Deck 1 Flashcards
Benediction
Noun
an utterance of good wishes.
the form of blessing pronounced by an officiating minister, as at the close of divine service.
Castigate
V. to criticize or reprimand severely.
to punish in order to correct.
Bucolic
Noun
of or relating to shepherds; pastoral.
of, relating to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life.
Calorific
Adjective
Of or relating to heat production
Reclamation
Noun
Process of reclaiming
Flout
Verb
Break or ignore (law,rule) without hiding what you are doing or showing fear or shame
Concerted
Adjective
Done in a planned or deliberate way usually by several people
Consecrated
Adjective
Dedicated to sacred purpose
Levy
Verb
To use legal authority to demand and collect (fine,tax)
Perfunctory
Adjective
Done without Energy or enthusiasm because of habit or expectation
Remedial
Adjective
Intended To correct or improve something, to make something better
Recalcitrant
Adjective
Stubbornly refusing to obey rules or orders
Zealous
Adjective
Feeling or showing strong and energetic support for a person, cause, etc
Incandescent
Adjective
White or glowing because of intense heat
Impressive, successful, intelligent
Cavalcade
Noun
Line of riders,vehicles moving along in the same direction
Series of related things
Mendacious
Adjective
Characterized by deception or falsehood
Flippant
Adjective
Lacking proper respect or seriousness
Abjured
Verb
To reject something formally
Castigate
Verb
To subject to severe punishment or criticism
Capricious
Adjective
Changing often and quickly, often In mood or behavior
Incisive
Adjective
Impressively direct and decisive
Languidly
Showing or having very little strength, energy or activity
Hallowed
Adjective
Holy or blessed, highly respected
Languish
Verb
To continue for a long time without activity or progress in an unpleasant situation
Mercurial
Adjective
Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change of mood
Propitiate
To gain or regain the goodwill of
Carouse
Noun
A drunken revel
Bacchanalian
Adjective
Drunken, celebratory, partying
Venerable
Adjective
Made sacred by religious or historical association
Peregrination
Noun
A course traveled by foot
Sybaritic
Adjective
Characterized by loving luxury or sensuous pleasure
Specious
Adjective
Apparently good or right thigh lacking really merit;superficially pleasing or plausible
Defraud
Verb
To deprive of a right, money or property by fraud
Magnate
Noun
Person of great influence, importance or standing in a particular enterprise
Appellation
Noun
Name, title or designation
Alacrity
Noun
Cheerful readiness, promptness or willingness
Obfuscate
Verb
To confuse, bewilder or stupefy
Fecundity
Noun
Quality of being fruitful or fertile
Paltry
Adjective
Ridiculous or insultingly small
Aggrandize
Verb
To widen in scope, increase in size or intensity
To make Greater in power, wealth, rank or honor
Obdurate
Adjective
Stubbornly resistant to moral influence
Prevaricate
Verb
To deliberately speak falsely or misleadingly, to lie
Morceau
Noun
A piece , excerpt or passage or poetry/music
August
Adjective
Inspiring reverence or admiration, majestic
Derisive
Adjective
Characterized by mocking or contempt
Erudite
Adjective
Characterized by great knowledge, learned or scholarly
Excoriate
Verb
To denounce to berate severely
Waive
Verb
To refrain from claiming or insisting on, put aside
Objurgate
Verb
To reproach of denounce vehemently, berate sharply
Prolix
Adjective
Extended to a great, unnecessary or tedious length
Timorous
Adjective
Full of fear
Tremulous
Adjective
Characterized by trembling
Cosseted
Verb
To treat as pet, pamper, coddle
Dandled
Verb
To move a baby or child lightly up and down as on a knee or in arms
Aberrant
Adjective
Departing from right, normal or usual course
Asinine
Adjective
Foolish, unintelligent or silly
Pellucid
Adjective
Allowing maximum passage of light, clear in appearance or meaning
Magisterial
Adjective
Of relating to or befitting a master, having high importance
Pusillanimous
Adjective
Lacking courage or resolution
Acceded
Verb
To give consent, approval or adherence , agree
To attain or assume an office or title
Predilection
Noun
Tendency to think favorably or something in particular
Redacted
Verb
To put into suitable literary form, revise, edit
Belie
Verb
To show to be false
Somnolent
Adjective
Sleepy, drowsy
Voluble
Adjective
Characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words, fluent
Plaudits
Noun
An enthusiastic expression of approval
Pedagogy
Noun
Art of science of teaching, education
Florid
Adjective
Reddish, ruddy, rosy
Flowery, excessively ornate
Revile
Verb
To assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language, speak abusively
Efficacious
Adjective
Capable of having the desired effect or result
Tractable
Adjective
Easily manage or controlled, docile, yielding
Insolent
Adjective
Boldly rude or disrespectful
Catalepsy
Noun
Physical condition associated with catatonic schizophrenia, stiff, not connected with reality
Martinet
Noun
Someone who stubbornly adheres to methods or rules
Umbrage
Noun
Offense, annoyance, displeasure
Vindicate
Verb
To clear from an accusation, imputation, suspicion
