Carnie Week 10 Vocab. (2nd semester)

abrogate

repeal, annul

adduce

to cite, to bring forth to consideration

adumbrate

to foreshadow, to suggest

arcane

mysterious

condign

well-deserved, due, merited

cynosure

an attraction, center for attention

hieratic

priestly, sacerdotal

inchoate

incipient, just beginning, incomplete

ineluctable

inevitable, inescapable

internecine

deadly, destructive, characterized by internal struggle

quondam

former, onetime

recherche

exquisite, rare, exotic, precious

redaction

revision, editing, adaptation

reticulate

net-like, forming a network

stertorous

snoring, characterized by snoring

cause celebre

a famous law case or controversy

one swallow does not make a summer

don’t jump to conclusions based on incomplete evidence

a bitter pill to swallow

a humiliating defeat

an ax to grind

to have a selfish motive in the background

sup-

from, under

scope, scop

look at

-ous

having; full of; characterized by