Summit Week 6 Flashcards
Concord(n)
A state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, convenant
Exigency (n, often pl)
Urgency, pressure; urgen demand, pressing need; an emergency
Flotsam (n)
Floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
Glean (v)
To gather bit by bit; to gather small quantity of grain left in a field by the reapers
Grouse (n/v)
A type of game bird; a complaint
To complain, grumble
Incarcerate (v)
To imprison, confine, jail
Incumbent (adj/n)
Ovligatory, required
One who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
Mordant (adj)
Biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
Nettle (n/v)
A prickly or stinging plant
To arouse displeasure, impatience or anger; to vex or irritate severely
Pusillanimous (adj)
Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
Recumbent (adj)
In a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
Stratagem (n)
A scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end
Bastion (n)
A fortified place, stronghold
Depraved (adj)
Marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles
Fecund (adj)
Fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive
Fiat (n)
An arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness
Figment (n)
A fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion
Hallow (v)
To set apart as holly or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere
Idiosyncrasy (n)
A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
Ignominy (n)
Shame and disgrace
Overweening (adj)
Conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate
Reputed (adj/part)
According to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation
Alleged
Sumptuous (adj)
Costly, rich, magnificent
Agnostic (n/adj)
One who believes that nothing can be known about god; a skeptic
Without faith, skeptical
Complicity (n)
Involvement in wrong doing; the state of being an accomplice
Derelict (n/adj)
Someone or something that is abandoned or neglected
Left abandoned; neglectful of duty
Effigy (adj)
A crude image of a despised person
Equity (n)
The state of quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim
Inane (adj)
Silly, empty of meaning or value
Indubitable (adj)
Certain, not to be doubted or denied
Intermittent (adj)
Stopping and beginning again, sporadic
Moot (adj/v/n)
Open to discussion and debate, unresolved
To bring up for discussion
A hypothetical law case argued by students
Perspicacity (n)
Keenness in observing and understanding
Plenary (adj)
Complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
Surveillance (n)
A watch kept over a person; careful, close and disciplined observation
Sylvan (adj)
Pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody
Testy (adj)
Easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation
