deck2500 Flashcards
cudgel
n. A short thick stick used as a club.
extraordinary
adj. Unusual.
ode
n. The form of lyric poetry anciently intended to be sung.
malcontent
n. One who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs.
trivial
adj. Of little importance or value.
infirmary
n. A place for the reception or treatment of the sick.
laborious
adj. Toilsome.
free
trade n. Commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs.
idiom
n. A use of words peculiar to a particular language.
exhaust
v. To empty by draining off the contents.
inquisition
n. A court or tribunal for examination and punishment of heretics.
planisphere
n. A polar projection of the heavens on a chart.
luxuriate
v. To live sumptuously.
luminescent
adj. Showing increase of light.
regent
n. One who is lawfully deputized to administer the government for the time being in the name of the ruler.
transatlantic
adj. Situated beyond or on the other side of the Atlantic.
absorb
v. To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water.
original
adj. Not copied nor produced by imitation.
unctuous
adj. Oily.
stagnate
v. To become dull or inert.
penitential
adj. Pertaining to sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone.
advocate
n. One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court.
lovable
adj. Amiable.
beneficial
adj. Helpful.
littoral
adj. Of, pertaining to, or living on a shore.
retrogression
n. A going or moving backward or in a reverse direction.
despicable
adj. Contemptible.
ally
n. A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness.
transition
n. Passage from one place, condition, or action to another.
specialize
v. To assume an individual or specific character, or adopt a singular or special course.
nautical
adj. Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation.
reverent
adj. Humble.
pandemonium
n. A fiendish or riotous uproar.
amplitude
n. Largeness.
obstruction
n. Hindrance.
consonance
n. The state or quality of being in accord with.
redolence
n. Smelling sweet and agreeable.
influence
n. Ability to sway the will of another.
inexpensive
adj. Low-priced.
typography
n. The arrangement of composed type, or the appearance of printed matter.
grapple
v. To take hold of.
obdurate
adj. Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity.
nude
adj. Naked.
microcosm
n. The world or universe on a small scale.
peddler
n. One who travels from house to house with an assortment of goods for retail.
Omnipotent
adj. Possessed of unlimited and universal power.
gusto
n. Keen enjoyment.
confinement
n. Restriction within limits or boundaries.
reciprocity
n. Equal mutual rights and benefits granted and enjoyed.
inverse
adj. Contrary in tendency or direction.
adieu
inter. Good-by; farewell.
intoxicant
n. Anything that unduly exhilarates or excites.
necrology
n. A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time.
hypodermic
adj. Pertaining to the area under the skin.
chronometer
n. A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
enshrine
v. To keep sacred.
understate
v. To fail to put strongly enough, as a case.
thereabout
adv. Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, approximately.
intelligible
adj. Comprehensible.
submission
n. A yielding to the power or authority of another.
exemplify
v. To show by example.
analogous
adj. Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations.
leaven
v. To make light by fermentation, as dough.
euphony
n. Agreeableness of sound.
machinery
n. The parts of a machine or engine, taken collectively.
tiresome
adj. Wearisome.
Calvinize
v. To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism.
deprave
v. To render bad, especially morally bad.
superabundance
n. An excessive amount.
spurious
adj. Not genuine.
negate
v. To deny.
remuneration
n. Compensation.
parricide
n. The murder of a parent.
sordid
adj. Of degraded character or nature.
prate
v. To talk about vainly or foolishly.
impersonal
adj. Not relating to a particular person or thing.
irrational
adj. Not possessed of reasoning powers or understanding.
iridescence
n. A many-colored appearance.
nuisance
n. That which annoys, vexes, or irritates.
naval
adj. Pertaining to ships.
supple
adj. Easily bent.
lascivious
adj. Lustful.
deplete
v. To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste.
emergent
adj. Coming into view.
encumber
v. To impede with obstacles.
liberalism
n. Opposition to conservatism.
credulous
adj. Easily deceived.
hindmost
adj. Farthest from the front.
generally
adv. Ordinarily.
inestimable
adj. Above price.
chasm
n. A yawning hollow, as in the earth’s surface.
ultramundane
adj. Pertaining to supernatural things or to another life.
tripod
n. A three-legged stand, usually hinged near the top, for supporting some instrument.
intrepid
adj. Fearless and bold.
missal
n. The book containing the service for the celebration of mass.
superb
adj. Sumptuously elegant.
refusal
n. Denial of what is asked.
permanence
n. A continuance in the same state, or without any change that destroys the essential form or nature.
perhaps
adv. Possibly.
demonstrator
n. One who proves in a convincing and conclusive manner.
