Level 10 Flashcards
Jejune
Dull. Insipid. Without interest or significance. Lacking knowledge. Juvenile. The grad student continued to make, seemingly, jejune remarks about life and art, to her audience of bored and increasingly annoyed undergraduate friends.
His paucity of enthusiasm, and absence of his usual sanguine expression, indicated his displeasure over having to spend yet another jejune weekend in deep lucubration.
Paucity
Smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness. A country with a paucity of resources.
His paucity of enthusiasm, and absence of his usual sanguine expression, indicated his displeasure over having to spend yet another jejune weekend in deep lucubration.
Minatory
Menacing; threatening. Abella’s bosses minatory emails, referencing her pregnancy leave, were yet more proof of a continued abuse of authority.
To be risible in good company, a non-minatory demeanor – so as to be approachable, and having a mind free of hebetude all make for a great weeknight deipnosophist.
Putative
Commonly regarded as such; reputed; supposed
Make sure he doesn’t divagate from the accusation, you have apodictic evidence that their executive team had hebdomadal meetings trying to bury, the case of causing putative iatrogenic harm to 3 insured patients.
Lucubration
Laborious work, study, thought, especially at night. Ex: Just before finals the graduate students were always mired in deep lucubration.
His paucity of enthusiasm, and absence of his usual sanguine expression, indicated his displeasure over having to spend yet another jejune weekend in deep lucubration.
Aleatory
Unpredictable; of luck or chance; (in Law) depending on a contingent event: Ex: an aleatory contract; (in Music) employing the element of chance in the choice of tones, rhythms, dynamics, etc.
George Carlin’s brand of aleatory comedy was often a farrago of polite but pointed badinage and non-venial diatribe or ranting.
Farrago
A confused mixture; hodgepodge; medley
George Carlin’s brand of aleatory comedy was often a farrago of polite but pointed badinage and non-venial diatribe or ranting.
Cynosure
something that attracts attention by its brilliance, and can be used as a guide for direction, like the little dipper or Ursa Minor constellation.
Jane execrated, having lain her eyes on the fast scurrying twin hispid cotton rats, now undoubtedly the cynosure of the mortified guests.
Badinage
banter, playful repartee (back and forth with jestful quick responses).
George Carlin’s brand of aleatory comedy was often a farrago of polite but pointed badinage and non-venial diatribe or ranting.
Hieratic
Also hieratical of or relating to priests or priesthood; highly restrained or severe in emotional import; noting or pertaining to a form of ancient Egyptian writing consisting of abridged forms of hieroglyphics, used by the priests in their records.
The culture of the tribe was to ritually scarify the bodies of the performers with ceremonial hieratic styled shapes, and the dance would serve to lionize both their ancestors and their new king.
Saturnine
Sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn
Ryu was a man of longanimity, with a saturnine disposition, and a penchant for being a noctivagant, rarely resting in a place.
Execrate
To detest, to curse, to declare something to be evil or detestable. Surely rape is execrated by modern civil society.
Jane execrated, having lain her eyes on the fast scurrying twin hispid cotton rats, now undoubtedly the cynosure of the mortified guests.
Vitiate
To impair the quality of, spoil, make faulty. A mistake of fact in some circumstances could vitiate the contract. A mind vitiate by prejudice.
The contretemps episode in the diner, vitiated, no eviscerated the already frangible marriage between the mayor and his staff.
Venial
Her brother arriving to the party having forgotten to buy a gift was a venial offence.
George Carlin’s brand of aleatory comedy was often a farrago of polite but pointed badinage and non-venial diatribe or ranting.
Risible
Causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; having a disposition or readiness to laugh. Ex: Diesel is an imposing screen presence even when growling risible dialog.
To be risible in good company, a non-minatory demeanor – so as to be approachable, and having a mind free of hebetude all make for a great weeknight deipnosophist.
Lionize
To treat (a person) as a celebrity; to pursue celebrities; British: to visit or exhibit the objects of interest of (a place)
The culture of the tribe was to ritually scarify the bodies of the performers with ceremonial hieratic styled shapes, and the dance would serve to lionize both their ancestors and their new king.
Contretemps
ill-timed or inopportune occurrence; an embarrassing mischance. Ex: His contretemps experience came from seeing his ex-wife at a speed dating meetup. The anxious and depressed poet viewed every act as a life-ending contretemps.
