SAT 6 Flashcards
Antiquated
continued from, resembling, or adhering to the past; old-fashioned: antiquated attitudes. | no longer used; obsolete or obsolescent: The spinning wheel is an antiquated machine. | aged; old: | to make obsolete, old-fashioned, or out of date by replacing with something newer or better: This latest device will antiquate the ice-cube tray. | to design or create in an antique style; cause to appear antique. | outmoded; obsolete | aged; ancient | to make obsolete or old-fashioned | to give an old or antique appearance to |
Choleric
extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible: a choleric disposition. | Obsolete.
bilious.
causing biliousness. | bad-tempered | bilious or causing biliousness
Diorama
a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background. | a life-size display representing a scene from nature, a historical event, or the like, using stuffed wildlife, wax figures, real objects, etc., in front of a painted or photographed background. | a spectacular picture, partly translucent, for exhibition through an aperture, made more realistic by various illuminating devices. | a building or room, often circular, for exhibiting such a scene or picture, especially as a continuous unit along or against the walls. | a miniature three-dimensional scene, in which models of figures are seen against a background | a picture made up of illuminated translucent curtains, viewed through an aperture | a museum display, as of an animal, of a specimen in its natural setting | (films) a scene produced by the rearrangement of lighting effects
Fecund
producing or capable of producing offspring, fruit, vegetation, etc., in abundance; prolific; fruitful: fecund parents; fecund farmland. | very productive or creative intellectually: the fecund years of the Italian Renaissance. | greatly productive; fertile | intellectually productive; prolific
Inebriation
to make drunk; intoxicate. | to exhilarate, confuse, or stupefy mentally or emotionally. | an intoxicated person. | a habitual drunkard. | Also, inebriated. drunk; intoxicated. | to make drunk; intoxicate | to arouse emotionally; make excited | a person who is drunk, esp habitually | drunk, esp habitually |
Marshal
a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal. | an administrative officer of a U.S. judicial district who performs duties similar to those of a sheriff. | a court officer serving processes, attending court, giving personal service to the judges, etc. | the chief of a police or fire department in some cities. | a police officer in some communities. | sky marshal. | a higher officer of a royal household or court. | an official charged with the arrangement or regulation of ceremonies, parades, etc.: the marshal of the St. Patrick’s Day parade. | to arrange in proper order; set out in an orderly manner; arrange clearly: to marshal facts; to marshal one’s arguments. | to array, as for battle.
Parity
equality, as in amount, status, or character. | equivalence; correspondence; similarity; analogy. | Finance.
equivalence in value in the currency of another country.
equivalence in value at a fixed ratio between moneys of different metals. | Physics.
a property of a wave function, expressed as +1 or ?1 and noting the relation of the given function to the function formed when each variable is replaced by its negative, +1 indicating that the functions are identical and ?1 that the second function is the negative of the first.
Also called intrinsic parity. a number +1 or ?1 assigned to each kind of elementary particle in such a way that the product of the parities of the particles in a system of particles multiplied by the parity of the wave function describing the system is unchanged when particles are created or annihilated. | a system of regulating prices of farm commodities, usually by government price supports, to provide farmers with the same purchasing power they had in a selected base period. | Computers. the condition of the number of items in a set, particularly the number of bits per byte or word, being either even or odd: used as a means for detecting certain errors. | the condition or fact of having borne offspring. | para5 (def 1). | equality of rank, pay, etc | close or exact analogy or equivalence
Profound
penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker. | originating in or penetrating to the depths of one’s being; profound grief. | being or going far beneath what is superficial, external, or obvious: profound insight. | of deep meaning; of great and broadly inclusive significance: a profound book. | pervasive or intense; thorough; complete: a profound silence. | extending, situated, or originating far down, or far beneath the surface: the profound depths of the ocean. | low: a profound bow. | something that is profound. | the deep sea; ocean. | depth; abyss.
