01 - Vocabulary Power Plus Lesson 1 (Book 4)

camaraderie

(n.) rapport and goodwill

litany

(n.) a long, repetitive, or dull account

wrenching

(adj.) causing mental or physical pain

arable

(adj.) suitable for cultivation of land

desiccate

(v.) to dry out; to remove moisture

vernacular

(n.) everyday language

replete

(adj.) full; abundant

moratorium

(n.) a suspension of activity; an authorized delay

ubiquitous

(adj.) occurring or seeming to occur everywhere; universal; omnipresent

frangible

(adj.) fragile; easy to break

lugubrious

(adj.) mournful; gloomy

equanimity

(n.) composure; calmness

zealous

(adj.) fervent; fanatical

interminable

(adj.) tiresome and long; seemingly endless

truncate

(v.) to shorten

ortho-

straight/correct

hetero-

different

homo-

same

dogm/dox

belief

gen

type

-logy

word