Level 9 Flashcards
Prolix
extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
(of a person) given to speaking or writing at great or tedious length.
His academic paper isn’t prolix in its disquisition on extrabiblical and apocryphal texts, I’d say it’s precise.
Apocryphal
of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
His academic paper isn’t prolix in its disquisition on extrabiblical and apocryphal texts, I’d say it’s precise.
Cupidity
Avarice. Excessive desire for something.
With much temerity the older Vince would demand a higher cut of the profits, making his cupidity evident to his diffident bandmates.
Vernal
of or pertaining to spring: vernal sunshine.
Who could have suspected that such a vernal woman and parsimonious saver, could have such puissant appetite for munificence to charity.
Temerity
reckless boldness; rashness.
With much temerity the older Vince would demand a higher cut of the profits, making his cupidity evident to his diffident bandmates.
Rapprochement
an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations: a rapprochement reached between warring factions.
Disquisition
Dissertation; a formal discourse or treatise in which a subject is examined and discussed.
His academic paper isn’t prolix in its disquisition on extrabiblical and apocryphal texts, I’d say it’s precise.
Proscribe
to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
to put outside the protection of the law; outlaw.
to banish or exile.
After all the court cannot proscribe your actions if you present the indefeasibility of title document, no adventitious person has the right to squat in your home, talk less of defenestrate your belongings unto the lawn.
Munificence
the quality of being munificent, or showing unusual generosity: The museum’s collection was greatly increased by the munificence of the family’s gift.
Who could have suspected that such a vernal woman and parsimonious saver, could have such puissant appetite for munificence to charity.
Probity
integrity and uprightness; honesty.
Puissant
Powerful; mighty; potent
Who could have suspected that such a vernal woman and parsimonious saver, could have such puissant appetite for munificence to charity.
Peculate
To steal or take dishonestly; embezzle
The specious offer to peculate untraceable funds proved impossible to pass up, at least not by the venal executive, always ready to play outside the rules.
Diffident
Lacking confidence in one’s own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
Few would guess the ostensibly diffident shopkeeper Fidel, who made sure to keep an air of comity, found it noisome entertaining the parsimonious tourist crowds who’d wander in during the week, and stare at his highly priced, far from quotidian artifacts without buying.
Venal
Willing to sell one’s influence, especially in return for a bribe; open to corruption, even bribery; mercenary
The specious offer to peculate untraceable funds proved impossible to pass up, at least not by the venal executive, always ready to play outside the rules.
Parsimonious
Characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy
Who could have suspected that such a vernal woman and parsimonious saver, could have such puissant appetite for munificence to charity.
Pusillanimous
Lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; timid
The media proved that efforts to traduce and use calumny against the mayor were a pusillanimous attempt.
Extant
Standing out; protruding; in existence; not destroyed or lost
Meretricious
Alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry
The fugacious reality TV show was low class, meretricious, and deservedly received poor ratings, even before it was excoriated by the democratic left.
Xenophobia
Fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers
The sense of xenophobia was extant, even now as the tourists in dishabille made their way past the sea of faces plastered with disingenuous smiles in the market.
Quotidian
Daily; usual or customary; ordinary.
Few would guess the ostensibly diffident shopkeeper Fidel, who made sure to keep an air of comity, found it noisome entertaining the parsimonious tourist crowds who’d wander in during the week, and stare at his highly priced, far from quotidian artifacts without buying.
