New Additions Flashcards
Coruscating
Flashing, sparkling
Retrench
Reduce or diminish in extent or quantity, e.g., reduce costs
Teleological
Relating to the explanation of phenomena in terms of the purpose they serve rather than the cause by which they arrive ; exhibiting or relating to design or purpose, especially in nature
Cadge
Ask for or obtain
Monocoque
An aircraft or vehicle structure; structural skin
Pavonine
Many-colored; of or like a peacock
Parietal
Relating to the wall of the body or of a body cavity; relating to residence in a college or dorm, especially for visits from members of the other sex (e.g., parietal rules)
Cauterize
Burn to stop bleeding; to make insensitive to
Edifying
Providing moral or intellectual instruction
Promulgate
Promote or make widely known
Doughty
Brave and persistent
Maladroit
Ineffective or bungling; clumsy
Prepossessing
Attractive; appealing in appearance
Unstinting
Given or given without restraint; unsparing (“unstinting praise”)
Invidious
Incurring resentment; unfair
Nugatory
Trivial
Antediluvian
Old fashioned
Senescence
The prices of aging, deterioration with age
Superannuation
The state of being old
Decorous
in keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained.
Expurgate
Remove something questionable
Interdict
Prohibit
Pulchritude
Beauty
Parsimony
Frugality
Pillory
Attack or ridicule publicly
Gull
Fool or deceive someone
Arrant
Complete, utter
Craven
Lacking in courage, cowardly
Apprehend
To arrest someone for a crime; or, to understand or perceive
Debased
reduced in quality or value.
Transmogrify
transform in a surprising or magical manner.
Vertiginous
causing vertigo, especially by being extremely high or steep.
Supercilious
behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.
Homiletics
the art of preaching or writing sermons
Basal
forming or belonging to a bottom layer or base; fundamental
Piquant
having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavor.
Tractable
(of a person) easy to control or influence; easy to influence
Venal
showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery.
Exscind
Excise; to cut off or out
Obloquy
strong public criticism or verbal abuse
Redolent
strongly reminiscent or suggestive of
Recreant
Cowardly; unfaithful to a belief; apostate
Limpid
unclouded; clear
Quiescence
inactivity or dormancy
Noisome
Having an extremely offensive smell
Atavistic
relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral
Mephitic
foul-smelling
Interminable
endless (often used hyperbolically).
Benign
gentle and kindly; not harmful
Disquietude
a state of uneasiness or anxiety.
Aplomb
self-confidence or assurance, especially when in a demanding situation
Avuncular
relating to an uncle
Propitious
giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable
Coeval
having the same age or date of origin; contemporary
Munificent
(of a gift or sum of money) larger or more generous than is usual or necessary
Acclamation
loud and enthusiastic approval, typically to welcome or honor someone or something
Mellifluous
(of a voice or words) sweet or musical; pleasant to hear
Contiguity
the state of bordering or being in direct contact with something
