Group 7 Flashcards
dais
n. low platform for a lectern, seats of honor, throne
inception
n. onset, the starting pt of activity
prow
n. portion of a ships bow above water
awning
n. sheet canvas or other material keep away sun/rain
aspersions
n. slander, damaging remark [casting_// such _ can’t be ignored]
pinafore
n. sleeveless apron-like garment worn over a child’s dress
strife
n. vigorous conflict, rivalry [armed_ // _ in the marketplace]
suture
n.v. stitch
excoriate
v. censure or criticize severely; peel
impugn
v. challenge validity of, gainsay [are you __ing my motives?]
denigrate
v. criticize unfairly, disparage
execrate
v. hate, abhor [___ed as dangerous and corrupt]
bevel
v. reduce 90° angle to a sloping edge [a __ mirror]
gamboling
v. run or jump about playfully
hypostatize
v. treat/represent abstract as a concrete reality
admonish
v. warn, reprimand firmly, advise, urge
sluiced
v. wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower; (of water) pour, flow, shower freely
lucid
adj. bright, Expressed clearly, rational /sane [clear and __ style]
garrulous
ad. loquatious, excessively talkative esp. on trivial matters
putative
adj. accepted, assumed, supposed [I’m the __leader of this crew]
epistolary
adj. carried on by letters/ correspondence [___ debate]
prosaic
adj. common place, unromantic
succinct
adj. concise, briefly and clearly expressed
taciturn
adj. curt. reserved or uncommunicateive in speech, saying little
banal
adj. lacking in originality obvious, boring
pedestrian
adj. lacking inspiration or excitement; dull
tentative
adj. not certain or fixed; provisional; done wo confidence; hesitant
diurnal
adj. of or during the day; daily
prolific
adj. producing many works
extant
adj. stil in existence, surviving [___writing]
mellifluous
adj. sweet or musical, pleasant to hear
panoply
n. a complete or impressive collection of things; splended display
penchant
n. a liking for something or tendency to do something [despite the __ for suffering
parlance
n. a manner of speaking; vernacular [legal ___]; speech, talk, parley; argot
leit motif
n. a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition associated with a particular person, idea or situation
proclivity
n. a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing [a __ for hard work]
trill
n. a vibratory sound esp a rapid altnernation of notes
plexus
n. an intricate network or weblike formation
conjecture
n. an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information [___about the unfinished lecture were many and varied]; [the purpose was open to ___]
accolade
n. award or privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit [the ultimate official __]
exegesis
n. critical explaination/interpretation of text
argot
n. jargon or slang of a particular group [medical __]
screed
n. long tedious speech
euphemism
n. mild, indirect expression substituting one that’s too harsh. [downsizing is a ___ for cuts]
avant garde
n. new and unusual or experimental ideas esp in the arts or the people introducing them [us. The ___]
cliche
n. predictable, overused
precis
n. summary or abstract of text/speech
vernacular
n. the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular coutry or region; spoken as first language-native
anagram
n. word, phrase, name formed by rearranging the letters of another [cinema=iceman]
trite
overused, lacking originality
