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AQWF Vocabulary LIsts
AQWF List #1

1 queue  noun  a line or sequence of persons, cars, etc. waiting their turn to be served or to
            Proceed / noun a pigtail or plait of hair
            Verb  computing a list of data items, commands, etc. stored to be retrieved in a specific
            order
2. disconcerted  verb disturbed the composure of; agitated; flustered
            Verb spoiled or upset (plans etc.)
            Adv. Disconcertedly, disconcertingly; adj. disconcerting; noun disconcertion
            disconcertment
3.  ostracize verb to exclude (a person) from society, favor, common privileges, etc.
            Refuse to associate with -- ostracism
4. juxtapose  verb to place (things) side by side  noun juxtaposition adj. juxtapositional
5. gamut  noun the whole series or range or scope of anything
6. discomfiture   noun the state of being baffled or thwarted, let down
            verb discomfit, discomfited, discomfiting
7. revile   verb   to abuse, to criticize abusively, to talk abusively, to rail
            nouns revilement, reviler, reviling (reviling is a noun not a verb despite its appearance.)
8. restive adj.  fidgety, restless
regarding a horse – refusing to advance, stubbornly standing still or moving backwards or
sideways, refractory (headstrong, unruly)
            regarding a person – unmanageable, rejecting control
            adv. restively / noun  restiveness
9.  levies   verb to impose (a rate or toll), to raise (as in a tax)
            a body of troops enrolled
            verb levy   adj. leviable
10. laconically   adverb done briefly, concisely, tersely
            adj. laconic   noun laconicism
11. conjectures verb  the formation of an opinion on incomplete information; guessing
            adj. conjecturable
12.  instantaneous   adj. Occurring or done in an instant or instantly
            noun  instantaneity, instantaneousness / adv instantaneously
13. parapet   noun a low wall at the edge of a roof, balcony, etc. or along the sides of a bridge
            a defense of earth or stone to conceal and protect troops
            adj. parapeted
14. chafed   verb to make or to become sore or damaged by rubbing
            verb to rub (the skin to restore warmth or sensation )
            verb to make or become annoyed, fret
15. saveloy   noun  British a seasoned red pork sausage, dried and smoked, and sold ready to eat 
            
AQWF List #2
1. suppley   -- flexible, pliant; easily bent
2. indefatigable -- of a person or quality that cannot be tired out      
3. concord  -- agreement or harmony between people or things       
4. decorum -- seemliness, propriety, etiquette
5. remonstrance – the act or an instance of protesting, arguing forcibly, expostulating
6. lorries (lorry) – a large motor vehicle for transporting goods        
7. aspirants – one who has a strong ambition or desire for something
8. insatiable – unable to be satisfied; extremely greedy                    
9. vile – disgusting, morally base, depraved, shameful
10. reminiscences   -- the act of remembering things past; a past fact or experience remembered
11. carcase (carcass) – the dead body of an animal, the human body, living or dead
12. acrid – bitterly pungent, irritating, corrosive
13. reverberation – sound, light or heat being returned or echoing repeatedly
14. bayonet – a stabbing blade attachable to the muzzle or a rifle
15. annihilation – the complete destruction of something


AQWF #3  DEFINITIONS
  1. sufficed – to be enough or adequate; to meet the needs of
  2. quarrying – hunting a prey; excavate stone; to extract facts from a source
  3. belaboured – (belabored American spelling) to thrash; beat; attack verbally; argue or elaborate (a subject) in excessive detail; harped on
  4. impinges – to make an impact (upon); have an effect (upon); encroaches
  5. quixotic – extravagantly and romantically chivalrous; naively idealistic; impractical; quixotically adverb / quixotism noun /  from the name of Don Quixote hero in Cervantes’ romance
  6. silhouettes – an image where the outline is shown dark on a lighter background
  The word came from a French author and politician 1767 named Etienne de Silhouette

  1. dementing – insanity producing; adj. Demented, noun dementedness; archaic noun dement=crazy person.
  2. fortnight – two weeks (from an Old English word meaning fourteen nights) You would say Tuesday fortnight to mean 2 weeks from Tuesday.
  3. dispel – dissipate, disperse; scatter; dispelled, dispelling dispeller
  4. importune – to solicit (a person) pressingly; to solicit for an immoral purpose; to persist with repeated requests
  5. equanimity – mental composure, evenness of temper, esp. in misfortune  adj. equanimous
  6. inducement – incentive; an attraction that leads one on
  7. congealed – to make or become semi-solid by cooling; to coagulate (blood) jelled
  8. insensate – without physical sensation; unconscious; without sensibility; unfeeling, numb, anesthetized; stupid; adv. Insensately noun insensibility
  9. dinned – a prolonged loud and distracting noise; to hav   e something instilled by constant repetition