Test 4 Flashcards
temperament
the casual mood, attitude, character of a person or animal
eg. the temperament of dog
somber temperament
somber 2
omber-darkness
1) of dark color
eg. somber sky
somber suit
2) unhappy or serious
eg. somber expression
labyrinth 2
1) a complex or twisted path
2) fig. m- complexity (ie. difficult to understand)
eg. the labyrinth of the legal system
[syn] maze
domineering
wanting others to obey what is ordered / not giving freedom
arrogant 3
1) thinking that others are useless
2) thinking that you know everything and there is nothin to learn
3) thinking that you are better, smarter, more intelligent than others
eg. the teacher is arrogant
[syn] haughty, hubristic, supercilious
hubris
arrogance
imperial
(of the empire/emperor)
eg. the british imperial power
the imperial family
the imperial palace
peremptory
that must be obeyed with out dispute
eg. peremptory order
grim 2
1) sad and serious
eg. grim expression
2) dull (not decorated , not artistic)
eg. grim appearance of the building
regale
to entertain
gale
forceful wind
eg. gale of laughter/tears
prodigious 2
1) extraordinary
eg. prodigious musical talent
2)huge
eg. prodigious effort
prodigious use of pesticides
prodigy
a child with early talent
eg. child prodigy
precocious 2
1) having early talent
eg. a precocious child
2) earlier than normal time
eg. precocious fruits / flowers
precocity 2
1) early talent
eg. a child with precocity
2) the state of being earlier than normal time
eg. the precocity of fruits / flowers
patois
informal language
philology
the study of languages and their derivatives
entitlement 2
1) activity of providing title
2) right
eg. personal entitlement
facile 3
1) easy, requiring little time and effort
eg. a facile job
2) performing something easily (without burden)
eg. a facile teacher/orator
3) effortless
eg. a facile victory
docile
easily manageable or tractable
eg. a docile child/pets
froward
unmanageable or intractable
[syn] unruly, recalcitrant
eg. recalcitrant child / elements
probe 2
1) to investigate
eg. probing mind
2) to touch so as to practice medical treatment
pecuniary
pecu-money
relating to money
impecunious
having little or no money
eg. impecunious farmer
lucre
money earned in a dishonest way
checkered 2
1) having the mark of cross
eg. checkered flag / t-shirt
2)fluctuating
eg, checkered career of a politician
Checks and Balances
prevent or brake
uncheck
without stopping (uncontrollable) eg. uncheck spread of the disease
mendicate
to beg by religious bagger
philatelist
one who collects stamps as a hobby
penurious 2
1) very poor
eg. penurious family
2) extremely unwilling to spend money
eg. penurious classmates
penury 2
1) poverty
2) extreme unwillingness to spend money
opulent 2
1) very wealthy
2) luxurious
eg. opulent furniture
opulence 2
1) great wealth
2) luxury
affluent
wealthy
affluence
wealth
denigrate 2
de-down, nigra-black
1) unfairly criticize
eg. he was denigrated in the classroom
2) to criticize or insult
miser
parsimonious person
numismatist
a person who collects and studies coins as a hobby
tightwad
excessively frugal person; a miser
obtuse
slow-witted (understanding something only partially)
probity 4
1) great honesty
2) religious honesty
3) fig. m - equity
4) benevolence
mendacity
mend - banaunu
great dishonesty or lie
mendacious
greatly dishonest or lying
eg. a mendacious report/person
shrew 2
1) (-ve) rat-like animal
2) fig. m - a woman who scolds others
shrewd
(+ve) having mental ability to understand the situation quickly and make a good judgment (turning situation into advantage)
perspicuous
lucid
eg. perspicuous translation
perspicuity /n/
lucidity
recondite
known by few (hard to understand by many)
eg. the recondite method of meditation
recondite vocabulary
[syn] rarefied [+1], arcane, esoteric [+1]
eg. esoteric vocabulary
esoteric
the minority
eg. esoteric religious group
rarefied
thin or rare
eg. rarefied oxygen
the rarefied atmosphere of Mars