Servile
slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers. | characteristic of, proper to, or customary for slaves; abject: servile obedience. | yielding slavishly; truckling (usually followed by to). | extremely imitative, especially in the arts; lacking in originality. | being in slavery; oppressed. | of, pertaining to, or involving slaves or servants. | of or pertaining to a condition of servitude or property ownership in which a person is held as a slave or as partially enslaved: medieval rebellions against servile laws. | obsequious or fawning in attitude or behaviour; submissive | of or suitable for a slave | existing in or relating to a state of slavery
Usurp
to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne. | to use without authority or right; employ wrongfully: The magazine usurped copyrighted material. | to commit forcible or illegal seizure of an office, power, etc.; encroach. | to seize, take over, or appropriate (land, a throne, etc) without authority
Apathetic
having or showing little or no emotion: apathetic behavior. | not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive: an apathetic audience. | having or showing little or no emotion; indifferent
Chronicler
a chronological record of events; a history. | to record in or as in a chronicle. | a record or register of events in chronological order | (transitive) to record in or as if in a chronicle
Dirge
a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead. | any composition resembling such a song or tune in character, as a poem of lament for the dead or solemn, mournful music: Tennyson’s dirge for the Duke of Wellington. | a mournful sound resembling a dirge: The autumn wind sang the dirge of summer. | Ecclesiastical. the office of the dead, or the funeral service as sung. | a chant of lamentation for the dead | the funeral service in its solemn or sung forms | any mourning song or melody
Felicitous
well-suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression; apt; appropriate: The chairman’s felicitous anecdote set everyone at ease. | having a special ability for suitable manner or expression, as a person. | well-chosen; apt | possessing an agreeable style | producing or marked by happiness
Ineffable
incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible: ineffable joy. | not to be spoken because of its sacredness; unutterable: the ineffable name of the deity. | too great or intense to be expressed in words; unutterable | too sacred to be uttered | indescribable; indefinable
Marsupial
any viviparous, nonplacental mammal of the order Marsupialia, comprising the opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and bandicoots, the females of most species having a marsupium containing the mammary glands and serving as a receptacle for the young. | pertaining to, resembling, or having a marsupium. | of or pertaining to the marsupials. | any mammal of the order Marsupialia, in which the young are born in an immature state and continue development in the marsupium. The order occurs mainly in Australia and South and Central America and includes the opossums, bandicoots, koala, wombats, and kangaroos | of, relating to, or belonging to the Marsupialia | of or relating to a marsupium
Parochial
of or pertaining to a parish or parishes. | of or pertaining to parochial schools or the education they provide. | very limited or narrow in scope or outlook; provincial: parochial views; a parochial mentality. | narrow in outlook or scope; provincial | of or relating to a parish or parishes
Profundity
the quality or state of being profound; depth. | Usually, profundities. profound or deep matters. | a profoundly deep place; abyss.
Skeptical
inclined to skepticism; having doubt: a skeptical young woman. | showing doubt: a skeptical smile. | denying or questioning the tenets of a religion: a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles. | (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to Skeptics or Skepticism. | not convinced that something is true; doubtful | tending to mistrust people, ideas, etc, in general | of or relating to sceptics; sceptic
Utilitarian
pertaining to or consisting in utility. | having regard to utility or usefulness rather than beauty, ornamentation, etc. | of, pertaining to, or adhering to the doctrine of utilitarianism. | an adherent of utilitarianism. | of or relating to utilitarianism | designed for use rather than beauty | a person who believes in utilitarianism
Apathy
absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement. | lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting. | Also, apatheia, apathia [ap-uh-thee-uh] /?æp ???i ?/ (Show IPA). Stoicism. freedom from emotion of any kind. | absence of interest in or enthusiasm for things generally considered interesting or moving | absence of emotion
Circuitous
roundabout; not direct: a circuitous route; a circuitous argument. | indirect and lengthy; roundabout: a circuitous route
Disapprobation
disapproval; condemnation. | moral or social disapproval
Fervor
great warmth and earnestness of feeling: to speak with great fervor. | intense heat. | great intensity of feeling or belief; ardour; zeal | (rare) intense heat
Inept
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit: He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people. | generally awkward or clumsy; haplessly incompetent. | inappropriate; unsuitable; out of place. | absurd or foolish: an inept remark. | awkward, clumsy, or incompetent | not suitable, appropriate, or fitting; out of place
Martinet
a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one. | someone who stubbornly adheres to methods or rules. | a person who maintains strict discipline, esp in a military force
Parody
