Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

English Vocalbulary > General Vocabulary 7 > Flashcards

General Vocabulary 7 Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
1
Q

Cognoscenti (n)

A

An expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Protean (adj)

A

Taking on different forms, versatile.

Eyes of that baffling protean actor which is never twice the same.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Exculpate (v)

A

Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges.

The suspect was exculpated of the murder charges.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Imperious (adj)

A

Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Entreat (v)

A

Ask for or request earnestly.

The prophet bid all people to become good persons.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Alabaster (adj)

A

A finely granular variety of gypsum, often white and translucent, used for ornamental objects or work, such as lamp bases, figurines, etc.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Plaintive (adj)

A

Expressing sorrow.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Livid (adj)

A

Furiously angry.

Willful stupidity makes him absolutely livid.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Kleptomania (n)

A

An irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Noviciate (n)

A

The period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order).

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Credulous (adj)

A

Disposed to believe on little evidence.

The gimmick would convince none but the most credulous.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Babble (n)

A

Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Cogent (adj)

A

Powerfully persuasive.

A cogent argument, a telling presentation.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Gored (n)

A

The shedding of blood resulting in murder.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Dollops (n)

A

A small measure (usually of food).

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Archetype (n)

A

Something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Regiment (n)

A

Army unit smaller than a division.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Malfeasance (n)

A

Wrongful conduct by a public official.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Amenable (adj)

A

Disposed or willing to conform.

Someone amenable to the instruction of others.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Platitude (n)

A

A trite or obvious remark.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Doggerel (n)

A

A comic verse of irregular measure.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Refulgent (adj)

A

Radiating or as if radiating light.

The refulgent beaming sun.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Pacifist (n)

A

Someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Salutary (adj)

A

Tending to promote physical well-being, beneficial to health

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

Pedant (n)

A

A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

Gauche (adj)

A

Lacking social polish.

Too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

Ardor (n)

A

Intense feeling of love.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

Mores (n)

A

The conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

Tunic (n)

A

Any of a variety of loose fitting cloaks extending to the hips or knees.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

Elixir (n)

A

A substance believed to cure all ills, a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

Denude (v)

A

Lay bare, “denude a forest”.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

Enjoin (v)

A

Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

Bosun (n)

A

A petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

Perspicacity (n)

A

The capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

Congeal (v)

A

Become gelatinous.

The liquid congealed after we added the enzyme.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

Poignant (adj)

A

Arousing affect.

The homecoming of the released hostages was a poignant scene.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

Dilatory (adj)

A

Wasting time.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

Atrophy (n)

A

Any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use).

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

Froward (adj)

A

Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
40
Q

Unimpeachable (adj)

A

Completely acceptable, not open to exception or reproach.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
41
Q

Opprobrium (n)

A

A state of extreme dishonor.

42
Q

Bourgeois (adj)

A

(according to Marxist thought) Being of the property-owning class and exploitative of the working class.

43
Q

Inversion (n)

A

Turning upside down, setting on end, the reversal of the normal order of words.

44
Q

Decorous (adj)

A

Characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct.

45
Q

Effulgent (adj)

A

Radiating or as if radiating light, “the beaming sun”.

46
Q

Dour (adj)

A

Showing a brooding ill humor, “a dark scowl”.

47
Q

Effrontery (n)

A

Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to.

48
Q

Peccadilloes (n)

A

A petty misdeed.

49
Q

Depredate (v)

A

Plunder, loot and ravage.

50
Q

Canister (n)

A

Metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour.

51
Q

Toady (adj)

A

A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage.

52
Q

Inveterate (adj)

A

Habitual.

An inveterate smoker.

53
Q

Ponderous (adj)

A

Having great mass and weight and unwieldiness.

A ponderous stone.

54
Q

Locution (n)

A

A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations.

55
Q

Gazebo (n)

A

A small roofed building affording shade and rest.

56
Q

Consequential (adj)

A

Having important issues or results.

The year’s only really consequential legislation.

57
Q

Preternatural (adj)

A

Existing outside of or not in accordance with nature.

58
Q

Calumny (n)

A

A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone’s words or actions.

59
Q

Rigmarole (n)

A

A long and complicated and confusing procedure.

All that academic rigmarole was a waste of time.

60
Q

Ferment (n)

A

A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances.

61
Q

Tractable (adj)

A

Responsive to suggestions and influences.

A tractable student.

62
Q

Pantheon (n)

A

A temple to all the gods, all the gods of a religion.

63
Q

Swinish (adj)

A

Resembling swine, coarsely gluttonous or greedy.

64
Q

Cleave (v)

A

Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument.

65
Q

Innervate (v)

A

Stimulate to action.

Innervate a muscle or a nerve.

66
Q

Grimace (n)

A

A contorted facial expression.

She made a grimace at the prospect of leaving home.

67
Q

Antipathy (n)

A

The object of a feeling of intense aversion, something to be avoided.

68
Q

Bawdier (adj)

A

Humorously vulgar.

69
Q

Diatribe (n)

A

Thunderous verbal attack.

70
Q

Artless (adj)

A

Simple and natural, without cunning or deceit.

71
Q

Trenchant (adj)

A

Clearly or sharply defined to the mind.

72
Q

Confetti (n)

A

Small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding)

73
Q

Nebulous (adj)

A

Lacking definition or definite content.

Nebulous reasons.

74
Q

Vet (n)

A

A doctor who practices veterinary medicine OR

To examine.

75
Q

Flagellate (adj)

A

Having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum).

76
Q

Aquamarine (n)

A

A shade of blue tinged with green.

77
Q

Stygian (adj)

A

Hellish, dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades.

78
Q

Perfidy (n)

A

An act of deliberate betrayal, betrayal of a trust.

79
Q

Ensemble (n)

A

A coordinated outfit (set of clothing).

80
Q

Antipodal (adj)

A

Relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth.

81
Q

Adulate (v)

A

Flatter in an obsequious manner.

82
Q

Panoply (n)

A

A complete and impressive array.

83
Q

Aseptic (adj)

A

Free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms.

84
Q

Grandiloquent (adj)

A

Puffed up with vanity.

A grandiloquent and boastful manner.

85
Q

Fatuous (adj)

A

Extremely silly or stupid.

86
Q

Disconcerting (adj)

A

Causing an emotional disturbance.

87
Q

Rectitude (n)

A

Righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest.

88
Q

Didactic (adj)

A

Instructive (especially excessively).

89
Q

Foppish (adj)

A

Affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner.

90
Q

Calloused (adj)

A

Having calluses, having skin made tough and thick through wear.

91
Q

Inopportune (adj)

A

Not opportune.

Arrived at a most inopportune hour.

92
Q

Pathology (n)

A

The branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases.

93
Q

Ambrosia (n)

A

Food of the gods.

94
Q

Aureole (n)

A

An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.

95
Q

Tourniquet (n)

A

Bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure.

96
Q

Incendiary (adj)

A

Capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily.

97
Q

Torrid (adj)

A

Extremely hot and dry.

The torrid heat of the noonday sun.

98
Q

Deign (v)

A

Do something that one considers to be below one’s dignity

99
Q

Desultory (adj)

A

Marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose

100
Q

Pugilism (n)

A

Fighting with the fists

English Vocalbulary (31 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions