Chapter 24 Flashcards
zany
adj.
Comical or ludicrous because of incongruity or strangeness; crazy; wacky.
berate
v.
To rebuke or scold angrily and at length.
gustatory
adj.
Of or relating to the sense of taste.
judicious
adj.
Having or exhibiting sound judgment; prudent.
regale
v.
- To provide with great enjoyment; entertain.
- To entertain sumptuously with food and drink; provide a feast for.
sycophant
n.
A person who attempts to gain advantage by flattering influential people or behaving in a servile manner; boot licker.
beret
n.
A round, soft, brimless cap that fits snugly and is often worn angled to one side.
corpulent
adj.
Having an abundance or excess of flesh or fat.
hackneyed
adj.
Overfamiliar through overuse; trite.
jurisprudence
n.
- The philosophy or science of law.
- A division, type, or particular body of law: modern jurisprudence; federal jurisprudence; bankruptcy jurisprudence.
relegate
v.
- To consign to an inferior or obscure place, rank, category, or condition: an artist’s work that is now relegated to storerooms; a group that has been relegated to the status of second-class citizens.
- To refer or assign (e.g. a matter or task) for decision or action: relegate the teaching of writing to graduate students; relegate the matter to a committee.
taciturn
adj.
- Habitually untalkative.
- Characterized by reserve or a lack of expression.
zealot
n.
a. One who is zealous, especially excessively so.
b. A fanatically committed person.
bestial
adj.
- Of or resembling a beast: a bestial roar.
- Marked by brutality or depravity; brutal or depraved: capable of the most bestial acts imaginable.
corrugate
v.
To shape into folds or parallel and alternating ridges and grooves.
hallowed
adj.
- Sanctified; consecrated: a hallowed cemetery.
- Highly venerated; sacrosanct: our hallowed war heroes.
juxtapose
v.
To place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
placebo
n.
- Harmless medicine with no effect.
a. A substance that has positive effects as a result of a patient’s perception that it is beneficial rather than as a result of a causative ingredient.
b. An inactive substance or preparation used as a control in an experiment or test to determine the effectiveness of a medicinal drug. - Something of no intrinsic remedial value that is used to appease or reassure another.
zenith
n.
- The point on the celestial sphere that is directly above the observer.
- The upper region of the sky.
- The highest point above the observer’s horizon attained by a celestial body.
- The point of culmination; the peak: the zenith of her career.