Deck 1 Flashcards
Proxemics
The physical distance between subjects.
Indubitable
Adj. unquestionable; impossible to doubt
Venal
Adj. corrupt; susceptible to bribery
Umbrage
n. Take offense
Pernicious
Adj. harmful; harmful effect in a gradual way
Furtive
adj. Suggestiveness of guilt; attempting to avoid notice
Incorrigible
adj. incapable of being corrected or amended: such as a(1) : not reformable : DEPRAVED (2) : DELINQUENT b : not manageable : UNRULY c : UNALTERABLE, INVETERATE
Privation
Noun
(philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.
Somatic
adj.
1 : of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm
2 : of or relating to the wall of the body : PARIETAL
Nihilism
noun
total rejection of established laws and institutions.
The belief that life is meaningless
Facile
Definition of facile 1a(1) : easily accomplished or attained a facile victory (2) : SHALLOW, SIMPLISTIC I am not concerned … with offering any facile solution for so complex a problem
b : used or comprehended with ease c : readily manifested and often lacking sincerity or depth facile tears 2 mild or pleasing in manner or disposition 3a : READY, FLUENT facile prose b : POISED, ASSURED a facile lecturer
Erudite
Adj. showing great knowledge
Tomes
N. Scholarly books
Prostrate
pros·trate | \ ˈprä-ˌstrāt \
1 : stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission
also : lying flat
2 : completely overcome and lacking vitality, will, or power to rise
was prostrate from the heat
3 : trailing on the ground : PROCUMBENT
prostrate shrubs
prostrate verb
transitive verb
1 : to throw or put into a prostrate position
2 : to put (oneself) in a humble and submissive posture or state
the whole town had to prostrate itself in official apology
— Claudia Cassidy
3 : to reduce to submission, helplessness, or exhaustion
was prostrated with grief
Lavish
Adjective
lavish (comparative lavisher or more lavish, superlative lavishest or most lavish)
Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal. quotations ▼
lavish of money; lavish of praise
Superabundant; excessive
Also a verb
Perfunctory
Adj. done with min effort; cursory
Raconteur
rak-uhn-tur
N. Storyteller
Inveterate
Adj. practiced
1 : confirmed in a habit : HABITUAL
an inveterate liar
2 : firmly established by long persistence
the inveterate tendency to overlook the obvious
Perspicacity
pûrʹspĭ·kăsʹə·tē
Noun
Acute discernment or understanding; insight. quotations ▼
The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly. quotations ▼
(obsolete) Keen eyesight.
Sordid
adj
marked by baseness or grossness : VILE
sordid motives
2a : DIRTY, FILTHY
b : WRETCHED, SQUALID
3 : meanly avaricious : COVETOUS
4 : of a dull or muddy color
Vagaries
vuh-gair-ees, vey-guh-rees
noun
an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance:
Inexplicable changes in situation or behavior
the vagaries of weather; the vagaries of the economic scene.
Effuse
to pour out (a liquid)
intransitive verb
1 : to flow out : EMANATE
2 : to make a great or excessive display of enthusiasm
they effused about his accomplishments
Trifle
noun
an article or thing of very little value.
a matter, affair, or circumstance of trivial importance or significance.
a small, inconsiderable, or trifling sum of money.
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verb (used without object), tri·fled, tri·fling.
to deal lightly or without due seriousness or respect:
Don’t trifle with me!
to play or toy by handling or fingering:
He sat trifling with a pen.
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verb (used with object), tri·fled, tri·fling.
to pass or spend (time) idly or frivolously (usually followed by away).
