Summit Week 4 Flashcards
Collate (v)
To compare critically in order to note differences, similarities
To arrange in order for some specific purpose
Disconsolate (adj)
Deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation
Grisly (adj)
Frightful; horrible; ghastly
Inauspicious (adj)
Unfavorable; unlucky; suggesting bad luck for the future
Incontrovertible (adj)
Unquestionable; beyond dispute
Nonplussed (adj.,part.)
Puzzled; not knowing what to do; at a loss
Amenable (adj)
Willing to follow advice and authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible
Berate (v)
Scold sharply
Carnage (n)
Large-scale slaughter or loss of life
Expatiate (v)
To expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely
Extraneous (adj)
Coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential; irrelevant
Infirmity (n)
A weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral,etc.)
Jejune (adj)
Lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile
Potpourri (n)
A collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petsl mixed with spices for scent
Sententious (adj)
Self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages
saying much in few words, pithy
Supplicate (v)
To beg earnestly and humbly
Surfeit (n/v)
An excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust
To feed or supply with anything in excess
Tortuous (adj)
Winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious
Turgid (adj)
Swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language
Brouhaha (n)
A confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbub; an uproar or commotion that goes far beyond what is justified
Choleric (adj)
Easily made angry; bad-tempered
Cloy (v)
To soil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence, especially in sweet or rich things, to glut, satiate, surfeit
Curtail (v)
To cut short, bring to a halt or end sooner than expected; to reduce
Deference (n)
Courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person; great respect marked by submission, as to a superior
Definitive (adj)
Conclusive, final, representing the limit of what can be done
Demeanor (n)
The way a person behaves, overall impression mde by comportment, manner; facial apperance, mien
Impromptu (adj/adv)
Without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done
An extemporaneous composition or remark; a minimal piece suggestive of improvisation
Onus (n)
Something that is heavy or burdensome (especially an unwelcome responsibility); a stigma; blame
Presentiment (n)
A vague sense of approaching misfortune
Profligate (adj/n)
Given over to dissipation and self-indulgence, immoral; recklessly extravaganta person given to self-indulgent and wild-spending
Remit (v)
To send or hand in (as money); to cancel (as a penalty or punishment); forgive, pardon; to lesson, diminish; to put off, postpone, defer
Sartorial (adj)
Of or pertaining to a tailor or his work; having to do with clothes or dress (especially men’s)
Thwart (v)
To oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate
Buttress (v/n)
To support; prop up; strengthen
A supporting structure
