deck2200 Flashcards
vernacular
n. The language of one’s country.
dead-heat
n. A race in which two or more competitors come out even, and there is no winner.
transcendent
adj. Surpassing.
conspicuous
adj. Clearly visible.
aeronautics
n. the art or practice of flying aircraft
gyrate
v. To revolve.
discreet
adj. Judicious.
preoccupy
v. To fill the mind of a person to the exclusion of other subjects.
confessor
n. A spiritual advisor.
auriferous
adj. Containing gold.
authentic
adj. Of undisputed origin.
protuberant
adj. Bulging.
reflector
n. A mirror, as of metal, for reflecting light, heat, or sound in a particular direction.
bight
n. A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
divergent
adj. Tending in different directions.
embroil
v. To involve in dissension or strife.
despicable
adj. Contemptible.
digraph
n. A union of two characters representing a single sound.
legible
adj. That may be read with ease.
taciturn
adj. Disinclined to conversation.
illusion
n. An unreal image presented to the senses.
ravine
n. A deep gorge or hollow, especially one worn by a stream or flow of water.
ingenuity
n. Cleverness in contriving, combining, or originating.
vertigo
n. Dizziness.
antecedent
n. One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
dissever
v. To divide.
collapse
v. To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail.
variant
n. A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance.
peccadillo
n. A small breach of propriety or principle.
workmanlike
adj. Like or befitting a skilled workman.
bustle
v. To hurry.
peaceable
adj. Tranquil.
humane
adj. Compassionate.
pseudonym
n. A fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer.
convalescent
adj. Recovering health after sickness.
inspector
n. An official appointed to examine or oversee any matter of public interest or importance.
invariable
adj. Unchangeable.
presumptuous
adj. Assuming too much.
citadel
n. Any strong fortress.
unbecoming
adj. Unsuited to the wearer, place, or surroundings.
futile
adj. Of no avail or effect.
participate
v. To receive or have a part or share of.
pendulous
adj. Hanging, especially so as to swing by an attached end or part.
imperfectible
adj. That can not be perfected.
naval
adj. Pertaining to ships.
raptorial
adj. Seizing and devouring living prey.
bestrew
v. To sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
grandiose
adj. Having an imposing style or effect.
narrow-minded
adj. Characterized by illiberal views or sentiments.
vegetation
n. Plant-life in the aggregate.
winsome
adj. Attractive.
pusillanimous
adj. Without spirit or bravery.
deluge
v. To overwhelm with a flood of water.
litigant
n. A party to a lawsuit.
tortuous
adj. Abounding in irregular bends or turns.
testator
n. The maker of a will.
singe
v. To burn slightly or superficially.
reclusory
n. A hermitage.
confederacy
n. A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for mutual aid.
comport
v. To conduct or behave (oneself).
cynical
adj. Exhibiting moral skepticism.
masterpiece
n. A superior production.
exterior
n. That which is outside.
successor
n. One who or that which takes the place of a predecessor or preceding thing.
insight
n. Intellectual discernment.
parody
v. To render ludicrous by imitating the language of.
indefinitely
adv. In a vague or uncertain way.
liqueur
n. An alcoholic cordial sweetened and flavored with aromatic substances.
abstruse
adj. Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.
pantheism
n. The worship of nature for itself or its beauty.
irrational
adj. Not possessed of reasoning powers or understanding.
demagogue
n. An unprincipled politician.
unconscious
adj. Not cognizant of objects, actions, etc.
oblique
adj. Slanting; said of lines.
confederate
n. One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement.
recure
v. To cure again.
inherence
n. The state of being permanently existing in something.
mettle
n. Courage.
mystification
n. The act of artfully perplexing.
gastronomy
n. The art of preparing and serving appetizing food.
philogynist
n. One who is fond of women.
prostrate
adj. Lying prone, or with the head to the ground.
batten
n. A narrow strip of wood.
conferee
n. A person with whom another confers.
acquire
v. To get as one’s own.
outpost
n. A detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main body to guard against surprise.
foursome
adj. Consisting of four.
repine
v. To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding.
martial
adj. Pertaining to war or military operations.
lyre
n. One of the most ancient of stringed instruments of the harp class.
flippant
adj. Having a light, pert, trifling disposition.
suspension
n. A hanging from a support.
outcry
n. A vehement or loud cry or clamor.
grievance
n. That which oppresses, injures, or causes grief and at the same time a sense of wrong.
casual
adj. Accidental, by chance.
matter
of fact n. Something that has actual and undeniable existence or reality.
impracticable
adj. Not feasible.
manlike
adj. Like a man.