Veritable
Adj
being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary —often used to stress the aptness of a metaphor
Exhort
V. Urge
Pejorative
Adj or v
pi-ˈjȯr-ə-tiv , word or phrase that has negative connotations or that is intended to disparage or belittle : a pejorative word or phrase
having negative connotations
especially : tending to disparage or belittle : DEPRECIATORY
Equanimity
Composure; especially under stress
Wont
1 : ACCUSTOMED, USED got up early as he is wont to do 2 : INCLINED, APT revealing as letters are wont to be — Gladys M. Wrigley
wont verb wont; wont or wonted; wonting Definition of wont (Entry 2 of 3) transitive verb \: ACCUSTOM, HABITUATE
Churlish
adjective
having a bad disposition; surly
“” churlish as a bear”- Shakespeare”
Synonyms: ill-natured having an irritable and unpleasant disposition adjective rude and boorish
Synonyms:
ungracious
lacking charm and good taste
Intransigent
Adj
Uncompromising
Duplicitous
Adj
Deceitful; deceptive in words or actions
Convivial
Adj. friendly
relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company
Infelicity
N. Mistake; in appropriate remark
Mirth
N.
Amusement
Bemused
Adj
Bewildered
Ensconced
verb (used with object), en·sconced, en·sconc·ing.
to settle securely or snugly:
I found her in the library, ensconced in an armchair.
Salacious
\ sə-ˈlā-shəs \
1 : arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
salacious headlines
salacious lyrics
2 : LECHEROUS, LUSTFUL
surreptitious
ˌsər-əp-ˈti-shəs , ˌsə-rəp-, sə-ˌrep- \
1 : done, made, or acquired by stealth : CLANDESTINE
2 : acting or doing something clandestinely : STEALTHY
a surreptitious glance
Foible
N.
A quirk, idiosyncrasy, or mannerism; an unusual habit that is slightly strange or silly. quotations ▼
Try to look past his foibles and see the friendly fellow underneath.
A weakness or failing of character. quotations ▼
(fencing) Part of a sword between the middle and the point, weaker than the forte.
Recompense
V. Compensate
Corollary
N. Consequence
1 : a proposition (see PROPOSITION entry 1 sense 1c) inferred immediately from a proved proposition with little or no additional proof
2a : something that naturally follows : RESULT
… love was a stormy passion and jealousy its normal corollary.
— Ida Treat
b : something that incidentally or naturally accompanies or parallels
A corollary to the problem of the number of vessels to be built was that of the types of vessels to be constructed.
Slovenly
Adj
Having an untidy appearance; unkempt.
Dirty, unwashed; disorderly.
Careless or negligent; sloppy.
remuneration
N. Payment for work or a service
Prise
v. Lever; use force in order to move
Furrow
N. Groove; wrinkle
Scupper
V.
To sink; ruin
Wistful
Adj. Full of longing or yearning; Sad and thoughtful.
Languid
Adj
ˈlaŋ-gwəd \
1 : drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : WEAK
arms too languid with happiness to embrace him
2 : sluggish in character or disposition : LISTLESS
proceeded at a languid pace
3 : lacking force or quickness of movement : SLOW
Sensuously
adj.
1.
a. Relating to or involving gratification of the senses: sensuous enjoyment; sensuous music.
b. Sexually attractive.
2. Relating to or affecting the senses; sensory: direct, sensuous experience of the world.
Strident
Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding
The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra.
Grating or obnoxious
The artist chose a strident mixture of colors.
impetuously
(ĭm-pĕch′o͞o-əs)
adj.
1. Acting or done quickly with little or inadequate thought.
2. Having or marked by violent force: impetuous, heaving waves.
Modish
Adj
Fashionable
Denizen
N.
Inhabitant
Meretricious
Adj.
ˌmer-ə-ˈtri-shəs \
Flashy
1 : of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution
meretricious relationships
2a : tawdrily and falsely attractive
the paradise they found was a piece of meretricious trash
Ineffable
adj.
too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.
Turgid
adj.
swollen and distended or congested.
“a turgid and fast-moving river”
swollen; congested
in spate
in flood
(of language or style) tediously pompous or bombastic.
“some turgid verses on the death of Prince Albert”
Libertine
noun
1.
a person, especially a man, who behaves without moral principles or a sense of responsibility, especially in sexual matters.
