1-45 Flashcards
Audacity
Boldness or daring
Flaunt
Parade or display oneself boldy
Chagrin
Feeling of annoyance
Wry
Bitterly ironic
Arbitrary
Random choice, on a whim
Callous
Hardened
Levy
Impose, collecting
Buttress
To support, prop up
Presage
To foreshadow
Reprehensible
Deserving blame
Causal
Implying a cause
Inductive
Broadly applying one specific thing to something in general
Antithetical
Opposite
Apprehension
Suspicion of future trouble, anticipation
Fortitude
Mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty
Clandestine
Kept secret, done secretly
Culpable
Deserving blame
Civil
Polite social interaction
Juxtapose
To place close together
Ad hominem
Attacking an opponents character
Emancipation
The act of freeing
Retrospective
Directed to the past
Illicit
Not legally permitted
Allude
To refer casually or indirectly
Intimate
To hint
Validate
To confirm, make valid
Epigraph
A short quotation at the beginning of a book
Agnostic
Belief that the existence of GOD is unknown
Affluence
Abundance of material goods
Sanctity
Holiness
Divinity
The quality of being divine
Psychoanalysis
A theory that investigates conscious and unconscious elements in the mind
Mysticism
Becoming one with GOD
Taboo
Improper
Benighted
Intellectually or morally ignorant
Subordinate
Of less importance
Repulsive
Arousing disgust
Irony
Intention or attitude opposite of what is intended
Subterranean
Underground
Penchant
A strong liking for something
Misandry
Hatred of males
Amalgam
A mix of different elements
Equestrian
Horseback riding, horseback riders
Indelible
Making marks that can’t be erased
Epitome
A person or thing that is a perfect example of a specific thing