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Term Definition
adept skilled; expert at
aptitude skill or suitability for
disposition attitude or mood
effigy a figure constructed in mockery
figment something invented or imaginary
formative occuring at the time of most influence
impose to forcibly place upon
inept unskilled; clumsy
misinformation untrue or wrong information
posit to put forth; to assert
prefigure to look like or predict a later thing or event
reform to bring back to rightness, order or morality
abstain to not do something; refrain
affable easy to converse with; friendly
circumspect careful; mindful of rules and consequences
confound to confuse or frustrate
deplete to use up; waste
dictum a formal or authoritative statement
edict an official order
elucidate to make clear by explaining
enunciate to pronounce or articulate
implement to put into action; execute
improvise to create without any forethought or preparation
indict to charge with a crime; to accuse
ineffable unutterable; indescribable
infantile childish; immature
infuse to inject; to fill something or someone with
inhibit to get in the way of; hinder
invidious hateful or spiteful
invoke to call on for support
lucid easy to understand; clear
phosphorescent giving off light without heat
photogenic looking attractive in photographs
phototropic tending to grow or move towards the light
prohibit to stop one from doing something; to prevent
pronouncement a declaration of opinion; judgement
prospect that which is expected
providential happening by good fortune
provocative causing disturbance or excitement
renounce to reject by declaration
replete filled up with
retinue a group that attends an important person
revoke to make invalid; to deactivate
specter a ghost or phantom
suffuse to fill up from within; to spread throughout
sustain to support for an extended period of time
tenacious stubbornly persistent; determined
translucent allowing light to pass through

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Terms 48
Creator JSchentur
Created October 8, 2008
Group Schentur' s English 9 '08-'09
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  1. dictum → a formal or authoritative statement - 17 misses
  2. pronouncement → a declaration of opinion; judgement - 13 misses
  3. prohibit → to stop one from doing something; to prevent - 11 misses
  4. renounce → to reject by declaration - 10 misses
  5. formative → occuring at the time of most influence - 9 misses
  6. implement → to put into action; execute - 8 misses
  7. prefigure → to look like or predict a later thing or event - 7 misses