Monday, October 29, 2012

Vocabulary List Five(?)

Rote - routine, a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure; noun

Manifest - readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; adjective

Bequest - a disposition in a will; noun

Moras - the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable; noun

Brouhaha - excited public interest, discussion, or the like, as the clamor attending some sensational event; hullabaloo; noun

Slake - to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying; verb

Zenith - the point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer, compare; noun

Pacifist - a person who believes in pacifism or is opposed to war or to violence of any kind; noun

Bedlam - a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion; noun

Prehensile - adapted for seizing, grasping, or taking hold of something; adjective

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