a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet’s soliloquy. | the genre of literary composition represented by such imitations. | a burlesque imitation of a musical composition. | any humorous, satirical, or burlesque imitation, as of a person, event, etc. | the use in the 16th century of borrowed material in a musical setting of the Mass (parody Mass) | a poor or feeble imitation or semblance; travesty: His acting is a parody of his past greatness. | to imitate (a composition, author, etc.) for purposes of ridicule or satire. | to imitate poorly or feebly; travesty. | a musical, literary, or other composition that mimics the style of another composer, author, etc, in a humorous or satirical way | mimicry of someone’s individual manner in a humorous or satirical way
Proletarian
pertaining or belonging to the proletariat. | (in ancient Rome) belonging to the lowest or poorest class of the people. | a member of the proletariat. | of, relating, or belonging to the proletariat | a member of the proletariat
Skirmish
Military. a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies. | any brisk conflict or encounter: She had a skirmish with her landlord about the rent. | to engage in a skirmish. | a minor short-lived military engagement | any brisk clash or encounter, usually of a minor nature | (intransitive) often foll by with. to engage in a skirmish
Utopian
of, pertaining to, or resembling Utopia. | (usually lowercase) founded upon or involving idealized perfection. | (usually lowercase) given to impractical or unrealistic schemes of such perfection. | an inhabitant of Utopia. | (usually lowercase) an ardent but impractical political or social reformer; visionary; idealist. | of or relating to a perfect or ideal existence | an idealistic social reformer
Apocryphal
of doubtful authorship or authenticity. | Ecclesiastical.
(initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the Apocrypha.
of doubtful sanction; uncanonical. | false; spurious: He told an apocryphal story about the sword, but the truth was later revealed. | of questionable authenticity | (sometimes capital) of or like the Apocrypha | untrue; counterfeit
Circumlocution
a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea. | a roundabout expression. | an indirect way of expressing something | an indirect expression
Discern
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon. | to distinguish mentally; recognize as distinct or different; discriminate: He is incapable of discerning right from wrong. | to distinguish or discriminate. | (transitive) to recognize or perceive clearly | to recognize or perceive (differences)
Fickle
likely to change, especially due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; casually changeable: fickle weather. | not constant or loyal in affections: a fickle lover. | changeable in purpose, affections, etc; capricious
Inertia
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness. | Physics.
the property of matter by which it retains its state of rest or its velocity along a straight line so long as it is not acted upon by an external force.
an analogous property of a force: electric inertia. | Medicine/Medical. lack of activity, especially as applied to a uterus during childbirth when its contractions have decreased or stopped. | the state of being inert; disinclination to move or act | (physics)
the tendency of a body to preserve its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force
an analogous property of other physical quantities that resist change: thermal inertia
Masochist
Psychiatry. a person who has masochism, the condition in which sexual or other gratification depends on one’s suffering physical pain or humiliation. | a person who is gratified by pain, degradation, etc., that is self-imposed or imposed by others. | a person who finds pleasure in self-denial, submissiveness, etc.
Parry
to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert. | to turn aside; evade or dodge: to parry an embarrassing question. | to parry a thrust, blow, etc. | an act or instance of parrying, as in fencing. | a defensive movement in fencing. | Milman, 1902–35, U.S. classical scholar and philologist. | William Edward, 1790–1855, English arctic explorer. | to ward off (an attack) by blocking or deflecting, as in fencing | (transitive) to evade (questions), esp adroitly | an act of parrying, esp (in fencing) using a stroke or circular motion of the blade
Prolific
producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree. | producing in large quantities or with great frequency; highly productive: a prolific writer. | profusely productive or fruitful (often followed by in or of): a bequest prolific of litigations. | characterized by abundant production: a prolific year for tomatoes. | producing fruit, offspring, etc, in abundance | producing constant or successful results | often foll by in or of. rich or fruitful
Sluggard
a person who is habitually inactive or lazy. | lazy; sluggardly. | a person who is habitually indolent | lazy
Vacillate
to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader. | to sway unsteadily; waver; totter; stagger. | to oscillate or fluctuate. | to fluctuate in one’s opinions; be indecisive | to sway from side to side physically; totter or waver
Appease
to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment; pacify; soothe: to appease an angry king. | to satisfy, allay, or relieve; assuage: The fruit appeased his hunger. | to yield or concede to the belligerent demands of (a nation, group, person, etc.) in a conciliatory effort, sometimes at the expense of justice or other principles. | to calm, pacify, or soothe, esp by acceding to the demands of | to satisfy or quell (an appetite or thirst, etc)
Circumscribe
to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map. | to enclose within bounds; limit or confine, especially narrowly: Her social activities are circumscribed by school regulations. | to mark off; define; delimit: to circumscribe the area of a science. | Geometry.