Stipulation
Noun
Condition or demand, promise in agreement or contract
Incendiary
Adjective
Tending to arouse strife, fiery
Ersatz
Adjective
Serving as a substitute, synthetic
Lugubrious
Adjective
Mournful, dismal, gloomy in an exaggerated manner
Adulterate
Verb
To debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements
Presage
Noun
Presentment or foreboding, an omen or warning indication
Foible
Noun
Slight flaw or defect
Semblance
Noun
Outward aspect of appearance
Stolid
Adjective
Not easily stirred or moved, unemotional
Insidious
Adjective
Stealthy treacherous or deceitful
Incipient
Adjective
Beginning to exist or appear
Penchant
Noun
Strong inclination, taste or liking for something
Lassitude
Noun
Weariness of body and mind from strain, oppressive climate etc
Puerility
Noun
State or quality of being a child
Venerate
Verb
To regard with reverence
Pallid
Adjective
Faint or deficient in color
Inscrutable
Adjective
Not easily understood, incapable of being analyzed
Tractable
Adjective
Easily managed or controlled
Credulous
Adjective
Willing to believe or trust too readily
Deference
Noun
Respectful submission or yielding to judgement or will of another
Deride
Verb
To laugh at in scorn or contempt
Desiccate
Verb
To dry thoroughly
Desultory
Adjective
Lacking in consistency, constancy or visible order
Diatribe
Noun
A bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack or criticism
Dilatory
Adjective
Tending to delay or procrastinate, to cause delay, gain time
Dissemble
Verb
To give a false or misleading appearance to, conceal truth
Dissonance
Noun
Incongruity, inharmonious or harsh sound
Dupe
Noun
Person who is easily deceived or fooled
Person who unquestioningly serves a cause of another person
Elegy
Noun
Mournful or plaintive poem, funeral song
Engender
Verb
To produce, cause, give rise to
Enumerate
Verb
To mention separately as if in counting, name by one by one
Enigma
Noun
Puzzling or inexplicable situation
Ephemeral
Adjective
Lasting a very short time, short lived
Equivocate
Verb
To use ambiguous or unclear expressions, avoid commitment
Estimable
Adjective
Worthy of esteem, deserving respect
Erudite
Adjective
Characterized by great knowledge
Foment
Verb
To instigate or foster, promote growth or development of
Gregarious
Adjective
Fond of the company of others
Inchoate
Adjective
Not yet completely or fully developed, rudimentary
Impetuous
Adjective
Relating to a sudden or rash action, impulsive
Insipid
Adjective
Without distinctive, interesting or stimulating qualities
Inimical
Adjective
Adverse in tendency or effect, harmful
Recalcitrate
Verb
To resist or oppose, strong objection
Deportment
Noun
Demeanor, conduct, conduct of obedience of a child in school
Credence
Noun
Belief as to the truth of something
Dogma
Noun
Official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior etc
Salutary
Adjective
Favorable to or promoting health,beneficial purpose
Progeny
Noun
Descendant or offspring, as a child plant or animal
Wraith
Noun
Visible spirit
Abscond
Verb
To depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution
Anachronism
Noun
Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, things that belong to an earlier time
Auguries
Noun
Omen, token, indication
Rapturous
Adjective
Full of feeling or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight
Vexation
Noun
Cause of annoyance or nuisance
Enervate
Verb
To deprive of force or strength, destroy the vigor of, weaken
Astringent
Adjective
Harshly biting, caustic
Stern or severe
Approbation
Noun
Approval or sanction
Decorum
Noun
Dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress
Implacable
Adjective
Not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified
Filial
Adjective
Relating to son or daughter
Cogitation
Noun
Concerted thought or reflection, meditation, contemplation
Economize
Verb
Avoid waste or extravagance
Dilatory
Adjective
Tending to delay or procrastinate
Fastidious
Adjective
Excessively particular, critical, demanding, hard to please
Piquant
Adjective
Agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor, pleasantly biting or tart
Querulous
Adjective
Full of complaints
Characterized by or uttered in complaint
Meritorious
Adjective
Deserving praise, reward, esteem
Imbroglio
Noun
A misunderstanding, disagreement of a complicated or bitter nature
Prodigious
Adjective
Extraordinary in size,amount, extent, degree, force
Malapropism
Noun
An act or habit of misusing words ridiculously
Capitulation
Noun
Document containing the terms of a surrender
Corollary
Noun
Immediate consequence or easily drawn conclusion
Proviso
Noun
Stipulation or condition
Abrogation
Noun
Act or instance of repealing
Commensurate
Adjective
Corresponding in amount, magnitude or degree
Perennial
Adjective
Lasting for an indefinitely long time
Spurious
Adjective
Not genuine, authentic or true
Aplomb
Noun
Imperturbable self possession, poise, or assurance
Modish
Adjective
In current fashion, stylish
Deferment
Noun
Postponement
Primordial
Adjective
Constituting a beginning, giving origin to something derived or developed
Tensile
Adjective
Relating to tension
Gossamer
