Day 4 Flashcards
vitality
n. state and quality of being alive
anesthetic
n. anything which produces a loss of sensation, numbing agent
swipe
v. to hit with a sweeping motion
monotheism
n. belief in one God
lechery
gross lewdness; lustfulness
outwit
v. outsmart; to defeat by behaving more cleverly
continence
self-restraint; sexual chastity; sexual abstinence
antler
n. bony growth on the head of a deer
charisma
divine gift; great popular charm or appeal; magnetism
intermingle
v. to mix together
abscond
v. to depart secretly and hide
lachrymose
adj. doleful, depressed, mournful
shiftless
adj. useless, lazy
effete
adj. having lost one’s original power; barren; worn out; exhausted; 정력빠진, 여성적인
disbar
v. make a lawyer leave the bar or the legal profession
lugubrious
adj. mournful; very sad
flay
v. to strip off skin; plunder; remove the skin from; criticize harshly
bluff
v. to put up a false front
momentous
adj. important
perimeter
n. outer boundary; circumference
patronizing
adj. belittling
litotes
understatement for emphasis
ex. not bad = pretty good
mischance
n. ill luck
upright
adj. n. virtuous, having moral integrity
rolling
v. rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages
diurnal
adv. daily
calorific
adj. heat producing
hibernal
adj. wintery
resignation
n. patiently submissiveness; statement that one is quitting a job
intimidate *
adj. frighten
choreography
n. art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
intermediary
adj. n. intermediate; acting as a mediator
idiom
n. expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words
roguish
adj. dishonest, mischievous or playful
ecstatic
adj. extremely happy
obsessive
adj. related to thinking about something constantly; of an obsession; preoccupying
septic
adj. of or causing sepsis; putrid; producing putrefaction; infected with microorganisms
brave
v. face courageously
vampire
n. ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living
lace
n. cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges as of a shoe
necromancy
n. black magic; sorcery; dealings with the dead
denouement
n. outcome; final development of the plot of a play
archived
v. kept in store
backslide
v. to revert to bad habits
wither
v. to dry up from loss of moisture; lose freshness; shrivel; decay
palette
n. board on which painter mixes pigments coloring matters
dispirited
adj. lacking in spirit
presumption
adj. assuming too much
plausible
adj. believable
felicitous
adj. fortunate
turelage
n. guardianship; training; function of a tutor; instruction
malaise
n. uneasiness; vague feeling of ill health without any particular pain or appearance of…?
permissive
adj. allowing much freedom; lenient
recourse
n. an opportunity or choice for help
avuncular
adj. uncle like (kind, familiar)
plane
n. carpenter’s tool for shooting and leveling wood
hardy *
sturdy; robust; of plants able to stand inclement stormy weather
eventual
adj. happening at last as a result
enamored
adj. in love
scotch
v. to put an end to
pummel
v. beat or pound with fists
tranquility *
n. peacefulness
gregarious *
adj. friendly, sociable
espionage
v. spying
intrigue
n. scheme, plot
substantial
adj. solid, essential or fundamental; considerable
gavel
n. hammerlike tool
lambaste
v. to denounce
felicities
n. suitable or happy things
boundless
adj. endless, infinite
sanguine
adj. optimistic, positive thinker
josh
v. to make joke
pastime
n. hobby diversion
greg
n. herd, group
scamp
n. rascal; 장난꾸러기
impregnable *
adj. invulnerable, impenetrable
goad
v. to urge, incite, spur on
mute
n. silent; without speech
plaster
n. paste that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls
rigorous
adj. unchanging; inflexible
crusade
n. a movement or declaration for an idea or principle
irrelevant
adj. not applicable; unrelatedd
empirical
adj. based on experience
predecessor
n. former occupant of a post
guffaw
n. boisterous laughter
allude
v. to refer indirecly
intimate
n. hint; suggest; imply
adj. marked by close relationship; familiar; private; personal
antithesis
adj. exact opposite
feign
v. to pretend
emollient
n. soothing or softening remedy for the skin
dominant
n. in control or command
reciprocate
v. to give and take equally
baffle
v. to confuse
opus
n. work, especially musical composition
slapdash
adj. hasty and careless
factious
adj. inclined to form factions; causing dessension
nonpareil
n. the best, one who is unequalled in excellence
boorish
adj. rude; insensitive
cordial *
adj. warmly friendly
paste
n. smoothing viscous mixture as of flour
Advocate
(v.) to argue in favor of
Avid
(adj.) enthusiastic
Anthropology
(n.) the study of the origins, behavior, and culture of human beings
Deride
(v.) to ridicule
Collaborate
(v.) to work together
Conventional
(adj.) following accepted customs and behaviors
Dispute
(v.) to question the truth of
Emphatic
(adj.) expressed with emphasis
Explicit
(adj.) clearly expressed or demonstrated
Hostile
(adj.) openly opposed; showing ill-will
