Boot Camp Set 3 Flashcards
sullen
adj. showing silent anger and unwillingness to be pleasant to people
genre
n. a kind, or type
unkempt
adj. sloppy; messy; unclean
intrinsic
adj. relating to the essential nature of something
contentious
adj. always ready to argue; quarrelsome
regimen
n. a set of rules, usually followed for therapeutic effect
toxic
adj. poisonous; dangerous
n. toxin
belie
v. to picture falsely; to contradict
diligent
adj. painstaking and steady
effect
v. to bring about
pantomime
n. communication by means of gesture and facial expression
countenance
n. appearance, esp. the expression of the face; v. to tolerate
ephemeral
adj. lasting for a short time; fleeting
captivate
v. to capture the attention or affection of, as by beauty, excellence, etc.
indolent
adj. lazy
n. indolence
kindling
n. dry sticks of wood used to start a fire
resolve
v. to make a firm decision; to find a solution to
n. resolution
uniform
adj. consistent; the same for everyone
n. uniformity
ego
n. the self; the individual as self-aware; self-love
congenital
adj. present since birth; being an essential characteristic
marine
adj. of the sea or shipping; nautical
n. mariner
repudiate
v. to reject as invalid or untrue
n. repudiation
collective
adj. done by a number of people working as a group
mentor
n. a counselor or teacher
municipal
adj. relating to a city, town, village, or the like with local self-government
n. municipality
irony
n. a use of words in which the intended meaning is very different from the literal sense; an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs, esp. one that suggests a lesson about human folly
adj. ironic
jurisdiction
n. the extent of authority or control; the right and power to interpret and apply the law
ruthless
adj. having no compassion or pity
hue
n. a shade of color
respite
n. temporary relief
painstaking
adj. very thorough; careful
vernacular
n. informal speech; native language
civic
adj. pertaining to a city or citizen
prolific
adj. producing a lot
conflagration
n. a large, disastrous fire
scale
v. to climb
formidable
adj. inspiring fear or dread
poable
adj. legally obligated; likely (with reference to an unfavorable outcome)
facetious
adj. playfully humorous
urban
adj. relating to a city
itinerant
adj. traveling from place to place, esp. for work
trek
v. to travel or migrate, esp. slowly or great difficulty
barbarous
adj. cruel; brutal
n. barbarity
deploy
v. to station or assemble troops or forces in position
n. deployment
ineffable
adj. incapable of being expressed
harangue
n. a long pompous speech; a speech or piece of writing expressing strong emotion; a tirade
superfluous
adj. unnecessary; extra
n. superfluity
revel
v. to delight, to enjoy (used with “in”)
n. revelry
aesthetic
adj. relating to beauty
n. aestheticism
unseemly
adj. not decent or proper