hydrometer
n. An instrument for determining the density of solids and liquids by flotation.
rapine
n. The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war.
unbecoming
adj. Unsuited to the wearer, place, or surroundings.
arboriculture
n. The cultivation of trees or shrubs.
sympathize
v. To share the sentiments or mental states of another.
circumlocution
n. Indirect or roundabout expression.
diabolic
adj. Characteristic of the devil.
duplicity
n. Double-dealing.
coerce
v. To force.
protector
n. A defender.
guinea
n. An English monetary unit.
vegetative
adj. Pertaining to the process of plant-life.
insuppressible
adj. Incapable of being concealed.
bountiful
adj. Showing abundance.
foreknowledge
n. Prescience.
magnetize
v. To make a magnet of, permanently, or temporarily.
obligatory
adj. Binding in law or conscience.
docket
n. The registry of judgments of a court.
admissible
adj. Having the right or privilege of entry.
trammel
n. An impediment.
mischievous
adj. Fond of tricks.
disapprove
v. To regard with blame.
inquisitive
adj. Given to questioning, especially out of curiosity.
moribund
adj. On the point of dying.
condense
v. To abridge.
maintenance
n. That which supports or sustains.
pitiless
adj. Hard-hearted.
rearrange
v. To arrange again or in a different order.
clothier
n. One who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
joust
v. To engage in a tilt with lances on horseback.
outweigh
v. To surpass in importance or excellence.
rebellious
adj. Insubordinate.
forswear
v. To renounce upon oath.
superficial
adj. Knowing and understanding only the ordinary and the obvious.
corpulent
adj. Obese.
interrogatory
n. A question or inquiry.
autonomy
n. Self-government.
solar
adj. Pertaining to the sun.
postscript
n. Something added to a letter after the writer’s signature.
pollute
v. To contaminate.
census
n. An official numbering of the people of a country or district.
principal
adj. Most important.
Protestant
n. A Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and holds the right of special judgment.
similar
adj. Bearing resemblance to one another or to something else.
annual
adj. Occurring every year.
remunerate
v. To pay or pay for.
obstetrics
n. The branch of medical science concerned with the treatment and care of women during pregnancy.
truculent
adj. Having the character or the spirit of a savage.
vociferate
v. To utter with a loud and vehement voice.
emphasis
n. Any special impressiveness added to an utterance or act, or stress laid upon some word.
Stoicism
n. The principles or the practice of the Stoics-being very even tempered in success and failure.
termagant
adj. Violently abusive and quarrelsome.
insolent
adj. Impudent.
hoarse
adj. Having the voice harsh or rough, as from a cold or fatigue.
minute
adj. Exceedingly small in extent or quantity.
insipid
adj. Tasteless.
brigadier
n. General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
extension
n. A reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope.
nonpareil
n. One who or that which is of unequaled excellence.
perpetrator
n. The doer of a wrong or a criminal act.
incident
n. A happening in general, especially one of little importance.
vista
n. A view or prospect.
bumptious
adj. Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit.
heartrending
adj. Very depressing.
obstreperous
adj. Boisterous.
apparent
adj. Easily understood.
ungainly
adj. Clumsy.
disparage
v. To regard or speak of slightingly.
ruminate
v. To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated.
redolent
adj. Smelling sweet and agreeable.
countervail
v. To offset.
theoretical
adj. Directed toward knowledge for its own sake without respect to applications.
tortious
adj. Wrongful.
intermission
n. A recess.
homologous
adj. Identical in nature, make-up, or relation.
adjudge
v. To award or bestow by formal decision.
vindicatory
adj. Punitive.
witling
n. A person who has little understanding.
mimic
v. To imitate the speech or actions of.
corrosive
n. That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
diminution
n. Reduction.
defensible
adj. Capable of being maintained or justified.
frankincense
n. A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes.
defamation
n. Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another.
penetrate
v. To enter or force a way into the interior parts of.
afterthought
n. A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
knight
errant n. One of the wandering knights who in the middle ages went forth in search of adventure.
ordinal
n. That form of the numeral that shows the order of anything in a series, as first, second, third.
insistent
adj. Urgent.
polyarchy
n. Government by several or many persons of what- ever class.
vestment
n. Clothing or covering.
irresistible
adj. That can not be successfully withstood or opposed.
zodiac
n. An imaginary belt encircling the heavens within which are the larger planets.
obsolete
adj. No longer practiced or accepted.
transcript
n. A copy made directly from an original.
characterize
v. To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities.
position
n. The manner in which a thing is placed.
recure
v. To cure again.
entreaty
n. An earnest request.
irreverent
adj. Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.
