APLAC - Vocab 5

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abhorance

(noun) Feeling extreme repugnance, hatred \>:(

Antithetical

(adj) directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible

Derisive

(adj) ridiculing, mocking

didactic

(adj) intended to instruct, teach

Eepy

Typically very tired and prone to sleeping tight and not letting bed bugs bite

Elliptical

(adj) Cryptic, obscure, usually relating to writing

Engender

(verb) to produce, cause, or bring about

Exemplify

(verb) To illustrate by being an example of

Ignominious

(adj) disgraceful, deserving of shame

Indolent

(adj) wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy (you who studied this the day before the quiz)

Inexorable

(adj) impossible to stop or prevent, not be persuaded or moved

Languid

(adj) slow, sluggish, listless, weak, lack of energy or interest

Meek

(adj) quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive.

Moot

(adj) Open to discussion and debate, unresolved, doubtful

Orthodox

(adj) adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion

Provincial

(adj.) pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook

Proxy

(noun) Agent, substitute, person authorized to act on behalf of another

Punitive

(adj) inflicting or aiming at punishment

Rudimentary

(adj) basic; elementary; in the earliest stages of development

Rueful

(adj) feeling sorrow or regret

Salacious

(adj) obscene; lustful, indecent

Sanguine

(adj) cheerful; optimistic

Stigma

(noun) a mark of shame or discredit OH MY GOD SCARLET LETTER REFERENCE :000

subservient

(adj.) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end (you know who you are)

Tractable

(adj.) easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought, malleable

verisimilitude

(noun) the appearance of being true or real