Interesting words 2 Flashcards
Mulishness
Stubborn
Contentious
Causing argument
Finagling
Obtain by dishonest or devious means
Sordid
Involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives. Which is deemed to be morally contemptuous
Extol
Praise enthusiastically
Avarice
Extreme greed for wealth and material gain
Erudite
Having or shown great knowledge or learning
Lugubrious
Looking or sounding sad and dismal
Nefarious
Wicked or criminal (action or activity)
Vestige
Something disappearing
Parsable
Able to be parsed- to analyze in terms of grammatical constituents.
Illucid
Dim and slow of thought, not able to flow in a nimble manner
Gratuitous
Done without good reason; uncalled for
Impute
Represent something (usually undesirable) as being done or possessed by someone.
Syphon
a tube used to convey liquid upwards from a reservoir and then down to a lower level of its own accord. Once the liquid has been forced into the tube, typically by suction or immersion, flow continues unaided.
Indignation
Anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment
Cinder
A small piece of partly burnt coal or wood that has stopped giving off flames but still has combustible matter in it.
Morose
Sullen and ill-tempered
Keening
Wailing in grief for a dead person
Ablution
The act of washing oneself
Avarice
Extreme greed for wealth or material gain
Fetid
Smelling extremely unpleasant
Dour
Relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance
Larceny
Theft of personal property
Effete
Affected, over-refined, and ineffectual. And of a man unmanly/effeminate
Enmity
A state or feeling of active opposition or hostility.
Rambunctious
Uncontrollably exuberant; boisterous.
Tenable
Able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
Fungible
Replaceable by another identical item; mutually interchangeable
Magnanimous
Generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival or less powerful person
Impertinent
Not showing proper respect; rude.
Provident
Making or indicative of timely preparation for the future.
Supercillious
Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.
Slightingly
Characterized by disregard or disrespect
Congenial
Agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character
Whimsical
Playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way
Exigent
Pressing/ demanding
Premonition
A strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant
Vogue
The prevailing fashion or style at a particular time.
Lanai
A porch or veranda
Dingus
Used to refer to something one cannot or does not wish to name specifically.
Derisive
Expressing contempt or ridicule
Judicially
Pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice
Veracity
Conformity to facts; accuracy.
Elope
Run away secretly in order to get married
Solipsism
The view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist.
Socratic
Of things relating to socrates- commonly used to describe the dialect in which systematic doubt and questioning of another to elicit a clear expression of a truth supposed to be knowable by all rational beings occurs
Ignoble
Not honourable in character or purpose
Protracting
Prolong
Beatification
In the Roman Catholic Church declaration by the Pope that a dead person is in a state of bliss, constituting a first step towards canonization and permitting public veneration.
Veneration
Great respect, reverence
Pedagogy
The method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept.
Accidie (Pronounced axeidie)
Spiritual or mental sloth, apathy
Exegesis
Critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture.
Acrostic
A poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.
Svengali
A person who exercises a controlling or mesmeric influence on another, especially for a sinister purpose.
Meglaomaniac
A person with an obsessive desire for power
Canonization
The process of making someone a saint. Upon which declaration the person is included in the “canon”, or list, of recognized saints.
Mimetic
imitative
Inculcation
The instilling of knowledge or values in someone, usually by repetition.
Restitution
The restoration of something lost or stolen returned back to its proper owner
Hankering
A strong desire for
Rictus
A fixed grimace or grin
Benign
Harmless
Pejorative
Expressing contempt or disapproval
Apostate
A person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle
Apostle
A vigorous and pioneering advocate or supporter of a particular policy, idea, or cause
Repugnant
Extremely distasteful, unacceptable
Deepity
An idea or statement that seems to be profound but actually isn’t.
Bigot
A person who is intolerant towards those holding different opinions.
Deism
Belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe.
Theism
Belief in the existence of a god or gods, specifically of a creator who intervenes in the universe.
Volition
The faculty or power of using one’s will.
Credence
Belief of acceptance in something as being true.
Comport
Conduct onself; behave
Paradigm
A typical example or pattern of something; a pattern or model.
Edict
An official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.
Mandate
An official order or commission to do something.
Peruse
To read something, usuallly in a thorough and careful way.
Monolithic
Formed of a single block of stone. / Or of an organisation/system that is large, powerful, indivisible and slow to change
Instamatic
Colloquial term for a pocket sized snapshot camera.
Eulogy
A speech or piece of text about someone or something that is praising of them highly. (Usually a tribute to someone that has died).
Posthumous
Occurring, awarded, or appearing after the death of the originator.
Deepity
A proposition that seems to be profound because it is actually logically ill-formed.
Polemic
A strong verbal or written attack on someone/something
Panacea
A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.
Replete
Filled or well-supplied with something.
Eminence
Fame or acknowledged superiority within a particular sphere.
Mereticious
Apparently attractive but having no real value.
Meritocracy
Government or the holding of power by people selected according to merit.
Purblind
Having impaired or defective vision; partially blind
Pandjandrum
A person who has or claims to have a great deal or authority or influence.
Perforate
To pierce and make a hole or holes in.
Prostrate
Lying prone
Interminable
Never ending or seemingly so (often used as
a hyperbole)
Dissident
A person that opposes official policy
Deliniate
Describe or portray something precisely
Dotage
The period of life in which a person is old and weak
Parlance
A particular way of speaking or using words, especially a way common to those with a particular job or interest
Fervent
Having or displaying a passionate intensity
