Nov 12 Flashcards
Torpid
Lethargic, mentally or physically inactive
Assiduous
Showing great care and perseverance
Lachrymose 
Aunt Vicky right now
Tearful to given to weeping
Diffident
Tyler - perf
Modest or shy because of lack of self confidence
Avaricious
Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain
Baleful
Harmful or menacing
Portentously
P-ous
Done in an overly solem or pompous manner
Sedulous (Sue Sue)
Showing dedication and diligence
Phlegmatic
Having an unemotional and stupidly calm disposition
Nonplussed
Surprise and confuse someone so much that they are unsure how to react
Captious
Tending to find fault or raise petty objections
Propagate
Spread and promote
Noisome
Having offensive smell
Discordant
Disagreeing or harsh and jarring because of lack of harmony
Calumny
Making of false and defamatory statement about someone to damage their reputation
Augury
Sign of what will happen in the future. An omen
Portent
A sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous is likely to happen
OR
An exceptional or wonderful person or thing
Aspersion
An attack on the reputation or integrity of something or someone
Dirge
A lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite
Distention
Dana’s baby
The act of swelling or becoming large by pressure from inside
Veneration
Venhaus nation
Great respect or reverence
Puissance
Great power, influence, or prowess
Donnybrook
Uproar or disorder. A heated argument
Jejune
Naive, simplistic, superficial
Insouciant
Showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent
Vainglorious
Overly vain, excessively proud of oneself or one’s achievements
Inveterate
Inveterate smoker. Most veterans smoked.
Having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long established and unlikely to change
Inimical
Americans to the Indians
Tending to obstruct or harm, unfriendly, hostile
Turgid
Turgid language or writing
Language - tediously pompous or bombastic
Adj - swollen and distended or congested
Tumid
Pompous or bombast
Adj - swollen
Euphonious
Pleasing to the ear
Sanguinary
Involving or causing much bloodshed
Equable
Not easily disturbed or angered, calm and even tempered
Restive
Unable to keep still or silent and becoming increasingly difficult to control, especially because of impatience, dissatisfaction, or boredom
Refulgent
Rori’s refulgent eyes
Shining brightly
Inane
Senator’s comments during Facebook ousting
Silly and stupid
Vapid
Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging
Soporific
Sopranos or symphony makes Tyler…
Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep
Predilection
A preference
Impunity
OJ murdered with impunity
Exemption from punishment
Circumspection
Circumspectacles
Exercise caution
Incandescent
Incandescent lighting
Emitting light as a result of being heated
Clandestine
Kept secret or done secretly
Reproach
The child was reproached in the grocery story
Scold
Reprove
Scold
Disabuse
Persuade (someone) that an idea or belief is mistaken
Dearth
Lack of something
Surfeit
Surplus
An excess
Vestige
A trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists, or the smallest amount
