Lessons 15-16 Flashcards
accentuate
v. emphasize or stress
aficionado
n. enthusiastic follower; support or fan
antecedent
n. thing or event that precedes another
adj. going before; preceding
centrifugal
adj. moving or tending away from the center
convoluted
adj. having numerous coils or folds; complicated; intricate
decapitate
v. kill by cutting off the head
disingenuous
adj. not straightforward; insincere
indubitable
adj. too evident to be doubted; unquestionable
jaded
adj. dulled or wearied by excess or overindulgence
masochistic
adj. deriving pleasure from being mistreated mentally or physically
momentum
n. force or speed of movement; force or energy that keeps something moving
obsolescent
adj. going out of use; becoming obsolete
potential
adj. having possibility or capability
n. capacity for growth or development
viscera
n. pl. internal organs of the body
(visceral) adj. felt strongly, as if in the viscera
volition
n. act of consciously choosing or deciding
belated
adj. done too late; having been delayed beyond the usual time
caliber
n. degree of importance or excellence; diameter of a bullet or inside of a gun barrel
chagrin
n. feeling of embarrassment or annoyance caused by having failed or being disappointed; cause to feel unease
contravene
v. act against or be counter to
default
n. failure to do what is required by duty or law; automatic selection made according to a computer program when the user does not make a choice
v. fail to pay what or when one should
doldrums
n. pl. condition of feeling sad, bored, or sluggish
emblazon
v. inscribe or decorate conspicuously
eminent
adj. standing above others in worth, rank, or fame
expend
v. use up; consume
expire
v. come to an end; die
exponent
n. person who explains, interprets, or works to make something popular
novice
n. person new at something; beginner
spry
adj. moving with quickness and ease; lively
tenuous
adj. lacking substance, flimsy; not thick; slender; lacking density; thin
truism
n. truth that is so well known that it is almost unnecessary to say it