Noun
A fine filmy cobweb, thread or web
Frangible
Adjective
Easily broken
Adamantine
Adjective
Utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion
Recant
Verb
Withdraw or disavow a statement, especially formally
Abate
Verb
To reduce in amount, degree, intensity
Impute
Verb
To attribute or ascribe
Expound
Verb
To sending or state in detail
To explain
Nugatory
Adjective
Of No real value, worthless
Diminution
Noun
The act, fact, or process of reduction
Insouciance
Noun
Lack of care or concern, indifference
Incommensurate
Adjective
Disproportionate, inadequate
Convivial
Adjective
Friendly, agreeable
Rakish
Adjective
Indifferent to moral restraints, given to moral or improper restraints
Politic
Adjective
Shrewd or prudent in practical matters, tactful, diplomatic
Sonorous
Adjective
Capable of giving out a sound, esp a deep, resonant sound
Unctuous
Adjective
Characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, in an affected manner, greasy
Probity
Noun
Integrity and uprightness
Acerbic
Adjective
Sour or astringent in taste, harsh or severe in temper
Veracity
Noun
Habitual observance of truth in speech or statement, truthfulness
Consummate
Verb
To bring to a state of perfection
To complete by a pledge or signing a contract
Abstemious
Adjective
Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking, characterized by abstinence
Intemperate
Adjective
Given to or characterized by excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcohol, appetite, passion
Abnegation
Noun
Act or instance of denying oneself some rights, conveniences
Impinging
Verb
To make an impression, have an effect or impact
Iconoclast
Noun
Person whoa tracks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions
Irascible
Adjective
Easily provoked to anger, irritable
Quittance
Noun
Discharge from debt or obligation
Scintillation
Noun
A spark or flash, act of sparkling
Autocracy
Noun
Govt in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited authority over others, absolute monarch
Oligarchy
Noun Form of govt in which power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique
Plutocracy
Noun
Rule or power of wealth or wealthy
Ochlocracy
Noun government by the mob
Vociferous
Adjective
Crying out noisily, clamorous
Stentorian
Adjective
Very loud or powerful in sound
Hilarity
Noun
Cheerfulness, merriment
Ennui
Noun
Feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest
Acrimony
Noun
Sharpness, harshness of bitterness of nature, disposition
Forbearance
Noun
Act of refraining from something
Conduit
Noun
Pipe, tube etc for conveying something
Abstruse
Adjective
Hard to understand
Panacea
Noun
Remedy for all diseases or ills
Philistine
Noun
Person lacking in or hostile or smugly indifference to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement
Chicanery
Noun
Trickery or deception by evading or deceiving
Chauvinist
Noun
Person who is aggressively or blindly patriotic
Thinks one gender is superior to the other
Caustic
Adjective
Capable of burning or destroying icing tissue
Severely critical or sarcastic
Demur
Verb
To make objection especially on the grounds of scruples, take exception, object
Declaim
Verb
To speak aloud in an oratorical manner
Inveigh
Verb
To protest strongly or attack vehemently with words
Lassitude
Noun
Weariness of body or mind from strain
Lack of energy
Espouse
Verb
To make ones own, adopt or embrace
Proliferate
Verb
To grow or produce by multiplication of parts
Equanimity
Noun
Mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain
Perfidious
Adjective
Deliberately faithless, treacherous, deceitful
Pedant
Noun
Person who makes excessive or inappropriate display of learning
Overemphasizes rules or minor details
Paragon
Noun
Model or pattern of excellence
or of a particular excellence
Someone of exceptional merit
Opprobrium
Noun
Disgrace of reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful
Malinger
Verb
To pretend illness to avoid work
Furtive
Adjective
Done in secret or surreptitiously
Plastic
Adjective
Having the power or molding or the ability to be molded
Precipitate
Verb
To hasten the occurrence of, bring about prematurely or hastily
Prevaricate
Verb
To speak falsely on purpose
Prodigal
Adjective
Giving or yielding profusely
Propriety
Noun
Conformity to established standards or good or proper behavior
Rarely
Verb
To make more refined, spiritual or exalted
Soporific
Adjective
Causing or tending to cause sleep
Torpor
Noun
Lethargic indifference
Veracity
Noun
Habitual observance of truth in speech or statement
Preponderant
Adjective
Superior in weight, force, influence
Hubris
Noun
Excessive self pride
Pundit
Noun
Learned person, expert or authority
In certitude
Noun
uncertainty or doubt
Baleful
Adjective
Full of menacing or malign influences
Quixote
Noun
Enthusiastic but impractical and idealistic person
Salubrious
Adjective
Promoting health
Indigent
Adjective
Lacking food, clothing and other necessities of life due to poverty
Stymied
Verb
To hinder, block or thwart
Piddling
Adjective
Amounting to very little
Dissemble
Verb
To give a false or misleading appearance to
Vilipend
Verb
To regard or treat as of little value or account