Group 8 Flashcards
posit
v. assume as a fact; put forward as a basis of argument
gainsay
v. deny, dispute
wax
v. increase in extent, to grow/become
broach
v. raise for discussion (sensitive or difficult subject)
peruse
v. read thoroughly, casually
prevaricate
v. speak or act in an evasive way [he seemed to ____ when journalists asked pointed questions]
declaimer
v. speak/ write for oratorical effect, make formal speech
aver
v. state/assert to be the case [he ___ed that he was innocent]
prattle
v. talk at length in a foolish/inconsequential way [she began to __ on about her visit] n. [childish __]
bloviate
v. talk at length, inflated and empty way
cohere
v. unite; be logically consistent [__ with their beliefs]
stentorian
adj. loud and powerful voice [a __ delivery]
verge
n. brink [_ of tears] v. approach [despair __ing on suicidal]
acrostic
n. composition in which letters in each line form a word or words
semantics
n. interpretation of meaning of word or sentence [let’s not argue about __]
engender
v. arouse, breed, bring about [I like to __ success in my students by providing them with resources ]
limn
v. depict, describe in painting/words [her earlier works __ed violance]
preternatural
ad. Beyond what is normal or natural; supernatural
archetypal
ad. Classic, standard, stereotypical; paradigmatic
sentient
adj. able to perceive things or feel things
analogous
adj. comparable in certain aspects
precipitous
adj. dangerously steep. (of a worsening situation) sudden and dramatic
fateful
adj. decisive, significant, typically disastrous implications [a ___oversight]
prodigious
adj. extraordinary in size, amount, degree // __ research grant
persnickety
adj. fussy placing too much emphasis on minor details
torrid
adj. hot
unbridled
adj. released from restraint
capacious
adj. roomy, spacious
tangential
adj. slightly connected, digressing [__ remarks]
peripatetic
adj. walking or travelling about, based in various places for short periods of time [ the __ nature of military life]
chimerical
adj. wildly fanciful, imaginary
paroxysm
n. a sudden intense expression of a particular emotion or activity [a __ of weeping/ anger]
sojourn
n. a temporary stay
legion
n. a vast host, multitude [these scientific errors were ___]
jitney
n. bus, vehicle carrying passengers for low fare
interstice
n. intervening space esp a very small one [current __itial position in the American discourse of race]; crevice, gap
peregrination
n. journey
ream
n. large quantity of smthg (__of paper); clear out or remove (material) from something
surfeit
n. overflow, plethora [a ___ of drugs in the neighborhood]
trajectory
n. path
osmosis
n. process of gradual/ unconscious assimilation of ideas, knowledge
augur
n. prophet; v. predict
prerogatives
n. rights, privileges exclusive to group //its my __ to stop the bullshit
deluge
n. sever flood, great quantity of smthg arriving at the same time [a ___ of funding]
gamut
n. the complete range/scope of s [the whole __ of human emotion] ; scale
catapulted
v. bombard, chuck
relegate
v. consign or dismiss to an inferior rank or position [you’re _____ed to a secondary position]
extrapolate
v. estimate, infer from known information
portend
v. foreshadow; predict; augur, indicate
lumber
v. move in a slow heavy awkward way [he __ed away
