Random vocab duel

Frieze a broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, especially on a wall near the ceiling.

Repudiated rejected

Heteroclite deviating from the common rule; abnormal; atypical

Quintessential

Auguries

panegyric an expression of praise

Petulant peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

Anachronistic out-of-date, not attributed to the correct historical period

Compunctious deserving of shame; deeply wrong

Obeisance a bow or similar gesture expressing deep respect

Ecclesiastical having to do with the church or the clergy

Jocular

Infantile childish; immature

harmful, injurious

Interlocutor someone who participates in a conversation

SAOA: a fancy way to say idiot

Tract

Querulous (adj.) peevish, complaining, fretful

cheerful and lighthearted

Peroration

Pontiff A term that literally means "bridge-builder." It refers to the Bishop of Rome, or pope.

Idiosyncrasies minor peculiarities of personal behavior

Curtail cut short

ran or flowed

Procreant producing offspring

Sclerotic becoming rigid and unresponsive; losing the ability to adapt

Leige lord or king

happiness; bliss

Peaean

Coign

Asseverating v. to declare earnestly, solemnly; affirm positively

omens

rejected

Pontiff A term that literally means "bridge-builder." It refers to the Bishop of Rome, or pope.

Cavalier showing an offhand or carefree disregard; arrogant

Inveterate

to pay out

ill-natured, bitter hostility

a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute

Pendent

Renege to go back on one's word

Spastic uncontrolled contractions of skeletal muscles, causing stiff and awkward movements (resembles spasm)

Procreant producing offspring

Disparate

Mucilaginous

a word or phrase placed next to another word in order to define or identify it

penetrating, cutting, biting, remarkably clear and direct; keen, acute

Idiosyncratic (adj.) peculiar to one person; highly individualized (I know you had trouble with the last test, but because your mistakes were highly idiosyncratic, I'm going to deny your request that the class be given a new test.)

face to face

Dais raised platform

1. not having the right knowledge, experience, or qualifications to do something

Antedated precede in time; come before (something) in date

Syntactic based on grammar

Cogent forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point

someone who predicts future events according to omens

Conciliar relating to or proceeding from a council, especially an ecclesiastical one.

Inchoate

gnomic related to short, wise, witty sayings

Peaean a praising work

Interlocutor

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