite

1. divided into or composed of three parts

2. Having three corresponding parts or copies

3. Made between or involving three parties

Verbiage

a speech or writing that uses too many excessively complicated words and phrases