General Vocabulary 22 Flashcards
Calisthenics (n)
A form of strength training that utilizes an individual’s body weight as resistance to perform multi-joint, compound movements with little or no equipment.
Three women swung Indian clubs while performing calisthenics in unison
Hoi polloi (n)
The masses; the common people.
Avoid mixing with the hoi polloi.
Proforma (adj) (n)
As a matter of form or politeness.
He nodded to him pro forma.
Pettifogging
Placing undue emphasis on petty details; petty or trivial.
Pettifogging attorneys were the bane of civil society.
Agitprop (n)
Political (originally communist) propaganda, especially in art or literature.
A typeface which made it resemble student agitprop of the Eighties.
Emetic (n)
[A metic]
A medicine or other substance which causes vomiting.
Acreage (n)
An area of land, typically when used for agricultural purposes, but not necessarily measured in acres.
A 35 per cent increase in net acreage.
Kerfuffle (n)
A commotion or fuss, especially one caused by conflicting views.
There was a kerfuffle over the chairmanship.
Elegiac (adj)
Relating to or characteristic of an elegy.
Haunting and elegiac poems.
Rambunctious (adj)
Uncontrollably exuberant; boisterous.
A rambunctious tyke.
Cinch (n)
An extremely easy task.
The program was a cinch to use.
Scatological (adj)
Relating to or characterized by an interest in excrement and excretion.
The entertainment industry was painted as scatological and hedonistic.
Cannonade (n)
A period of continuous heavy gunfire.
The French attack began with a cannonade.
Foofaraw (n)
Make a great fuss about something insignificant
How enduring can the foofaraw of a marketing campaign be?
Scrumptious (adj)
Extremely tasty; delicious (of food).
A scrumptious chocolate tart.
Hectored (v)
Talk to (someone) in a bullying way.
She doesn’t hector us about giving up things.
Redux (adj)
Brought back or revived.
Khan made an equally impressive redux of the famous film.
Prestidigitation (n)
Magic tricks, especially ones performed in a very skillful way using the hands.
Monopsonist (n)
A single buyer in a market place as opposed to a monopoly.
The monopsonist antediluvian structure of the APMC must be done away with.
Shellacking (v)
Varnish (something) with shellac.
He shellacked the box, paying special attention to the top and sides.
Cyclopean (adj)
Denoting a type of ancient masonry made with massive irregular blocks.
Cyclopean stone walls.
Carpetbagger (n)
Someone who tries to be elected as a politician in a place away from their home because they think there is a greater chance of succeeding there.
Abecedarian (adj)
[A B Cedarian]
Arranged alphabetically
An abecedarian sequence.
Discombobulate (v)
Disconcert or confuse (someone).
This attitude totally discombobulated Bruce.
Bogarting (v)
Selfishly appropriate or keep for oneself instead of sharing.
Don’t bogart that joint, my friend.
Bodacious (adj)
Bold, audacious, and brazen
A bodacious woman.
Grandstanding (n)
An action of behaving in a showy or ostentatious manner in an attempt to attract favorable attention from spectators or the media.
They accused him of political grandstanding.
Vivified (v)
To make more lively or interesting.
I felt like a tree after a rain - new and vivified.
Gnaw (v)
To bite or nibble something persistently.
Take a piece of chapati and gnawed on it.
Pith (n)
The soft spongy tissue lining the rind of lemons and oranges.
Disquisition (n)
A long elaborate essay or discussion on a subject.
Indemnity (n)
Security or protection against loss or financial burden.
OR
Exemption from legal liability of one’s actions.
Irrefrangible (adj)
That which cannot be broken or ignored.
The irrefrangible law protected the forest.
Stouthearted (adj)
Brave and determined.
She showed stouthearted courage in the face of danger.
Analeptic (adj)
Boosting your brains alertness and energy.
Coffee can have an analeptic effect.
Synthesist (n)
A person who combines ideas creatively.
The synthesist merged art and science beautifully.
Adjuration (n)
A strong and earnest request.
He made an adjuration for peace.
Entelechy (n)
The perfect realisation of something’s potential.
The garden reached its entelechy in spring.
Crepuscule (n)
Twilight the time just after sunset.
Crepuscular creatures abound at sunset.
Intromit (v)
To put something inside.
He intromitted the key into the lock.
Divagation (n)
To stray or wander from the main path.
His talks was full of divagation.
Peripeteia (n)
A sudden change in events.
The story’s peripeteia shocked everyone.
Homonyms (n)
Words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings
Etiology (n)
The cause or set of causes of a disease.
The most common etiology of Vertebrate fracture is osteoporosis.
Contraindication (n)
A condition that suggests a particular remedy or drug should not be used for treatment.
Aspirin is inappropriate for patients with known contraindications.
Incontinence (n)
Lack of voluntary co York over urination or bowel movements.
VF patients generally exhibit incontinence.
Malignant (n)
Of disease: Very virulent or infectious.
Caveat Emptor (n)
[Let the buyer beware]
The principle that the buyer itself is responsible to ensure the quality of goods being purchased.
Troglodyte (n)
A prehistoric person who lived in a cage.
Hypochondria (n)
Obsessed with the erroneous idea of being beset with a serious illness.
His hypochondria led him to visit multiple doctors frequently.
