Fall 2015 Flashcards
Impudent
Adj: shameless or brazenly immodest.
“The student was kept late for impudent behavior.”
Pedantic
Adj: overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching.
“Their feedback on my presentation skills was especially pedantic.” - P
Epitaph
epi-taf
Noun: a brief poem or other writing in praise of a deceased person.
Ganache
Noun: a whipped frosting or filling made with semisweet chocolate and cream, used for cakes, pastries, and candies.
“The reception will have ganache cake.”
Paralegal
Noun: an attorney’s assistant, not admitted to the practice of law but trained to perform certain legal tasks.
“Emily was a paralegal before she was a wedding planner.”
Demure
Adj: characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved
Burlesque
Noun: an artistic composition, especially literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity.
“I’m going to see my brothers show this weekend. It’s burlesque, so there’s nothing like seeing your brother strip on stage.”
Acerbic
Adj: sour or astringent in taste
“Lemon juice is acerbic.”
Contemptuous
Adj: showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
Ornithology
Noun: the branch of zoology that deals with birds
“Roosevelt always had a love for ornithology and would often bring home birds he had shot where they say for days on his table.”
“Decoy Bride movie talks about the ornithologist’s wife.”
Lynch
Verb: to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority
“The lynching of blacks significantly decreased in the 20th century.”
Ogle
Verb: to stare at or look at flirtatiously
Incumbent
Adj: holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently
“The incumbent officers of the club.”
Morose
Adj: gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
Capitulate
Verb: to give up resistance; surrender unconditionally
“He finally capitulated and agreed to do the job my way.”
Inane
Adj: lacking sense, significance, or ideas; silly; empty, void
“He monopolized the conversation with inane questions.”
Incarnation
Noun: assumption of human form
or nature
The doctrine that the second person of the Trinity assumed human form in the person of Jesus Christ and is completely both God and man.
Incognito
Adj: having one’s identity concealed, as under an assumed name, especially to avoid notice or formal attentions
“He traveled incognito.”
Malarkey
Noun: Speech or writing designed to obscure, mislead, or impress; bunkum.
“The claims were just a lot of malarkey.”
Obfuscate
Verb: to make obscure or unclear; to confuse or stupefy.
“Boyd basically wanted to obfuscate his personal expenditures.” - D
Meticulous
Adj: taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough
“He was extremely meticulous in checking every sheet for possible error.” (Use instead of OCD)
Fungible
Adj: (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind
“GS Banks Demand Note is fungible.”
Kibosh
Khai-bosh noun
Nonsense; to put the kibosh on means to put an end to something
Moniker
Noun - slang
a person’s name, especially a nickname or alias.