The contretemps episode in the diner, vitiated, no eviscerated the already frangible marriage between the mayor and his staff.
Rodomontade
Vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious. Ex: Students from those prep schools are notorious for their endless rodomontade. He viewed this particular fine arts crowd as rodomontade and elitist.
Pettifogger Jonathan, known for his fulminating temper and rodomontade rambles, preoccupied his free time, not with books of law, but with mystical and heliolatry literature.
Sanguine
Cheerful, optimistic, hopeful. Ex: The usually risible politician shed his sanguine expression the minute he realized he had lost the election.
His paucity of enthusiasm, and absence of his usual sanguine expression, indicated his displeasure over having to spend yet another jejune weekend in deep lucubration.
Hebetude
mental dullness; lethargy. Ex: The inept mayor’s re-election would depend entirely on the hebetude of the townspeople, he thought.
To be risible in good company, a non-minatory demeanor – so as to be approachable, and having a mind free of hebetude all make for a great weeknight deipnosophist.
Deipnosophist
(pronounced like date-no-sophist) One who converses learnedly at dinner; one of an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learned conversation at meals. Ex: Sam and Jordan are known to be popular deipnosophists, welcomed to many a dinner party.
To be risible in good company, a non-minatory demeanor – so as to be approachable, and having a mind free of hebetude all make for a great weeknight deipnosophist.
Frangible
Easily broken; breakable. Ex: Most frangible toys are not suitable for younger children. Frangible ammunition are every bit as effective, and dangerous, as lead filled bullets.
The contretemps episode in the diner, vitiated, no eviscerated the already frangible marriage between the mayor and his staff.
Apodictic
Incontestable because of having been demonstrated or proved to be demonstratable; (of a proposition) necessarily true or logically certain. Ex: The earth being spherical is an apodictic fact and not a putative statement.
Make sure he doesn’t divagate from the accusation, you have apodictic evidence that their executive team had hebdomadal meetings trying to bury, the case of causing putative iatrogenic harm to 3 insured patients.
Fulminate
To detonate; to explode with a loud noise; to cause to explode. Ex: Using an explosive concoction of fulminated mercury as a defensive weapon Walter White escaped certain death.
Pettifogger Jonathan, known for his fulminating temper and rodomontade rambles, preoccupied his free time, not with books of law, but with mystical and heliolatry literature.
Scarify
In surgery, to scratch or make superficial incisions in: as, to scarify the gums. To stir up and prepare for sowing or planting by means of a scarifier: as, to scarify the soil.
The culture of the tribe was to ritually scarify the bodies of the performers with ceremonial hieratic styled shapes, and the dance would serve to lionize both their ancestors and their new king.
Hebdomadal
Weekly; occuring every 7 days. Ex: The hebdomadal council managed the schools finances and property.
Make sure he doesn’t divagate from the accusation, you have apodictic evidence that their executive team had hebdomadal meetings trying to bury, the case of causing putative iatrogenic harm to 3 insured patients.
Divagate
To wander; drift about; ramble; digress. Ex: Do not divagate away from the point of our argument.
Make sure he doesn’t divagate from the accusation, you have apodictic evidence that their executive team had hebdomadal meetings trying to bury, the case of causing putative iatrogenic harm to 3 insured patients.
iatrogenic
Induced unintentionally in a patient by a physician (by words or action). Used especially of an infection or other complication of treatment. Ex: This condition is defined as an iatrogenic complication of ovarian stimulation.
Make sure he doesn’t divagate from the accusation, you have apodictic evidence that their executive team had hebdomadal meetings trying to bury, the case of causing putative iatrogenic harm to 3 insured patients.
Tergiversation
To turn renegade; to change repeatedly one’s attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc. Ex: You may call it tergiversation, but we pros call it diplomacy.
Your propinquity with Putin’s general may crepitate of tergiversation, are you known to hobnob with such a protean network.
Nacreous
Of or relating to nacre (a hard pearl, iridescent substance that forms the inner layer of certain mollusk shells); resembling nacre; lustrous. Ex- Recycled glass tiles emit a nacreous sheen that changes throughout the day.
His ego now triturated, after hearing such hateful hortatory from his opponent, would gain some relief as he took a breath and watched the now nacreous sky.
Fainéant
Lazy; Idle. Faineant and given to long naps the unemployed bachelorette existed in a depressing hebetude.