to draw (a figure) around another figure so as to touch as many points as possible.
(of a figure) to enclose (another figure) in this manner. | to restrict within limits | to mark or set the bounds of | to draw a geometric construction around (another construction) so that the two are in contact but do not intersect Compare inscribe (sense 4) | to draw a line roundDiscord
lack of concord or harmony between persons or things: marital discord. | disagreement; difference of opinion. | strife; dispute; war. | Music. an inharmonious combination of musical tones sounded together. | any confused or harsh noise; dissonance. | to disagree; be at variance. | lack of agreement of harmony; strife | harsh confused mingling of sounds | a combination of musical notes containing one or more dissonant intervals See dissonance (sense 3), concord (sense 4) | (intransitive) to disagree; clash
Finesse
extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc. | skill in handling a difficult or highly sensitive situation; adroit and artful management: exceptional diplomatic finesse. | a trick, artifice, or stratagem. | Bridge, Whist. an attempt to win a trick with a card while holding a higher card not in sequence with it, in the hope that the card or cards between will not be played. | to use finesse or artifice. | to make a finesse at cards. | to bring about by finesse or artifice. | to avoid; circumvent. | to make a finesse with (a card). | to force the playing of (a card) by a finesse.
Inevitable
unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary: an inevitable conclusion. | sure to occur, happen, or come; unalterable: The inevitable end of human life is death. | that which is unavoidable. | unavoidable | sure to happen; certain | the inevitable, something that is unavoidable
Matriarchy
a family, society, community, or state governed by women. | a form of social organization in which the mother is head of the family, and in which descent is reckoned in the female line, the children belonging to the mother’s clan; matriarchal system. | a form of social organization in which a female is head of the family or society, and descent and kinship are traced through the female line | any society dominated by women
Parsimonious
characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
Proponents
a person who puts forward a proposition or proposal. | a person who argues in favor of something; an advocate. | a personwho supports a cause or doctrine; adherent. | a person who propounds a legal instrument, such as a will for probate. | a person who argues in favour of something | (law) a person who seeks probate of a will
Smelt
to fuse or melt (ore) in order to separate the metal contained. | to obtain or refine (metal) in this way. | any of various small, silvery food fishes of the family Osmeridae, of cold northern waters, as the North American rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax. | any of several superficially similar but unrelated fishes, especially certain silversides, of California. | a simple past tense and past participle of smell. | to perceive the odor or scent of through the nose by means of the olfactory nerves; inhale the odor of: I smell something burning. | to test by the sense of smell: She smelled the meat to see if it was fresh. | to perceive, detect, or discover by shrewdness or sagacity: The detective smelled foul play. | to perceive something by its odor or scent. | to search or investigate (followed by around or about).
Vacuous
without contents; empty: the vacuous air. | lacking in ideas or intelligence: a vacuous mind. | expressing or characterized by a lack of ideas or intelligence; inane; stupid: a vacuous book. | purposeless; idle: a vacuous way of life. | containing nothing; empty | bereft of ideas or intelligence; mindless | characterized by or resulting from vacancy of mind: a vacuous gaze | indulging in no useful mental or physical activity; idle | (logic, maths) (of an operator or expression) having no import; idle: in (x) (John is tall) the quantifier (x) is vacuous |
Apprehensive
uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers. | quick to learn or understand. | perceptive; discerning (usually followed by of). | fearful or anxious
Circumspect
watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior. | well-considered: circumspect ambition. | cautious, prudent, or discreet
Discordancy
not in accord; disagreeing; conflicting; not in harmony; dissonant; clashing
Fitful
coming, appearing, acting, etc., in fits or by spells; recurring irregularly. | characterized by or occurring in irregular spells: fitful sleep
Inexorable
unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice. | not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties: an inexorable creditor. | not able to be moved by entreaty or persuasion | relentless
Maverick
Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, especially an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother. | a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates: a modern-dance maverick.
