Semester 1 Vocab Flashcards
Endoa (v)
to provide with something freely or naturally
Calamity (n)
disaster; major misfortune or loss
[Calamitous (adj)]
Concurrent (adj)
occurring at the same time; in agreement
Solicitous (adj)
concerned or anxious; meticulously careful
Entreat (v)
to plead with; to ask urgently
Abhorrent (adj)
causing or deserving strong dislike or hatred; repugnant
Candor (adj)
honesty; forthrightness; sincerity
[Candid (adj)]
Ardent (adj)
passionate; enthusiatic
Arduous (adj)
difficult; strenuous
Assiduous (adj)
showing great care, attention, and effort
Philanthropy (n)
desire and active effort to help other people; charitable giving
[Philanthropist (n)]
Eloquence (n)
speech marked by force, fluency, and persuasiveness
[Eloquent (adj)]
Advocate (n)
one who promotes the interests on an individual, group, or cause
[advocate (v)]
Superfluous (adj)
more than what is sufficient; unnecessary
Impotent (adj)
helpless; powerless
Idleness (n)
inactivity; laziness
[idle (adj)]
Pilgrimage (n)
a long journey (especially to a sacred place)
Toil (n)
long and difficult work
[toil (v)]
Lucrative (adj)
profitable; producing wealth
Querulous (adj)
habitually complaining; whining
Wantonly (adv)
recklessly or carelessly; mercilessly; unjustifiably or without provocation
Rabid (adj)
furious; irrationally extreme or fanatical
Scrupulous (adj)
having moral integrity; showing careful and strict concern for demands of an unreasonable person or group
Appease (v)
to pacify, soothe, or calm; to satisfy or relieve; to yield to the demands of an unreasonable person or group
Avaricious (adj)
extremely greedy
Miserly (adj)
cheap; stingy; unwilling to part with money
[miser (n)]
Zealot (n)
fanatic or extremist (often irrational or uncompromising)
Sordid (adj)
dirty or filthy; immoral or selfish
Manifest (adj)
evident; obvious; apparent
Ineradicable (adj)
incapable of being eliminated or removed
Veneration (n)
great respect; adoration; worship
[to venerate (v)]
Supplication (n)
action of asking (or pleading) for something earnestly or humbly
Callous (adj)
insensitive; hard-hearted; unfeeling
Politicize (v)
to cause something to become political in character
Transcendent (adj)
surpassing the ordinancy; exceptional; above or beyond the normal and material world
Insidious (adj)
sneaky; treacherous; crafty; proceeding in a gradual, subtle way but with harmful effects
Enthralled (by) (adj)
captivated (by); charmed (by)
Curmudgeonly (adj)
cranky; bad-tempered
[curmudgeon (n): a grumpy old man]
Mortified (adj)
embarrassed; humiliated
Qualms (n)
misgivings; doubts; reservations
Castigate (v)
to severely criticize or reprimand
Entrench (v)
to establish solidly
Condone (v)
to accept, allow, or approve of something
Expedient (adj)
convenient or practical (but not necessarily right)
Attenuate (v)
to weaken or reduce
Subsidize (v)
to support (an organization or activity) financially; to pay part of the cost of producing something to reduce prices for buyer
Didactic (adj)
instructive or informative (often in a condescending or lecturing way)
Emphatic (adj)
expressing something forcefully and clearly; demonstrative; insistent (showing emphasis)
Hedonistic (adj)
pleasure seeking; self-indulgent; devoted to the pursuit of pleasant sensations
[hedonist (n): a person who always wants to do what feels good]
tLampoon (v)
to mock; to satirize; to ridicule
Congenial (adj)
friendly; agreeable
Dissuade (from) (v)
to talk (someone) out of (something); to advise (someone) against (doing something)
Effluent (adj)
wealthy; prosperous
Surfeit (n)
excess; surplus; overabundance
Idealism (n)
belief in the world as it should be; optimism (often unrealistic)
[idealist (n)] [idealistic (adj)]
Amalgam (of) (n)
mixture; blend
Derelict (adj
deserted; abandoned; dilapidated; disrepair; falling apart
Incongruous (adj)
incompatible; unfitting; put of place
Decrepit (adj)
deteriorated; unfitting; out of place
Conflagration (n)
fire; blaze
Vagabond (n)
wanderer; traveler; explorer
Squall (n)
tempest; stern
malevolent (adj)
hateful; evil; spiteful
[benevolent (adj): kind; well-meaning; good-hearted]
Angst (n)
anxiety; uneasiness
Altruistic (adj)
charitable; humanitarian; philanthropic
Hubris (n)
excessive pride; overconfidence; arrogance
Inequity (n)
inequality; unfairness
vagrant (n)
homeless person; beggar; wanderer; (usually a nuisance)
Convivial (adj)
fun-loving; social; congenial
Monomania (n)
obsessive interest in a single thing, person, or idea
Fatuous (adj)
idiotic; foolish; silly
Paucity (n)
lack; scarcity
Peruse (v)
to examine; to look through
Aesthetic (adj)
pertaining to or having a sense of beauty
Torse (adj)
brief; short; concise
Ambivalent (adj)
uncertain; undecided; doubtful; “on the fence”
Autonomy (n)
independence; freedom; self-determination
Euphoria (n)
extreme happiness; bliss; ecstasy
[euphoric (adj)]
Precarious (adj)
hazardous; dangerous; perilous
Beatific (adj)
divinely happy; angelic; euphoric
Deplore (v)
to disapprove of; to regret strongly
Futility (n)
uselessness; pointlessness
[futile (adj)]
Emulate (v)
to imitate; to strive; to equal; to excel
Complacent (adj)
satisfied with oneself; pleased with oneself, often without seeing potential faults (negative connotation)
[to be complacent: to feel so satisfied with your own abilities or situation that you feel you don’t need to try harder]
Zeitgeist (n)
the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history; the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era
Latent (adj)
existing, but not yet developed or manifest; hidden or concealed