I promise you, the article you read was just some factitious drivel, written by some faineant journalist, who hates her job, so she flaunts her sciolist and unresearched ideas on every page.
Hispid
rough with stiff hairs, bristles, or minute spines. Ex: The most common were deer mice, white-footed mice, and hispid cotton rats.
Jane execrated, having lain her eyes on the fast scurrying twin hispid cotton rats, now undoubtedly the cynosure of the mortified guests.
Longanimity
Long suffering; Patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance
Ryu was a man of longanimity, with a saturnine disposition, and a penchant for being a noctivagant, rarely resting in a place.
Sciolist
Superficial knowledge. Ex: Broad scholarship gives modesty, but the sciolist everywhere bores with his rodomantade.
I promise you, the article you read was just some factitious drivel, written by some faineant journalist, who hates her job, so she flaunts her sciolist and unresearched ideas on every page.
Propinquity
Proximity; nearness; Kinship; similarity in nature. The noctivagant now had nothing to fear from the propinquity of the hut. Reassured by the propinquity they developed over the years, neither was willing to sacrifice the friendship.
Your propinquity with Putin’s general may crepitate of tergiversation, are you known to hobnob with such a protean network.
Factitious
Produced artificially rather than by a natural process; Ex: lacking authenticity or genuineness; sham
I promise you, the article you read was just some factitious drivel, written by some faineant journalist, who hates her job, so she flaunts her sciolist and unresearched ideas on every page.
Plexiform
Intricate; complex; of, relating to, or resembling a plexus (network, as of nerves or blood vessels, complex structure containing an intricate network of parts)
Susurrus
A soft murmuring or rustling sound; whisper. Ex: I walked steadily toward the pennant pole amid a sea of susurrus murmurings.
You could make out the happy susurrus from the crowd as Jane, kneeling facing her boyfriend, who now covered in fuliginous rescue gear stood perplexed, bravely asked for his hand.
Triturate
To reduce to fine particles or powder by rubbing, grinding, bruising, or the like; pulverize
His ego now triturated, after hearing such deceptive and hortatory from his opponent, would gain some relief as he took a breath and watched the now nacreous sky.
Protean
Changeable in shape/form, as an amoeba; extremely variable.
Your propinquity with Putin’s general may crepitate of tergiversation, are you known to hobnob with such a protean network.
Crepitate
To make a crackling sound.
Your propinquity with Putin’s general may crepitate of tergiversation, are you known to hobnob with such a protean network.
Noctivagant
Wandering in the night. Ex: a noctivagant anmal
Ryu was a man of longanimity, with a saturnine disposition, and a penchant for being a noctivagant, rarely resting in a place.
Fuliginous
Colored by or as if by soot; sooty. Ex: The fuliginous air hanging over an industrial city.
You could make out the happy susurrus from the crowd as Jane, kneeling facing her boyfriend, who now covered in fuliginous rescue gear stood perplexed, bravely asked for his hand.
Hortatory
Encouraging; exhorting; urging to some course of conduct or action.
His ego now triturated, after hearing such deceptive and hortatory speech from his opponent, would gain some relief as he took a breath and watched the now nacreous sky.
Heliolatry
worship of the sun.
Pettifogger Jonathan, known for his fulminating temper and rodomontade rambles, preoccupied his free time, not with books of law, but with mystical and heliolatry literature.
Sciamachy
An act or instance of fighting a shadow or an imaginary enemy
His detractors might as well have been embroiled in sciamachy, as Jean was now the highest sought after model in L.A., partly due to his new look, a now glabrous chin, giving him an epicene flair.
Glabrous
Having a surface devoid of hairs or pubescence; smooth
His detractors might as well have been embroiled in sciamachy, as Jean was now the highest sought after model in L.A., partly due to his new look, a now glabrous chin, giving him an epicene flair.
Pettifogger
to bicker or quibble over triffles or unimportant matters
Pettifogger Jonathan, known for his fulminating temper and rodomontade rambles, preoccupied his free time, not with books of law, but with mystical and heliolatry literature.
Epicene
Effeminate; belonging to, or partaking of the characteristics of, both sexes. Flaccid; feeble; weak. Effeminate; unmasculine. Ex: fashions in clothing are becoming increasingly epicene.
His detractors might as well have been embroiled in sciamachy, as Jean was now the highest sought after model in L.A., partly due to his new look, a now glabrous chin, giving him an epicene flair.
