New Vocab Words Flashcards
REFUTE
v. To prove false by argument or evidence
ARTIFACT
n. Something created by humans, usually for a practical purpose
COMPILE
v. To put together by gathering from many sources
ANTHROPOLOGY
n. The science or study of human beings, including their physical characteristics and cultures
PRESUMED
adj. Thought to be true
FRACTIOUS
adj. Hard to manage or hold together
POSSE
n. A band
EXODUS
n. A mass departure
MARAUDING
adj. Roaming about in search of plunder
SUBSIST
v. To support oneself at a minimal level
BOON
n. A benefit; blessing
MOMENTOUS
adj. Of great importance
DEFAULT
v. To fail to keep a promise, especially a promise to repay a loan
LEGITIMATE
adj. Justifiable, reasonable
MILITANCY
n. The act of aggressively supporting a political or social cause
INEXTRICABLY
adv. in a way impossible to untangle
STATUS QUO
n. The existing state of affairs
MEAGER
adj. Lacking in quantity or quality
NEUROLOGICAL
adj. Having to do with the nervous system
ERADICATE
v. To do away with completely
STALK
n. A stem or main axis of a plant
DIMINUTIVE
adj. very small
DEFTNESS
n. The quantity if quickness and skillfulness
VALOROUS
adj. brave
GRIP
A strong hold or gasp
IT DOESN’T PAY
It’s not worth doing
LATTER
The second of two things just mencioned
SWEAT
(Informal) to worry about something
UPTIGHT
(Informal) tense
WEAVE
To move around things and change direction quickly
JOURNEY
a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time;
trip:
a journey to China.
DAYDREAM
a pleasant series of thoughts imagined while awake;
PRINCIPLE
[countable] a fundamental law that describes how a thing moves, works, or acts:
the principles of modern physics.
