Advanced Words IV Flashcards
Glacial
Pertaining to glaciers; cold, icy, slow, unsympathetic
Glower
Stare in an angry, sullen way
Goad
Spur on, stimulate, encourage; urge on with a pointed or electrically charged stick
Gouge
Scooping or digging tool, like a chisel, or a hole made with such a tool; cut or scoop out; force out a person’s eye with one’s thumb; swindle, extort money from
Graft
Insert part of a plant into another plat, where it continues to grow; join living tissue to part of the body where it will continue to live and grow; attach as if by grafting; the part so grafted; the act of acquiring money or other benefits through illegal means, esp. by abusing one’s power.
Grandiloquent
Relating to lofty speech, esp. to the point of being pompous, overblown, bombastic
Grandstand
Perform showily in an attempt to impress onlookers
Grating
Irritating; harsh or discordant; scraping
Grievous
Causing grief or suffering; very serious, grave; flagrant, outrageous
Grouse
Complain or grumble; a reason for complaint
Grovel
Creep or crawl with one’s face to the ground, prostrate oneself as a token of subservience, degrade or abase oneself
Halcyon
Calm and peaceful, carefree; prosperous, successful, happy
Hallmark
A mark indicating quality, purity, genuineness, etc.; any distinguishing characteristic
Hand-wringing
Grasping, squeezing, etc. of the hands as an expression of nervousness, guilt, etc.; extend debate over what to do about an issue
Hapless
Unlucky, unfortunate
Harangue
Long, intense verbal attack, esp. when delivered publicly; to speak to in a forceful way
Harrow
Farming tool that breaks up soil; painfully disturb or distress
Hedge
Avoid commitment by leaving provisions for withdrawal or changing one’s mind; protect a bet by also betting on the other side
Hegemony
Domination, authority; influence by one country over others socially, culturally, economically, ect.
Hermetic
Airtight, sealed, isolated; reclusive; pertaining to alchemy, occult
Hew
Strike, chop, or hack; make or shape something with a cutting tool
Hoary
Very old, gray or white as from old age
Homage
Honor or respect demonstrated publicly
Hoodwink
Trick, deceive
Hotly
In an intense, fiery, or heated way
Husband
Manage prudently, sparingly, or economically; conserve
Iconoclast
Attacker of cherished beliefs or institutions
Idolatry
Idol worship; excessive or unthinking devotion or adoration
Idyllic or idyll
Presenting a positive, peaceful view of rural life; pleasant in a natural, simple way; a happy, enjoyable experience
Ignoble
Not noble; having mean, base, low motives; low quality
Imbue
Permeate or saturate, as dye in a fabric; influence throughout
Immutable
Unchangeable
Impasse
Position or road from which there is no escape; deadlock
Impassive
Not having or not showing physical feeling or emotion
Impecunious
Poor, without money
Imperious
Commanding, domineering; acting like a high-ranking person; urgent
Impermeable
Impassable, not allowing passage through
Imperturbable
Calm, not able to be upset or agitated
Impervious
Impenetrable, not able to be harmed or emotionally disturbed
Impetuous
Passionately impulsive, marked by sudden, hasty emotion; forceful, violent
Impious
Not religious, lacking reverence, ungodly
Implacable
Relentless, unstoppable; not able to be appeased, calmed, or satisfied
Imprecation
Curse; prayer for harm to come to someone
Impugn
Attack the truth or integrity of
Impute
Credit, attribute; lay blame or responsibility for
Incarnadine
Blood red or flesh-colored
Inconstancy
Fickleness, unreliability; the state of changing without good reason
Inculcate
Teach persistently, implant in a person
Indefatigable
Untiring, not able to become fatigued
Indigence
Extreme poverty
