2021 Apr Flashcards
Pleonasm
The use of more words than are necessary
E.g.,
Black darkness
Accoutrement
Additional items of dress or equipment worn for special occasions
Chicanery
Trickery
Buttress
A prop or safeguard
Buttressed
Fortified
Cogent
Convincing
Cassandra
A prophet of disaster
Pandowdy
A kind of spiced apple pie fried in a deep dish
Ratel
A honey badger
Quiddity
The inherent nature of essence of someone
Coda
The concluding passage of a piece of statement
Dyspeptic
Bad-tempered
Cognoscente
A connoisseur
Schuss
SHUU-S
A straight downhill run on skis
Theodolite
A surveying instrument with a rotating telescope for measuring horizontal and vertical angles
Veblen
Describes a good which experiences a high demand after use
Ad hominem
Relating to an argument directed against a person instead of the issues being discussed
Miscegenation
Interracial breeding
Coffer
A strongbox
Fund
Sprachgefühl
An intuitive feeling of a language
Lagomorph
A hare, rabbit or pika
Volute
A spiral scroll
Sea mollusk
(Adj.) | forming a spiral curve or curves
Amuse-gueule
Appetizer
Esculent
Fit to be eaten
Edible
Indefatigable
Tireless
Protean
Ever-changing
Versatile
Confer
Bestow on
Consult
Coeval
Contemporary
Obnubilate
To darken with a cloud
To obscure
Icarus paradox
Referring to the phenomenon of businesses failing abruptly after rapid success
Digerati
IT experts
Nodus
A problem, difficulty, or complication
Doula
A woman who provides support during pregnancy training
Bereft
Deprived of
Sad (due to death or departure)
Despondent
Disheartened
Waggish
Playful
Staccato
Performed with each note detached from the others
Numismatic
Relating to coins and medals
Inosculate
Join by intertwining or placing closely together
Asterism
A prominent pattern or group of stars
Billet-doux
A love letter
Confrere
A colleague
Futz
To waste time
Heuristic
Enabling someone to learn more about themselves
Synechode
A technique in which a part represents the whole entity
