New Words 4 Flashcards
Repugnates
fights against, to oppose
Reprobate
one who is morally unprincipled; a sinner
Vassal
a person loyal to a feudal lord
Bromide
- a trite saying;
- a person wh is boring
Tenebrous
dark and gloomy; obscure; shadowy;
the tenebrous spiral staircase of the self
Inerrant
without error
Quietus
-a finishing stroke; anything that effectually ends or settles:
Having given a quietus to the argument, she left.
- discharge or release from life.
- a period of retirement or inactivity.
Potlatch
A wild party
Rota
a period of work done in rotation with others
Approbations
approval;commendations
Declaim
- to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech: Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
- to inveigh (usually followed by against ): He declaimed against the high rents in slums.
Deigned
to think fit or in accordance with one’s dignity; condescend:
He would not deign to discuss the matter with us.
shun
to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
Otiose
- lazy
- ineffective, futile
- superfluous, useless
Fastidious
- excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking.
Prolix
Speaks or writes at great unneccesary length
Sedulous
- diligent in application or attention; persevering; assiduous.
- persistently or carefully maintained: sedulous flattery.
Multifarious
made up of many different parts
Prosaic
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
Jejune
- without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel.
- juvenile; immature; childish: jejune behavior.
- lacking knowledge or experience; uninformed: jejune attempts to design a house.
Ontology
“The general theory of the nature of being; a certain paradigm
Epistemology
the theory of knowledge; study of the nature of knowledge
Diachronic
concerned with the way in which something, especially language, has developed and evolved through time: Often contrasted with synchronic.
the census is also a diachronic data set
linguistic change is the diachronic aspect of linguistic variation
**Dionysian **
recklessly uninhibited; unrestrained; undisciplined; frenzied; orgiastic.
Saturnine
sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
Saturnalian
unrestrained revelry; orgy.
Plutonian
of, pertaining to, or resembling Pluto or the lower world; infernal.
-Stydgian, hell
Putative
commonly regarded as such; reputed; supposed:
the putative boss of the mob.
Pastiche
- a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
- an incongruous combination of materials, forms, motifs, etc., taken from different sources; hodgepodge.
Bucolic
**1. of or pertaining to shepherds; pastoral.
- of, pertaining to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life.**
Pastoral
1.having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas: pastoral scenery; the pastoral life.
2.pertaining to the country or to life in the country; rural; rustic.
Vouchsafe
- to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension: to vouchsafe a reply to a question.
- to allow or permit, as by favor or graciousness: They vouchsafed his return to his own country.
Citadel
- a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
- any strongly fortified place; stronghold.
Auto-Catalytic
Something that once it occurs, increases the probability of other things happening, and it happening again
Repertory
- a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season.
- a theatrical company that presents productions in this manner.
- a store or stock of things available.
Primacy
the state of being first in order, rank, importance, etc.
Insuperable
incapable of being passed over, overcome, or surmounted:
an insuperable barrier.
Undergirding
to give fundamental support; provide with a sound or secure basis:
ethics undergirded by faith.
Obeisance
deference or homage:
The nobles gave obeisance to the new king.
Auto-Catalytic
When something happens, it incresaes the probability of it happening again
Maudlin
Overly sentimental; one who would share all of their deepest thoughts with the person sitting next to them
Panglossian
Dr. Pangloss in Candide;
Blindly optimistic
Malapropism
the mixing up of words
*Picasso was a protein artist, able to mix elements of african art with the oven guard. *
Quisling
Traitor, sellout;
*Viktor Quisling sold out Norway *
Supercilious
haughty and disdainful;
Tending to look down on ppl as if to raise one’s eyebrows
Sartorial
“the way we dress”
Sartorially he was found wanting; he typically would attempt to complement his beige tie with a white suit and ym pants
Saturnine
to be morose; gloomy;
Deprived of su nlight humans become saturnine
**Defenestrate **
throw sb. out of a window
Defenestration is rare in the days of sealed windows
**Invective **
inveigh; harsh crirical language;
the internet has unleased invectives in many of us; many people post stinging criticesm in comments under youtube video
**Screed **
Crazy angry rant about something
