26 Flashcards
Adduce
verb: To cite as an example or means of proof in an argument.
Amity
noun: Peaceful relations, as between nations.
Brummagem
adjective: Showy but inferior and worthless.
Desultory
adjective: Lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected.
Disabuse
verb: To be corrected or apprised of a falsehood, error, fallacy, or misconception.
Epithet
noun: A term used to broadly characterized a person or thing, often in a derogatory manner.
Mete
verb: To distribute by or as if by measuring.
Milieu
noun: The totality of one’s surroundings and the conditions that affect and influence an individual.
Oeuvre
noun: The sum or totality of the lifework of an artist, writer, or composer.
Perfunctory
adjective: Done routinely and executed with little interest or care.
Peripatetic
adjective: Walking about or from place to place.
Philistine
noun: A smug, ignorant person regarded as being indifferent or antagonistic to artistic cultural values.
Picayune
adjective: Of little value or account.
Plethora
noun: An overabundance; an excess.
Pretext
noun: Something that is put forward to conceal an actual purpose, objective, or ulterior motive.
Pusillanimous
adjective: Lacking courage or resolution; cowardly.
Recrudescence
noun: To break out anew or come into renewed activity.
Rectitude
noun: Moral virtue; righteousness; principled or ethical; integrity.
Renascent
adjective: Coming again into being.
Satyr
noun: One of a class of woodland deities.
Secular
adjective: Worldly rather than spiritual.
Serendipity
noun: Making fortunate discoveries by accident or chance.
Sobriquet
noun: An affectionate or humorous nickname.
Unscrupulous
adjective: Dishonest or unprincipled.
Usury
noun: The practice of lending money and charging the borrower interest.
Utilitarian
adjective: Having regard for utility or usefulness rather than beauty, aesthetics, or ornamentation.
Uxorious
adjective: Doting upon, foolishly fond of, or affectionately submissive towards one’s wife.
Vacuous
adjective: Devoid of matter; empty.
Venial
adjective: Easily excused or forgiven; pardonable.
Virtuoso
noun: A person who has exceptional knowledge or skill in a field.
Vitriolic
adjective: Bitterly scathing; caustic.
Weather
verb: To come through safely; to endure difficult or trying circumstances.
Wizened
adjective: Shriveled, wrinkled, or dried up, especially with age.
Xenophobia
noun: An unreasonable fear, distrust, or hatred of foreigners.
Yoke
noun: Something that connects or joins together; a bond or tie.
