Daily List Q2 Flashcards
incipient
new, beginning
the incipient stage
embryonic
new, beginning
the embryonic phase
nascent
new, young
has nascent interest in politics
inchoate
new and as such unformed
a rather inchoate plan at this point
aura
climate; or a distinctive personality
an aura of uncertainty
haughty
arrogantly superior
a look of haughty disdain
supercilious
behaving or looking superior
the supercilious art dealer
pretentious
attempting to impress
a pretentious literary term
vainglorious
showing too much pride
his vainglorious boasting
lagniappe
free
a lagniappe gift bag with her purchase
usurp
to take without right
usurp the kingship
portentous
ominous
the portentous night fall
prescient
predicting
a prescient sense of things
clairvoyant
being able to see into the future
clairvoyant into the future
harbinger
something that signals another
the increase of jobs was a harbinger for the economy
squalid
filthy
squalid living conditions
squalor
filth
the squalor in which they lived
squander
to waste
squander his talents
obsequious -
ulterior motives; kissing up
obsequious to the teacher
sycophantic
kissing up
sycophantic to the leader
sycophant
kisser upper
the sycophant was annoying
harbinger
a sign that indicates the future
a harbinger of springtime
harbinger (v.)
signing of the future
harbinger danger
obstreperous
misbehaving
the kids were all obstreperous
prescient
showing knowledge of events before they happen
prescient people are interesting
elucidate
to make clear
elucidate the directions
penchant
natural attraction
penchant towards science
aversion
distaste
aversion for people’s lies
irascible
irritable
in an irascible mood
impasse
dead end
the street had an impasse
audacity
valor
feats of audacity
bravado
valor
of great bravado
augury
prediction of the future
his augury proved false
panacea
cure-all
panacea for your problems
opprobrium
strong disapproval
opprobrium of her life choices
droll
laughable
her droll confidence
poignant
depressing; emotionally moving
that poignant speech
ignominious
inglorious; disgraceful
ignominious behavior
cure-all
panacea
cure-all for your problems
ephemeral
short-lived
ephemeral fame
an ephemeral head ache
transient
fleeting
transient joy
transient fever
transitory
here then gone
a transitory feeling
audacious
bold
an audacious decision
an audacious lie
emasculate
feel like less of a man; dis-empower
she emasculated him by pointing out his weaknesses
coerce
to intimidate
coerce them into donating
cajole
to sweet-talk
cajoled them into coming
gossamer
very sheer and light
the gossamer material
opaque
dense; coarse
the rocks were opaque
distraught
agitated
they were distraught from the stress
éclat
pizzazz; style
his writing had a certain éclat
harangue
bitter verbal attack
a harangue against the proposition
tirade
bitter verbal attack
a tirade on the mainstream media
diatribe
bitter verbal attack
their diatribe proved fruitful
encomium
tribute
the encomium at his funeral
panegyric
tribute
the panegyric at the dedication
lascivious
having lustful desires
they were judged for being lascivious
salacious
having lustful desires
they were salacious
lewd
having lustful desires
the people were unusually lewd
inviolable
not able to be violated
their rights were inviolable
vacillation
fluctuation
the vacillation of the authorities to make a statement
herculean
mighty
her herculean effort
obstreperous
unruly
the obstreperous two-year old would not cooperate
insolent
rude
his insolent behavior
vituperative
rude
her vituperative reply
scurrilous
rude
their scurrilous retort
aphorism
short saying
Polonius had an aphorism
axiom
short saying
an axiom of the teacher
orthodox
normal
his orthodox writing style
inept
lacking skill
she was inept at swimming
gauche
lacking skill
he was gauche at menial labor
dexterous
skillful
he was dexterous at swimming
deft
skillful
she was deft at school
tactful
skillful
she was tactful at writing
auspicious
favorable
auspicious of success to come
deleterious
unhealthy
all that soda was surely deleterious
droll
laughable
her droll attempt
jocular
playfully humorous
his jocular behavior
dour
grim; grave
a dour look on her face
mellifluous
smooth
the mellifluous voices of the boys’ choir
cacophonous
involving harsh sounds
the cacophonous sounds of middle school
paragon
supreme example of
the paragon of virtue
quintessence
epitome (very essence of)
quintessence of courage
troupe
group of actors
their theater troupe
inert
not moving
she lay inert in her bed
equivocal
unsure
the equivocal nature of her remarks
unequivocal
very sure
her unequivocal answer
meticulous
precise
meticulous with his appearance
slovenly
sloppy
his slovenly clothing
embryonic
just beginning
the embryonic stages of the plan
pliable
bendable; malleable; impressionable
the pliable metal
docile
obedient
the docile animal
tact
ability to say/do the right thing in social situations
he has tact for getting out of things
debauch (v.)
to corrupt; to indulge
debauch the innocent children
debauch (n.)
an indulgence
he spent his life in debauch
debauchery
R-rated revelry; excessive indulgence
his debauchery was borderline illegal
debaucherous
saturnalian; excessive indulgence
a night of debaucherous pleasures
unabashed
fearless; shameless
an unabashed supporter of his policies
hubris
excessive pride (tragic flaw=hamartia) everyone hated him because of his hubris
anomaly
an unnatural occurence
the growth on the duck’s bill is a harmless anomaly
bête noire
“beast of the night”; something that is disliked
his uncle’s bête noire
boone
boost
thankful for the boone
irascible
easily angered
the irascible old man
de jure
by right
the king de jure
callousness
insensitivity
callousness towards their depression
presage
to foreshadow
presage war
sybaritism
pursuit of pleasure
the degree of sybaritism of the parties
asceticism
self-denial
physical asceticism
vapid
dull
the vapid acting
insipid
bland
mugs of insipid coffee
strident
shrill
his voice was strident
ubiquitous
everywhere
his ubiquitous influence on the children
taut
tight
make the rope taut
colossal
of immense size
the colossal wave
terse
short-winded; abrupt
a terse statement
laconic
short-winded; using very few words
his laconic reply
pleonasm
needless repetition; more words than necessary
his pleonastic responses
kowtow
to yield or submit
she kowtowed to the boss
grovel
to yield or submit
he groveled at his feet, begging for forgiveness