Synonyms: nonconformist, individualist; free thinker; loner, lone wolf.
a person pursuing rebellious, even potentially disruptive, policies or ideas: You can't muzzle a maverick.
Synonyms: rebel, cowboy; loose cannon. | Maverick, an electro-optically guided U.S. air-to-ground tactical missile for destroying tanks and other hardened targets at ranges up to 15 miles (24 km). | unorthodox, unconventional, nonconformist: a maverick fiscal conservative willing to raise taxes. | (in US and Canadian cattle-raising regions) an unbranded animal, esp a stray calf | a person of independent or unorthodox views
(as modifier): a maverick politician
Parsimony
extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness. | extreme care or reluctance in spending; frugality; niggardliness
Prosaic
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind. | of or having the character or form of prose rather than poetry. | lacking imagination | having the characteristics of prose
Smorgasbord
a buffet meal of various hot and cold hors d’oeuvres, salads, casserole dishes, meats, cheeses, etc. | an extensive array or variety: The company has a smorgasbord of employee benefits. | a variety of cold or hot savoury dishes, such as pâté, smoked salmon, etc, served in Scandinavia as hors d’oeuvres or as a buffet meal
Vagrant
a person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment; vagabond; tramp. | Law. an idle person without visible means of support, as a tramp or beggar. | a person who wanders from place to place; wanderer; rover. | wandering idly without a permanent home or employment; living in vagabondage: vagrant beggars. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a vagrant: the vagrant life. | wandering or roaming from place to place; nomadic. | (of plants) straggling in growth. | not fixed or settled, especially in course; moving hither and thither: a vagrant leaf blown by the wind. | a person of no settled abode, income, or job; tramp | a migratory animal that is off course
Arable
capable of producing crops; suitable for farming; suited to the plow and for tillage: arable land; arable soil. | land that can be or is cultivated. | (of land) being or capable of being tilled for the production of crops | of, relating to, or using such land: arable farming | arable land or farming
Circumvent
to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues. | to avoid (defeat, failure, unpleasantness, etc.) by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting: He circumvented capture by anticipating their movements. | to surround or encompass, as by stratagem; entrap: to circumvent a body of enemy troops. | to evade or go around | to outwit | to encircle (an enemy) so as to intercept or capture
Discrepancy
the state or quality of being discrepant; difference; inconsistency. | an instance of difference or inconsistency: There are certain discrepancies between the two versions of the story. | a conflict or variation, as between facts, figures, or claims
Flagrant
shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error. | notorious; scandalous: a flagrant crime; a flagrant offender. | Archaic. blazing, burning, or glowing. | openly outrageous | (obsolete) burning or blazing
Inexpedient
not expedient; not suitable, judicious, or advisable. | not suitable, advisable, or judicious
Meager
deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest. | having little flesh; lean; thin: a body meager with hunger. | maigre. | deficient in amount, quality, or extent | thin or emaciated | lacking in richness or strength
Partisan
an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance. | Military. a member of a party of light or irregular troops engaged in harassing an enemy, especially a member of a guerrilla band engaged in fighting or sabotage against an occupying army. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of partisans; partial to a specific party, person, etc.: partisan politics. | of, pertaining to, or carried on by military partisans or guerrillas. | a shafted weapon of the 16th and 17th centuries, having as a head a long spear blade with a pair of curved lobes at the base. | an adherent or devotee of a cause, party, etc | a member of an armed resistance group within occupied territory, esp in Italy or the Balkans in World War II
