list 7b Flashcards
lachrymose
tending to cry often
jargon
technical language used by a particular profession
meaningless talk
languid
lacking energy, sluggish
lexicon
dictionary
special vocab of a group or field
liniment
a soothing lotion
lugubrious
gloomy, depressed
magnanimous
noble, generous
malefactor
evil doer
malificent
marauder
one who steals by force
mason
person who builds with stones
menagerie
zoo
misapprehension
misunderstanding
monastic
without luxuries
morose
gloomy, depressed
munificent
very generous
Minnie
mutinous
disobedient
necromancy
sorcery, evil magic
newfangled
new, trendy
noisome
offensive, disturbing
obdurate
stubborn
obtrusive
getting in the way
oracular
making wise or authoritative statements
ore
mineral containing metal
page
knight in training
panacea
cure all, complete perfection
paragon
symbol of excellence
patronize
to talk down to
to buy from, to do business with
Pedant
one who shows off his learning
perennial
lasting forever
pernicious
dangerous
pervasive
widespread
phylum
category
animal kingdom
platoon
group of soldiers
plumage
bird feathers
ponderous
heavy, dull, lifeless
postulate
assumption
preclude
to prevent
presumptuous
jumping to conclusions
profess
to state a belief
prolific
creative, producing a lot of something
prosaic
dull, banal, un imaginative
protract
to delay
prudish
conservative
punctilious
proper, careful
purveyor
supplier
quaff
to gulp
quarry
place where stone is mined
something hunted
quietude
calmness
racketeering
illegal activity
rancid
rotten, not fresh
recalcitrant
disobedient
redeem
to turn in for somehing else
to rescue or save
regimen
strict routine
relish
to enjoy
reprobate
immoral person
reticent
quiet, not talkative
revelation
the act of revealing
rife
widespread frequent
rostrum
healthy, reddish
ruse
a trick, action meant to mislead
salubrious
good for ones health
salad
sanction
official approval
official punishment
savannah
a flat, treeless are a
scoff
to ridicule, to mock
sedulous
hard-working
sentient
aware, sensitive, feeling
shadowy
unclear
skulk
to sneak around
slouch
lazy person
to hunch over
smolder
to burn slowly
soporific
causing sleep, boring
sparing
saving money, economical
bare lacking
spurious
illegitimate, deceitful u
squelch
to squash, to crush
stately
dignified, elegant
stolid
unexcitable? showing little emotion
strident
sounding harsh or loud
stupefying
to stun or to shock
subliminal
existing beyond consciousness or awareness
succinct
short, to the point
silly
to dirty
suppleness
flexibility
bendability
surreptitious
sneaky
tacit
expressed with words
tantalizing
tempting and just out of reach
technocrat
one who believes in gov by technical experts
tensile
bendable
toady
flatterer, asskisser
totter
to walk unsteadily
tumultuous
stormy, greatly disturbing
unabashedly
unashamedly, without excuse or explanation
unobtrusive
not easily noticed
upshot
outcome, final result
vacuous
empty, stupid
vapid
without force, uninteresting
veneer
thing covering of niceooking material
verdant
green with vegetation
vestigial
having a trace of something lost
virulent
harmful, bitter
vociferous
loud and demanding
voracious
having a huge appetite
waive
to give up
waylay
to lie in wait for, to attack by surprise
whelp
young animal
willful
intentional, stubborn
wispy
frail, delicate
wretchedness
misery
yoke
to connect, to join