louse
n. A small insect parasitic on and sucking the blood of mammals.
unwise
adj. Foolish.
contender
n. One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry.
surety
n. Security for payment or performance.
personal
adj. Not general or public.
persistence
n. A fixed adherence to a resolve, course of conduct, or the like.
peevish
adj. Petulant. (irritable)
expulsion
n. Forcible ejection.
bombast
n. Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
philanthropic
adj. Benevolent.
commentary
n. A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work.
partible
adj. Separable.
facility
n. Ease.
isle
n. An island.
resistance
n. The exertion of opposite effort or effect.
propitious
adj. Kindly disposed.
licit
adj. Lawful.
ambitious
adj. Eagerly desirous and aspiring.
parse
v. To describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its elements and describing each word.
suave
adj. Smooth and pleasant in manner.
aspiration
n. An earnest wish for that which is above one’s present reach.
solecism
n. Any violation of established rules or customs.
penitential
adj. Pertaining to sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone.
instill
v. To infuse.
compliment
v. To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise.
obstruct
v. To fill with impediments so as to prevent passage, either wholly or in part.
intolerant
adj. Bigoted.
narrate
v. To tell a story.
pitiless
adj. Hard-hearted.
prelude
n. An introductory or opening performance.
gratify
v. To please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desire or need.
recuperate
v. To recover.
subordinate
adj. Belonging to an inferior order in a classification.
translucent
adj. Allowing the passage of light.
polytechnic
adj. Pertaining to, embracing, or practicing many arts.
inure
v. To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure.
atrocity
n. Great cruelty or reckless wickedness.
impassive
adj. Unmoved by or not exhibiting feeling.
enormous
adj. Gigantic.
inlet
n. A small body of water leading into a larger.
dictum
n. A positive utterance.
prudery
n. An undue display of modesty or delicacy.
assignee
n. One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
choleric
adj. Easily provoked to anger.
convivial
adj. Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking.
fidelity
n. Loyalty.
consensus
n. A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons.
plurality
n. A majority.
reconnoiter
v. To make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying, or geological purposes.
encomium
n. A formal or discriminating expression of praise.
lexicography
n. The making of dictionaries.
salutation
n. Any form of greeting, hailing, or welcome, whether by word or act.
mutation
n. The act or process of change.
felony
n. One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment.
decamp
v. To leave suddenly or unexpectedly.
kerchief
n. A square of linen, silk, or other material, used as a covering for the head or neck.
derrick
n. An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights.
circumscribe
v. To confine within bounds.
waif
n. A homeless, neglected wanderer.
inseparable
adj. That can not be separated.
abyss
n. Bottomless gulf.
elocution
n. The art of correct intonation, inflection, and gesture in public speaking or reading.
emergence
n. A coming into view.
consumption
n. Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc.
inadequate
adj. Insufficient.
salience
n. The condition of standing out distinctly.
reconcilable
adj. Capable of being adjusted or harmonized.
infest
v. To be present in such numbers as to be a source of annoyance, trouble, or danger.
despite
prep. In spite of.
head
foremost adv. Precipitately, as in diving.
crass
adj. Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine.
pentameter
n. In prosody, a line of verse containing five units or feet.
prefatory
adj. Pertaining to a brief explanation to the reader at the beginning of a book.
superabundance
n. An excessive amount.
defraud
v. To deprive of something dishonestly.
ration
v. To provide with a fixed allowance or portion, especially of food.
reservoir
n. A receptacle where a quantity of some material, especially of a liquid or gas, may be kept.
pleasurable
adj. Affording gratification.
Catholicism
n. The system, doctrine, and practice of the Roman Catholic Church.
lacteal
adj. Milky.
yearling
n. A young animal past its first year and not yet two years old.
perpetrator
n. The doer of a wrong or a criminal act.
outstretch
v. To extend.
lascivious
adj. Lustful.
knavery
n. Deceitfulness in dealing.
affix
v. To fasten.
inexcusable
adj. Not to be justified.
partition
n. That which separates anything into distinct parts.
barograph
n. An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
denude
v. To strip the covering from.
blithesome
adj. Cheerful.
panorama
n. A series of large pictures representing a continuous scene.
prehension
n. The act of laying hold of or grasping.
opulent
adj. Wealthy.
enrage
v. To infuriate.
probation
n. Any proceeding designed to ascertain or test character, qualification, or the like.
accompanist
n. One who or that which accompanies.
ignominious
adj. Shameful.
balsam
n. A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
evict
v. To dispossess pursuant to judicial decree.
grimace
n. A distortion of the features, occasioned by some feeling of pain, disgust, etc.
needlework
n. Embroidery.