(as modifier): partisan forces | of, relating to, or characteristic of a partisan | relating to or excessively devoted to one party, faction, etc; one-sided: partisan control | a spear or pike with two opposing axe blades or spikes
Proscribe
to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit. | to put outside the protection of the law; outlaw. | to banish or exile. | to announce the name of (a person) as condemned to death and subject to confiscation of property. | to condemn or prohibit | to outlaw; banish; exile | (in ancient Rome) to outlaw (a citizen) by posting his name in public
Solace
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort. | something that gives comfort, consolation, or relief: The minister’s visit was the dying man’s only solace. | to comfort, console, or cheer (a person, oneself, the heart, etc.). | to alleviate or relieve (sorrow, distress, etc.). | comfort in misery, disappointment, etc | something that gives comfort or consolation | to give comfort or cheer to (a person) in time of sorrow, distress, etc | to alleviate (sorrow, misery, etc)
Vapid
lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea. | without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious: a vapid party; vapid conversation. | bereft of strength, sharpness, flavour, etc; flat | boring or dull; lifeless: vapid talk
Arbitrary
subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one’s discretion: an arbitrary decision. | decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute. | having unlimited power; uncontrolled or unrestricted by law; despotic; tyrannical: an arbitrary government. | capricious; unreasonable; unsupported: an arbitrary demand for payment. | Mathematics. undetermined; not assigned a specific value: an arbitrary constant. | arbitraries, Printing. (in Britain) peculiar (def 9). | founded on or subject to personal whims, prejudices, etc; capricious | having only relative application or relevance; not absolute | (of a government, ruler, etc) despotic or dictatorial | (maths) not representing any specific value: an arbitrary constant
Clairvoyant
having or claiming to have the power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range of natural vision: Not being clairvoyant, I did not foresee the danger of ignoring her advice.
Synonyms: psychic, telepathic, prescient, second-sighted, visionary; intuitive, empathic; predictive, prophetic. | of, by, or pertaining to clairvoyance : Unlike more talented witches, I had to make do with love potions and occasional clairvoyant visions. | a clairvoyant person: A clever clairvoyant could make a fortune in the stock market.
Synonyms: psychic, telepath, empath; prophet, visionary; diviner, foreteller, foreseer, forecaster; fortuneteller, medium, seer. | of, possessing, or relating to clairvoyance | having great insight or second sight | a person claiming to have the power to foretell future events
Discriminate
to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives. | to note or observe a difference; distinguish accurately: to discriminate between things. | to make or constitute a distinction in or between; differentiate: a mark that discriminates the original from the copy. | to note or distinguish as different: He can discriminate minute variations in tone. | marked by discrimination; making or evidencing nice distinctions: discriminate people; discriminate judgments. | (intransitive; usually foll by in favour of or against) to single out a particular person, group, etc, for special favour or, esp, disfavour, often because of a characteristic such as race, colour, sex, intelligence, etc | when intr, foll by between or among. to recognize or understand the difference (between); distinguish: to discriminate right and wrong, to discriminate between right and wrong | (intransitive) to constitute or mark a difference | (intransitive) to be discerning in matters of taste | showing or marked by discrimination
Flamboyant
strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors. | conspicuously dashing and colorful: the flamboyant idol of international society. | florid; ornate; elaborately styled: flamboyant speeches. | Architecture.
having the form of an ogee, as a bar of tracery.
