Words I learned #01 *ALSO CHECK OUT THESAURUS Conduit - channel, tube Niceties - details, nuance Dune - sand

ridge /mound formations Mete (out) - dispensing punishment Gulag - Russian labor camps Impetus - energy of body; motivation Moored/Unmoored - tethered boat, release vessel Trifecta - top three bets (correctly) Intrinsic - natural, inherent Contingency - possible outcome Inundate - overwhelm Apposite - appropriate Inculcate - instill Engender - cause / give rise to Luminary - person inspiring others Dissent - disagree Subjunctive - indicative Ruminate - think deeply about Furor - outcry Edifying - enlightening Ethos - spirit or characteristic Bowels (of) - deepest inner part of Presage - foretell Treatise - essay Egregious - appalling, shocking Multiplicity - abundance Trouncing - defeat heavily in a contest Referendum - plebescite Backlash - strong negative reaction by a large no. of people Insurgent - rebel to govt lan - energy, style, enthusiasm Bailiwick - sphere of operations Staunch -very loyal Biped - uses 2 legs for walking Innocuous - harmless Quell - suppress Asphyxia - lack of oxygen Reprieve - cancel or postpone punishment Exhume - dig out

COncur - agree Deluge - heavy rainfall, biblical flood Largesse - generosity is bestowing gifts Decimate - kill one in every ten of Demagogue - orator / political leader who arouses the emotions and prejudices of the people Ebullient - spirited Beguile - help time pass pleasantly; charm, enchant Guileless - sincere, honest, straightforward; frank Phlegmatic - self-possessed, calm, or composed Perspicacious - having keen mental perception and understanding Illicit - forbidden by law, rule, or custom Pleonasm - redundancy Calculus - particular method for calculating or reasoning Flibbertigibbet - chattering or flighty, lightheaded person Interrobang - ?! Lollapalooza - extraordinary / unusual thing Ort - morsel of food left at a meal Quincunx - square arrangement of 5 objects: 4 at the corners, 1 at the middle Slumguillon - stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc Diction - word choice Aphorism - a short saying embodying a general truth or observation Foil - a character whose qualities contrast to another ch Hubris - excessive pride or self confidence, often self-destructive Faux pas - blunder De facto - in fact Trivium - introductory course at a medieval university involving the study of grammar, rhetoric, and logic / liberal arts Quadrivium - a medieval university course involving the 'mathematic arts' of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music

Interpolate - interject, insert Tilde ~ Wassail - revel with drinking Recumbent - imactive Regale - v. delight Vainglory - excessive pride over one's achievements Cesspool A cistern, well, or pit for retaining the sediment of a drain or for receiving the sewage from a house. Proscenium - arch separating stage from auditorium Incisive - intelligently analytical and clearthinking Detritus - waste / debris Abandon - allowed oneself indulgent Rapacious - aggressively greedy or grasping Impertinent - rude Solipsism - the view that the self is all that can be known to exist / selfish Occlude - obstruct Discombobulate - disconcert, confuse Voyeur - person gaining sexual pleasure watching others; person enjoys seeing pain of others Precocious- having developed certain abilities or inclinations at an earlier age than is usual or expected Drone - make continuous low humming sound; a male bee in a colony of social bees, which does no work but can fertilize a queen. a person who does no useful work and lives off others; a remote-controlled pilotless aircraft or missile. Gurney - wheeled stretcher Promulgate - promote or make wildly known; put into effect by official proclamation