Vocab Final Semester 1

Accord

be harmonious or consistent with.

Annul

declare invalid (an official agreement, decision, or result).

Bicameral

(of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers.

Congregate

gather into a crowd or mass.

Dissension

disagreement that leads to discord.

Eligible

satisfying the appropriate conditions.

Equitable

fair and impartial.

Extemporaneous

spoken or done without preparation.

Extortion

the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats.

Loquacious

talkative.

Mortician

an undertaker.

Obsequious

obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.

Octoroon

a person who is one-eighth Black by descent.

Promiscuous

being unholy with many people.

Quarter (verb)

1. divide into four equal or corresponding parts.

2. be stationed or lodged in a specified place.

Sanctuary

1. a place of refuge or safety

2. a nature reserve

Senescent

relating to the state of being old or the process of aging

Soliloquy

an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

Suffused

gradually spread through or over.

Triumvirate

a group of three people holding power

Undulated

move or go with a smooth up-and-down motion.

Verbatim

in exactly the same words as were used originally.

Vociferous

crying out noisily; clamorous

Volunteer

a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task.

Acrimonious

(typically of speech or a debate) angry and bitter.

Amanuensis

one employed to write from dictation or to copy manuscript.

Belligerent

hostile and aggressive.

Bellipotent

mighty in war.

Corpulent

(of a person) fat.

Deity

a god or goddess.

Deportment

a person's behavior or manners.

Elocution

the skill of clear and expressive speech,

especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation.

Fervent

having or displaying a passionate intensity.

Gravity

extreme or alarming importance; seriousness.

Ignominy

public shame or disgrace.

Impending

occurring or likely to occur soon.

Indeterminate

not exactly known, established, or defined.

Infidelity

the action or state of being unfaithful to a spouse.

Lineage

lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry

Linear

relating to a straight line

Maintain

cause or enable to continue.

Malodorous

smelling very unpleasant.

Navicular

boat-shaped.

Regalia

the ceremonial emblems or robes of royalty.

Regicide

the action of killing a king.

Respire

to breathe.

Sanguinary

involving or causing much bloodshed.

Sui Generis

of its own kind; unique.

Tripartite

shared by or involving three parties.

Verbiage

speech or writing that uses too many words.