Vocab 7

Omniscience

The state of knowing everything.

Peripheral. Relating to or situated on the edge or periphery of something.

Rebound

To bounce back after hitting a surface; recover in value, amount, or strength.

Substandard

Below the usual or required standard.

Malice

The intention or desire to do evil; ill will.

Ambidextrous

Able to use the right and left hands equally well.

Implacable

Unable to be placated; relentless; unstoppable.

Malfeasance

Wrongdoing, especially by a public official.

Anthropomorphic

Attributing human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object.

Antipathy

A deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion.

Eulogy

A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died.

Credence

Belief as to the truth of something.

Malediction

A magical word or phrase uttered with the intention of bringing about evil or destruction; a curse.

Benediction

An utterance of good wishes; a blessing.

Aver

To state or assert to be the case.

Amity

Friendly relations.

Elucidate

To make something clear; explain.

Lackluster

Lacking brilliance or vitality; dull.

Impugn

To dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); to call into question.

Pugilist

A boxer, especially a professional one.

Pugnacious

Eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight.

Repugnant

Extremely distasteful; unacceptable.

Contemporaneous

Existing or occurring in the same period of time.

Extemporaneous

Spoken or done without preparation.

Dramatic irony

Literary irony where the full significance of a character's words or actions is clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.

Eponym

A person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named.