“his image as an unbridled libertine is a total myth”
Similar:
philanderer
2. a person who rejects accepted opinions in matters of religion; a freethinker. adjective 1. characterized by a disregard of morality, especially in sexual matters. "his more libertine impulses" 2. freethinking in matters of religion.
Portentous
Adj.
Ominous
Pompous
Truculent
ˈtrəkyələnt/
eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.
Unscrupulous
adj
having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair.
Interminable
adj
endless (often used hyperbolically).
Titular
ˈtiCHələr/
adjective 1. holding or constituting a purely formal position or title without any real authority. "the queen is titular head of the Church of England" Similar: nominal in title/name only theoretical purported supposed ostensible 2. denoting a person or thing from whom or which the name of an artistic work or similar is taken. "the work's titular song"
Anachronism
noun
A chronological inconsistency thing or person.
a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned
Lackey
N. Servant
V. To be serville
Capricious
Adj. fickle
Redound
V. Contribute greatly to
Garrulous
Adj.
Talkative; long-winded
Prosody
noun
- the patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry.
“the translator is not obliged to reproduce the prosody of the original”
- the patterns of stress and intonation in a language.
Solipsistic
Adj.
Extreme egotism
the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist:
“Her treatment philosophy dealt with madness as a complete, self-contained, solipsistic world that sane people are not able to enter.”
Non sequitor
noun
a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement.
Dint
“By dint of”
- “by means of”
- “through”
Or the same as dent
Pithy
Adj.
Tersely cogent: to the point
Saccharine
Adj.
Sentimental; sugary
Wryly
adverb
in a way that expresses dry, especially mocking, humor.
Prosaic
prō-ˈzā-ik
1a : FACTUAL
b : DULL, UNIMAGINATIVE
2 : EVERYDAY, ordinary
Tactile
Adj
Tangible; sensed by touch
Panspermia
n.
panˈspərmēə/
the theory that life on the earth originated from microorganisms or chemical precursors of life present in outer space and able to initiate life on reaching a suitable environment.
Dour
Adj
Severe, stern, or gloomy in manner
Supplication
noun
the action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly.
Quixotic
adjective
exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
“a vast and perhaps quixotic project
Disabuse
v.
Set straight
persuade (someone) that an idea or belief is mistaken.
Winnow
V.
Separate (as in blow air through wheat to separate the chaff)
Whittle down
Din
N.
A loud unpleasant noise
V.
To make a loud unpleasant noise
Perforce
pərˈfôrs
adverb
used to express necessity or inevitability.
“amateurs, perforce, have to settle for less expensive solutions”
Languid
Adj.
Relaxed
Leisurely
Canonization
noun
1.
(in the Roman Catholic Church) the official admission of a dead person into sainthood.
“many parishioners wanted to attend church specifically to honor the canonization of Mother Teresa”
2.
admission into a canon of literary or artistic works.
Inveigh
verb
speak or write about (something) with great hostility.
Surfeit
noun
an excessive amount of something.
Verb
cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess.
Pilloried
v.
attack or ridicule publicly
Stolid
stäləd
Adj. (of a person) calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation.
Filial
adjective
of or due from a son or daughter.
Indefatigable
Adj
Persisting tirelessly
Ephemeral
adj
lasting for a very short time.
“fashions are ephemeral”
Crucible
Noun
a situation of severe trial, or in which different elements interact, leading to the creation of something new.
“their relationship was forged in the crucible of war”
Oenophile
ˈēnəˌfīl/
noun
a connoisseur of wines.
Specious
Adj. superficially plausible BUT WRONG
Immutable
Unchanging
Intractable
Adj
Hard to control
Inchoate
Just begun, premature
Redound
V.
Contribute greatly to
Atavistic
Adj
Reversion to something ancient
Elucidate
To Make something clear
Suffuse
V.
Gradually spread
Discomfit
V.
Embarrass
Abound
Proliferate
Impregnable
Fortified; impenetrable
Axiomatic
Adj
Self-evident
Repute
N.
