Vocabulary List #11

Affinity: relationship by marriage

Bilious: of or indicative of a peevish ill nature disposition

Cognate: of the same nature

Corollary: A proposition inferred immediately from a proved proposition with little or no additional proof

Cul-de-sac: a pouch

Derring-do: a daring action

Divination: The art or practice that seeks to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge due to the interpretation of omens

Elixir: A substance capable of prolonging life indefinitely

Folderol: a useless accessory

Gamut: an entire range or series

Hoi polloi: the General populace

Ineffable: incapable of being expressed in words

Lucubration: to study by night

Mnemonic: intended to assist memory

Obloquy: abusive language

Parameter: an independent variable used to express the coordinates of variable point and functions of them

Pundit: a learned man

Risible: provoking laughter

Symptomatic: having the characteristics of a certain disease but arising of a different cause

Volte-face: a reversal in policy

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