Advanced Words II Flashcards
Jejune
dull, lacking flavor, immature or childish
Sententious
to be moralizing, usually in a pompous sense
Fell
terribly evil
Limpid
having clarity in terms of expression, simple and clear
Expurgate
to remove objectionable materials
Mellifluous
smooth and sweet sounding
Blinkered
to have a limited outlook or understanding
Martinet
a strict disciplinarian
Histrionic
to be overly theatrical
Impecunious
lacking money, poor
Bilious
irritable, always angry, peevish ill-natured disposition, sickening or unpleasant
Sybarite
a person who indulges in luxury, sensualist
Sangfroid
calmness or poise in difficult situations
Schadenfreude
joy from watching the suffering of others
disabuse
to persuade somebody that their belief is not valid, to free from error, misconception, or fallacy
Pyrrhic
describing a victory that comes at such a great cost that the victory is not worthwhile
Apotheosis
exaltation to divine status; the highest point of development, culmination or climax
mettlesome
filled with courage or valor
Phantasmagorical
illusive, unreal, deceptive or fantastic appearance
Pollyannaish
extremely or blindly optimistic
Malapropism
the confusion of a word with another word that sounds similar
Arriviste
a person who has recently reached a position of power, a social climber
Venial
easily excused or forgiven; pardonable
Factitious
artificial, not natural
Picayune
trifling or petty (a person)
Sartorial
related to fashion or clothes
Juggernaut
a force that cannot be stopped,a huge, powerful, and overwhelming force or institution:
Gerrymander
to manipulate voting districts in order to favor a particular political party
Curmudgeon
a grouchy, surly person
Parvenu
a person who has suddenly become wealthy, but not socially accepted as part of a higher class
Cupidity
greed for money
Palimpsest
something that has been changed numerous times but on which traces of former iterations can still be seen,something having usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface
Protean
readily taking on different roles, versatile
Quixotic
wildly idealistic(impractical perfectionism), impractical
Quisling
a traitor
Benighted
fallen into a state of ignorance-overtaken by darkness
Imbroglio
a confusing and potentially embarrassing situation
Invective
abusive or denunciatory language
Arch
to be deliberately teasing
Peremptory
bossy and domineering
Execrate
to curse and hiss at
Propitiate
to placate or appease
Maudlin
overly emotional and sad,drunk enough to be emotionally silly
Remonstrate
to make objections while pleading, protesting
Excoriate
to criticize very harshly
Tendentious
likely to lean towards a controversial view, biased
Mulct
to defraud or swindle
Hedge
to limit or qualify a statement, to avoid making a direct statement
Vituperate
to criticize harshly to berate
Jaundiced
to be biased against due to envy or prejudice