Reputation; fame
Sanguine
Adj.
Optimistic, especially in a bad situation
Gas-light
V. (Slang)
Manipulate, make someone question one’s own sanity
Apocryphal
adj
Of doubtful authenticity, historically widely accepted as true.
Belie
V.
(of an appearance) fail to give a true notion or impression of (something); disguise or contradict.
“his lively, alert manner belied his years”
2.
fail to fulfill or justify (a claim or expectation); betray.
Imbroglio
N
Messy, complicated situation
Tableau
N.
Vivid scene, display
Incontrovertible
Adj
Undeniable; irrefutable
Pugnacity
Adj
Eager or quick to argue
nugatory
adj.
Worthless; futile
sagacious
Adj
Wise
Dysgenic
Adj
exerting a detrimental effect on later generations through the inheritance of undesirable characteristics.
Eugenic(s)
“Breeding out”
the practice or advocacy of controlled selective breeding of human populations (as by sterilization) to improve the population’s genetic composition
Reify
V.
make (something abstract) more concrete or real.
Raison d’etat
rāˌzän dāˈtä/
n.
a purely political reason for action on the part of a ruler or government, especially where a departure from openness, justice, or honesty is involve
Fait accompli
fād əkämˈplē/
n.
A thing that has already happened or been decided before those affected hear about it, leaving them with no option but to accept it.
Prima Facie
prīmə ˈfāSHē/
LAW
adjective
based on the first impression; accepted as correct until proved otherwise.
“a prima facie case of professional misconduct”
adverb
on the first impression.
A Priori
Adj
ˌā prīˈôrī
Theoretical.
Knowledge that is obtained by concepts (not experience).
Paucity
N.
Scarcity
Recrudescence
N.
The recurrence of an undesirable condition
Propitious
Adj.
Favorable; high likelihood of success
Primordial
Adj.
Ancient; instinctive
Coup d’ oeil
ˌko͞o ˈdəē/
N
a glance that takes in a comprehensive view
Concomitant
adjective
naturally accompanying or associated.
“she loved travel, with all its concomitant worries" Similar: attendant accompanying associated collateral related connected linked accessory auxiliary resultant resulting consequent
Opposite:
unrelated
noun
a phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows something.
Coup de grace
N. Death blow to end suffering
Demarche
N.
dāˈmärSH/
a political step or initiative.
Cornucopia
n
An abundant supply of something good
Irresolute
Adj
Uncertain; indecisive
Vacuous
1 : emptied of or lacking content 2 : marked by lack of ideas or intelligence : STUPID, INANE a vacuous mind a vacuous movie 3 : devoid of serious occupation : IDLE
Raffish
adjective
unconventional and slightly disreputable, especially in an attractive manner.
“his raffish air”
Shrödinger’s cat
The radioactive substance exists in a superposition of states, meaning that it has a 50% chance of decay and a 50% chance of not decaying.
If the radioactive substance decays, the cat will die. If it does not decay, the cat will live.
While the box is closed and the cat is unobservable, the cat is presumed to be both alive and dead at the same time
Diaphanous
Adj. translucent (as in fabric)
Escutcheon
A coat of arms/shield
Tureen
N. Deep covered serving dish for soup w a spout
Sophistry
N. Fallacious reasoning
Dory
N. A small shallow draft boat
Vertiginous
Adj. causing vertigo
Peripatetic
Adj. nomadic
Aplomb
N. Self-confidence; poise
Seersucker
N. a light fabric of linen, cotton, or rayon usually striped and slightly puckered
Enviable
Adj. desirable
verdant
Adj. green with grass or other vegetation
incorrigible
Adj. incapable of being corrected or amended: such as
a
(1)
: not reformable : DEPRAVED
(2)
: DELINQUENT
votive
Adj. consisting of or expressing a vow, wish, or desire
inscrutable
Adj.
Enigmatic
Mysterious
ennui (French ahn-nwee)
N. Boredom
Gestalt
n.
The organized whole is more than the sum of its parts
