Set10 Flashcards
drab
【1】adj. characterized by dullness and monotony
dread
【1】n. great fear especially in the face of impending evil
efficacious
【1】adj. having the power to produce a desired effect
enamored
【1】adj. filled with an intense or excessive love for
ethos
【1】n. the code of good conduct for an individual or group
exorcise
【1】vt. to get rid of (something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive)
explicate
【1】vt. to give a detailed explanation of
exterminate
【1】vt. to get rid of completely usually by killing off
extrapolate
【1】vt. to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information
fallible
【1】adj. tending or likely to be erroneous or capable of making an error
figment
【1】n. something made up or contrived
fervent
【1】adj. exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling
forebode
【1】vi. to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome
forfeit
【1】n. a sum of money to be paid as a punishment
forsake
【1】vt. to renounce or turn away from entirely
germinate
【1】vi. to begin to grow【2】vi. to come into being
grudge
【1】n. a feeling of deep-seated resentment or ill will
halfhearted
【1】adj. lacking heart, spirit, or interest
humdrum
【1】n. a tedious lack of variety【2】adj. lacking variety or excitement
humiliate
【1】vt. to reduce to a lower position in one’s own eyes or others’ eyes
impunity
【1】n. exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss
incentive
【1】n. something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action
license
【2】n. the right to act or move freely【3】n. disregard for standards of personal conduct【4】vt. to permit or authorize especially by formal license
ludicrous
【1】adj. meriting derisive laughter or scorn as absurdly inept, false, or foolish
meretricious
【1】adj. attracting attention in a vulgar manner
milieu
【1】n. the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops
nostalgia
【1】n. the state of being homesick【2】n. a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition
numb
【1】adj. devoid of sensation especially as a result of cold or anesthesia【2】adj. devoid of emotion
ordeal
【1】n. a severe trial or experience
ostensible
【1】adj. appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed
outgrowth
【1】n. a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
outmoded
【1】adj. no longer acceptable, current, or usable
override
【1】vt. to set aside
overwhelm
【1】vt. to cover with or as if with a flood【2】vt. to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress
panacea
【1】n. a remedy for all ills or difficulties
perquisite
【1】n. something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed
petulant
【1】adj. easily irritated or annoyed
placid
【1】adj. free from storms or physical disturbance【2】adj. free from emotional or mental agitation
prerogative
【1】n. an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege
proclaim
【1】vt. to declare publicly, typically insistently, proudly, or defiantly and in either speech or writing
project
【2】vi. to extend outward beyond a usual point【3】vt. to calculate, estimate, or predict (something in the future), based on present data or trends
proprietary
【1】n. ownership【2】adj. privately owned and managed and run as a profit-making organization
prototype
【1】n. an original model on which something is patterned
redeem
【1】vt. to do what is required by the terms of【2】vt. to make better in behavior or character
replicate
【1】vt. to make an exact likeness of【2】vt. to make or do again
restitution
【1】n. a making good of or giving an equivalent for some injuryrequital
resurrect
【1】vt. to bring back to life, practice, or activity
reverberate
【1】vi. to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves
ruthless
【1】adj. having no pity
scourge
【1】n. a source of harm or misfortune
scruple
【1】n. an uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do
sectarianism
【1】n. stubborn or intolerant adherence to one’s opinions or prejudices
secular
【1】adj. of or relating to the worldly or temporal
sparing
【1】adj. marked by or practicing careful restraint (as in the use of resources)【2】adj. less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable
stereotype
【1】n. a conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image
succumb
【1】vi. to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire【2】vi. to be brought to an end (as death) by the effect of destructive or disruptive forces
surly
【1】adj. irritably sullen and churlish in mood or manner
surmise
【1】n. a thought or idea based on scanty evidence【2】vt. to form a notion of from scanty evidence
surmount
【1】vt. to achieve a victory over
surrogate
【1】n. one that takes the place of another
tame
【1】adj. reduced from a state of native wildness especially so as to be tractable and useful to humans【2】adj. lacking spirit, zest, interest, or the capacity to excite【3】vt. to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
temporal
【1】adj. of or relating to earthly life
tyrant
【1】n. a ruler who exercises absolute power oppressively or brutally
unanimous
【1】adj. having the agreement and consent of all
unremitting
【1】adj. going on and on without any interruptions
vocation
【1】n. the work in which a person is regularly employed
willful
【1】adj. obstinately and often perversely self-willed【2】adj. done deliberately
wistful
【1】adj. full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy
wrongheaded
【1】adj. stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles
canvass
【1】v. to examine carefully or discuss thoroughly; scrutinize:【2】v. to go through (a region) or go to (persons)to solicit votes or orders
capitulate
【1】v. to give up all resistance; acquiesce; yield
careworn
【1】adj. showing the effect of grief or anxiety
cardinal
【1】adj. of foremost importance; paramount
carouse
【1】vi. to drink liquor freely or excessively
carve
【1】vi. to create a three-dimensional representation of (something) using solid material【2】v. to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort
caveat
【1】n. a warning of a specific limitation of something such as information or an agreement
cavil
【1】v. to find fault unnecessarily; raise trivial objections :quibble
cavort
【1】vi. to bound or prance about in a sprightly manner; caper
cede
【1】vt. to surrender possession of, especially by treaty
cement
【1】n./v. a uniting or binding force or influence
census
【1】n. an official survey of the population of a country that is carried out in order to find out how many people live there and to obtain details of such things as people’s ages and jobs
cessation
【1】n. the stopping of a process or activity
chaff
【1】v. to make jokes
chagrin
【1】n. disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure
