General Vocabulary

Question 1

Hypnagogic

Answer 1

(adjective) (psychology)

relating to the state immediately before falling asleep.

relating to the state between being AWAKE -> ASLEEP

Hypna-GO-Ji-berry-to-sleep!

Question 2

Hypnopompic

Answer 2

(adjective - PSYCHOLOGY)
relating to the state immediately preceding waking up.

From ASLEEP -> AWAKE

Wake up! To POMP and circumstance.

Question 3

Imbrication

Answer 3

noun. im·​bri·​ca·​tion ˌim-brə-ˈkā-shən. :

an overlapping of edges (as of tiles or scales) : a decoration or pattern showing imbrication.

Question 4

Ona’ah

Answer 4

(Hebrew: אוֹנָאָה or Hebrew: הוֹנָאָה, lit. overreaching)

refers to the Jewish laws surrounding monetary deception. The word is used in modern Hebrew to describe fraud or embezzlement, while in halachic terms it describes unfair pricing.

“OH N’AH, you did not just commit fraud or embezzlement!”

Question 5

Propitious

Answer 5

(adjective)
2
: being a good omen : AUSPICIOUS
propitious sign
1
: favorably disposed : BENEVOLENT
3
: tending to favor : ADVANTAGEOUS

Auspicious usually applies to a sign or omen that promises success before or at the start of an event (“an auspicious beginning”). Propitious may also apply to beginnings, but it often suggests a continuing promising condition (“propitious conditions for an alliance”).

Question 6

Antinomian

Answer 6

noun and adjective

1 : one who holds that under the gospel dispensation of grace (see GRACE entry 1 sense 1a) the moral law is of no use or obligation because faith alone is necessary to salvation

2 : one who rejects a socially established morality

Question 7

Fou Rire

Answer 7

Noun (informal) - French

uncontrollable laughter, hysterical laughter, fit of laughter, giggles

“The giggles”

Question 8

Inveterate

Answer 8

adjective

1 : confirmed in a habit : HABITUAL
//an inveterate liar

2 : firmly established by long persistence
//the inveterate tendency to overlook the obvious

//he has an inveterate tendency to tell some very tall tales

Question 9

Languid

Answer 9

Adjective

1 : drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : WEAK
//arms too languid with happiness to embrace him
— John Galsworthy

2 : sluggish in character or disposition : LISTLESS
//proceeded at a languid pace

3 : lacking force or quickness of movement : SLOW

Question 10

Lugubrious

Answer 10

Adjective

1 : MOURNFUL
especially : exaggeratedly or affectedly (see AFFECTED entry 2 sense 1a) mournful
//dark, dramatic and lugubrious brooding
— V. S. Pritchett
//the tour de force of lugubrious cliche is ten times longer than this review
— Martin Amis

2 : DISMAL
//a lugubrious landscape
//lugubrious cello music

Question 11

firmament

Answer 11

1
: the vault or arch of the sky : HEAVENS
Stars twinkled in the firmament.

2
: the field or sphere of an interest or activity
“the international fashion firmament”

Question 12

Turpitude

Answer 12

: inherent baseness : DEPRAVITY
//moral turpitude
also : a base act

Question 13

ambisextrous

Answer 13

Tullulah Bankhead’s word for bisexual

Question 14

“codeine … bourbon”

Answer 14

Tullulah Bankhead’s last words

Question 15

Arrogate

Answer 15

1a : to claim or seize without justification

b : to make undue claims to having : ASSUME

2 : to claim on behalf of another : ASCRIBE

Question 16

faute de mieux

(Foat duh myuh)

Answer 16

adverb

for want of a better alternative.

“the show is, faute de mieux, the most eagerly anticipated musical of the season to come”

Question 17

Waive

Answer 17

Refrain from insisting on or using (a right or claim)

Syn. Relinquish, Disregard

Question 18

Reticent
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Reticence

Answer 18

Definition
1 : inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : RESERVED
2 : restrained in expression, presentation, or appearance
//the room has an aspect of reticent dignity
— A. N. Whitehead
3 : RELUCTANT

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1 : the quality or state of being reticent : RESERVE, RESTRAINT
2 : an instance of being reticent
3 : RELUCTANCE sense 1
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
disinclination, hesitance, hesitancy, reluctance, unwillingness

Question 19

Obviate

Answer 19

to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary

//The new medical treatment obviates the need for surgery.

Question 20

Eclipse Plumage

Answer 20

Eclipse plumage, typical of ducks but found in other birds as well, is dull, female-like plumage worn by the male for a month or more in summer after breeding

Question 21

Stabilimentum

Answer 21

A stabilimentum, also known as a web decoration, is a conspicuous silk structure included in the webs of some species of orb-web spider. Its function is a subject of debate.