noting or pertaining to French Gothic architecture of the late 15th and early and middle 16th centuries, characterized by the use of flamboyant tracery, intricacy of detailing, virtuosity of workmanship, attenuation of parts, and frequent complication of interior space. | royal poinciana. | elaborate or extravagant; florid; showy | rich or brilliant in colour; resplendent | exuberant or ostentatious | of, denoting, or relating to the French Gothic style of architecture characterized by flamelike tracery and elaborate carving | another name for royal poinciana
Infallible
absolutely trustworthy or sure: an infallible rule. | unfailing in effectiveness or operation; certain: an infallible remedy. | not fallible; exempt from liability to error, as persons, their judgment, or pronouncements: an infallible principle. | Roman Catholic Church. immune from fallacy or liability to error in expounding matters of faith or morals by virtue of the promise made by Christ to the Church. | an infallible person or thing. | not fallible; not liable to error | not liable to failure; certain; sure: an infallible cure | completely dependable or trustworthy | a person or thing that is incapable of error or failure |
Meander
to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley. | to wander aimlessly; ramble: The talk meandered on. | Surveying. to define the margin of (a body of water) with a meander line. | Usually, meanders. turnings or windings; a winding path or course. | a circuitous movement or journey. | an intricate variety of fret or fretwork. | ancient name of the Menderes. | to follow a winding course | to wander without definite aim or direction | (often pl) a curve or bend, as in a river
Pathos
the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion. | pity. | Obsolete, suffering. | the quality or power, esp in literature or speech, of arousing feelings of pity, sorrow, etc | a feeling of sympathy or pity: a stab of pathos
Prosody
the science or study of poetic meters and versification. | a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification: Milton’s prosody. | Linguistics. the stress and intonation patterns of an utterance. | the study of poetic metre and of the art of versification, including rhyme, stanzaic forms, and the quantity and stress of syllables | a system of versification | the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
Solicit
to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister. | to entreat or petition (someone or some agency): to solicit the committee for funds. | to seek to influence or incite to action, especially unlawful or wrong action. | to offer to have sex with in exchange for money. | to make a petition or request, as for something desired. | to solicit orders or trade, as for a business: No soliciting allowed in this building. | to offer to have sex with someone in exchange for money. | when intr, foll by for. to make a request, application, or entreaty to (a person for business, support, etc) | to accost (a person) with an offer of sexual relations in return for money | to provoke or incite (a person) to do something wrong or illegal
Variegated
varied in appearance or color; marked with patches or spots of different colors. | varied; diversified; diverse. | to make varied in appearance, as by adding different colors. | to give variety to; diversify. | displaying differently coloured spots, patches, streaks, etc | (of foliage or flowers) having pale patches, usually as a result of mutation, infection, etc | to alter the appearance of, esp by adding different colours | to impart variety to
Arcane
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric: She knew a lot about Sanskrit grammar and other arcane matters. | requiring secret knowledge to be understood; mysterious; esoteric
Clamor
a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates. | a vehement expression of desire or dissatisfaction: the clamor of the proponents of the law. | popular outcry: The senators could not ignore the clamor against higher taxation. | any loud and continued noise: the clamor of traffic; the clamor of birds and animals in the zoo. | to make a clamor; raise an outcry. | to drive, force, influence, etc., by clamoring: The newspapers clamored him out of office. | to utter noisily: They clamored their demands at the meeting. | to silence. | a loud persistent outcry, as from a large number of people | a vehement expression of collective feeling or outrage: a clamour against higher prices
Discursiveness
passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling. | proceeding by reasoning or argument rather than intuition. | passing from one topic to another, usually in an unmethodical way; digressive | (philosophy) of or relating to knowledge obtained by reason and argument rather than intuition Compare dianoetic
Flaunt
to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly. | to wave conspicuously in the air. | to parade or display ostentatiously: to flaunt one’s wealth. | to ignore or treat with disdain: He was expelled for flaunting military regulations. | the act of flaunting. | Obsolete. something flaunted. | to display (possessions, oneself, etc) ostentatiously; show off | to wave or cause to wave freely; flutter | the act of flaunting |
Infamous
having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city. | deserving of or causing an evil reputation; shamefully malign; detestable: an infamous deed. | Law.
deprived of certain rights as a citizen, as a consequence of conviction of certain offenses.
of or pertaining to offenses involving such deprivation. | having a bad reputation; notorious | causing or deserving a bad reputation; shocking: infamous conduct | (criminal law, formerly)
(of a person) deprived of certain rights of citizenship on conviction of certain offences
(of a crime or punishment) entailing such deprivation
Mellow
soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit. | well-matured, as wines. | soft and rich, as sound, tones, color, or light. | made gentle and compassionate by age or maturity; softened. | friable or loamy, as soil. | mildly and pleasantly intoxicated or high. | pleasantly agreeable; free from tension, discord, etc.: a mellow neighborhood. | affably relaxed; easygoing; genial: a mellow teacher who is very popular with her students. | to make or become mellow. | Slang. a state, atmosphere, or mood of ease and gentle relaxation.
