10-24 Flashcards
accrue
v
to gather over a period of time
the knowledge he accrued served him treating during the act
didactic
adj
focused on communicating a moral, politics, or educational message- right and wrong, projecting morality
politicians often think they are more didactic than their opponents
esoteric
adj.
intended to be understood by a select and initiated few, secret and highly confidential
esoteric historians are not popular with high schoolers, but history majors
parsimony
n
frugality unwilling to spend money
only buying parsimony because they are cheap is a parsimony
tome
n
heavy or thick book
my apush book is a tome
abject
adj.
allowing no hope of improvement or relief, hopelessness, a miserable situation
abject poverty is utterly saddening
credulous
adj.
too easily convinced that something is true, given to accept or believe too readily
credulous consumers are likely to spend thousands of dollars on diet pills
diurnal
adj.
existing during the day
humans are diunural
interpolate
v
in insert something that is unnecessary between two elements, extra words
I interpolate to make my essays longer
perspicacious
adj
penetratingly discerning, perceptive, able to understand easily
even thought she was perspicacious , she had too many grammatical errors for an A
alacrity
n
promptness, eager and speedy
marks alacrity when a call came is so helpful
corroborate
v
give evidence of the the truth
hims brother corroborated that she did not steal the purse
incendiary
adj
deliberate burning of property, designed to excite..flammable
his incendiary remarks were not necessary
polemic
n
a passionate, strongly worded argument for or against something
attorneys are professionals in the art of polemic
prurient
adj
having or intending to arouse an unwholesome interest in sexual matters. excessive focus on sex
the us book club likes to clarify wether or not a book is prurient
