Thursday, October 25, 2012

Vocabulary fall list #7 :

Ad infinitum: to infinity;endlessly; without limit
Apportion: to distribute or allocate proportionally
Bona fide: made, done, presented
buoyant: tending to float in a fluid
Clique: a small, exclusive group of people; coterie
Concede: to acknowledged as true, just or proper; admit
Congenial: agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character
lofty: extending high in the air
Migration: the process or act of migrating
perceive: to become aware of, knoe, or identify by means of the senses
Perverse: willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired
Prelude: a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
Rancid: having a rank. Unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as though decomposition
especially of tasks and oils.
Rustic: of, pertaining to or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities
Sever: to separate ( a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
Sordid: morally ignoble or base; vile
Untenable: incapable of being defended, as an argument, thesis
Versatile: capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor
vindicate: to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like.
Wane: to decrease.in strength, intensity, etc.

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