Patron
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like. | a person who supports with money, gifts, efforts, or endorsement an artist, writer, museum, cause, charity, institution, special event, or the like: a patron of the arts; patrons of the annual Democratic dance. | a person whose support or protection is solicited or acknowledged by the dedication of a book or other work. | patron saint. | Roman History. the protector of a dependent or client, often the former master of a freedman still retaining certain rights over him. | Ecclesiastical. a person who has the right of presenting a member of the clergy to a benefice. | (in Mexico and the southwestern U.S.) a boss; employer. | a person, esp a man, who sponsors or aids artists, charities, etc; protector or benefactor | a customer of a shop, hotel, etc, esp a regular one | See patron saint
Prostration
the act of prostrating. | the state of being prostrated. | extreme mental or emotional depression or dejection: nervous prostration. | extreme physical weakness or exhaustion: heat prostration.
Somnambulist
sleepwalking. | a condition that is characterized by walking while asleep or in a hypnotic trance Also called noctambulism
Vehemence
the quality of being vehement; ardor; fervor. | vigorous impetuosity; fury: the vehemence of his attack.
Archaic
marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion. | (of a linguistic form) commonly used in an earlier time but rare in present-day usage except to suggest the older time, as in religious rituals or historical novels. Examples: thou; wast; methinks; forsooth. | forming the earliest stage; prior to full development: the archaic period of psychoanalytic research. | (often initial capital letter) pertaining to or designating the style of the fine arts, especially painting and sculpture, developed in Greece from the middle 7th to the early 5th century b.c., chiefly characterized by an increased emphasis on the human figure in action, naturalistic proportions and anatomical structure, simplicity of volumes, forms, or design, and the evolution of a definitive style for the narrative treatment of subject matter. Compare classical (def 6), Hellenistic (def 5). | primitive; ancient; old: an archaic form of animal life. | belonging to or characteristic of a much earlier period; ancient | out of date; antiquated: an archaic prison system | (of idiom, vocabulary, etc) characteristic of an earlier period of a language and not in ordinary use
Clandestine
characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious: Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years. | secret and concealed, often for illicit reasons; furtive
Disdain
to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn. | to think unworthy of notice, response, etc.; consider beneath oneself: to disdain replying to an insult. | a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; haughty contempt; scorn. | a feeling or show of superiority and dislike; contempt; scorn | (transitive; may take an infinitive) to refuse or reject with disdain
Flippant
frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism. | Chiefly Dialect. nimble, limber, or pliant. | Archaic. glib; voluble. | marked by inappropriate levity; frivolous or offhand | impertinent; saucy | (obsolete) talkative or nimble
Infer
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence: They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice. | (of facts, circumstances, statements, etc.) to indicate or involve as a conclusion; lead to. | to guess; speculate; surmise. | to hint; imply; suggest. | to draw a conclusion, as by reasoning. | to conclude (a state of affairs, supposition, etc) by reasoning from evidence; deduce | (transitive) to have or lead to as a necessary or logical consequence; indicate | (transitive) to hint or imply
Menagerie
a collection of wild or unusual animals, especially for exhibition. | a place where they are kept or exhibited. | an unusual and varied group of people. | a collection of wild animals kept for exhibition | the place where such animals are housed
Patronize
to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one’s regular patronage; trade with. | to behave in an offensively condescending manner toward: a professor who patronizes his students. | to act as a patron toward (an artist, institution, etc.); support. | to behave or treat in a condescending way | (transitive) to act as a patron or patroness by sponsoring or bringing trade to
Protagonist
the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work. | a proponent for or advocate of a political cause, social program, etc. | the leader or principal person in a movement, cause, etc. | the first actor in ancient Greek drama, who played not only the main role, but also other roles when the main character was offstage. Compare deuteragonist, tritagonist. | Physiology, agonist. | the principal character in a play, story, etc | a supporter, esp when important or respected, of a cause, political party, etc
Soothsayer
a person who professes to foretell events. | a seer or prophet
Vehement
zealous; ardent; impassioned: a vehement defense; vehement enthusiasm. | characterized by rancor or anger; violent: vehement hostility. | strongly emotional; intense or passionate: vehement desire. | marked by great energy or exertion; strenuous: vehement clapping. | marked by intensity of feeling or conviction; emphatic | (of actions, gestures, etc) characterized by great energy, vigour, or force; furious
