Vocabulary List 9

A sailor who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew and who usually steers

A secondary line

A state of mental or motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility

Occurring by chance

Lacking in freshness or originality

Blatantly and disdainfully proud

An intelligentsia that develops new or experimental concepts especially in the arts

Able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception

A fancy coffin

Opaque, fusible, ductile, and typically lustrous substances that are good conductors of electricity and heat

Composed of verses with 10 syllables

Deprived of natural moisture

Excessively dry

To give assistance

Unification of chemical compounds with the aid of radiant energy and especially light

An object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune

An assumption or concession made for the sake of argument

The quality or state of being faithless or disloyal

To cause to exit or to develop; procreate

Someone or something that is despised or rejected

Very eccentric or absurd often in an amusing way

One making usually showy pretenses to knowledge or who usually steers

Given to or characterized insolent rudeness

To write or draw hastily or carelessly

Promptness in response; cheerful readiness

Done, made, or acquired by stealth

Sorrow aroused by circumstances beyond one's control or power to repair

Commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased

A small company that offers highly specialized services or products

A story coming down form the past

A room of the ancient Roman thermal furnished with a cold bath and used for cooling off

To restore to harmony

One who conducts activities aimed at influencing or swaying public officials

Drunk enough to be emotionally silly

The side of a right-angled triangle that is opposite the right angle

Lacking congruity; such as not harmonious, not conforming, inconsistent within itself, lacking propriety

A person of mixed white and Black ancestry

To have an effect; make an impression

Exclusive ownership through legal privilege, command of supply, or concerted action

Showing or characterized by a patronizing or superior attitude towards others

Attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness

A closed meeting or group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates

A small handful; a thin strip or fragment

Deeply malevolent

A unit of capacity equal to 10 liters

To discharge feces from the bowels

Time past and especially long past

One who offends or irritates by observance of proprieties in a pointed manner

Cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality

The outlay of money usually for income or profit; capital outlay