Level g unit14 (copy)

Beatific

(adj.) blissful; rendering or making blessed

SYN: rapturous, ecstatic, transcendent

Behemoth

(n.) a creature of enormous size, power, or appearance

SYN: mammoth, whale, elephant, colossus

Blandishment

(n., often pl.) anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet talk, apple-polishing

SYN: allurement, enticement, cajolery

Cacophonous

(adj.) harsh-sounding, raucous, discordant, dissonant

Chicanery

(n.) trickery, deceptive practices or tactics, double-dealing

Consign

(v.) to give over to another's care, charge, or control; to entrust, deliver; to set apart for a special use

SYN: transfer, remit, convey

Coup

(n.) a highly successful stroke, masterstroke, tour de force, act, plan, or stratagem; a sudden takeover of power or leadership

Euphemism

(n.) a mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one; a substitute

Febrile

(adj.) feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic

Gainsay

(v.) to deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose

Imminent

(adj.) about to happen, threatening

SYN: impending, looming

Innate

(adj.) natural, inborn, inherent; built-in

SYN: intrinsic, congenital

Loath

(adj.) unwilling, reluctant, disinclined

SYN: averse, indisposed

Manifest

(adj.) clear, evident to the eyes or mind; (v.) to show plainly, exhibit, evince; (n.) a list of cargo and/or passengers

SYN: (adj.) apparent; (v.) reveal, disclose

Minutiae

(pl. n) small or trivial details, trifling matters

SYN: trivia, trifles

Moratorium

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

SYN: postponement, stoppage

Nostrum

(n.) an alleged cure-all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness

SYN: panacea, elixir

Pariah

(n.) one who is rejected by a social group or organization

SYN: outcast, untouchable, persona non grata

Visionary

(adj.) not practical, lacking in realism; having the nature of a fantasy or dream; (n.) one given to far-fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight

SYN: (adj.) utopian, idealistic, impractical

Wizened

(adj., part) dry, shrunken, and wrinkled (often as the result of aging)

SYN: withered, shriveled