u.4 ELAR/GT vocab Flashcards
loud and enthusiastic approval, typically to welcome or honor someone or something
Acclamation
a person who talks at great length without making much sense
Blatherskite
the husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing
Chaff
(in general use) a personal possession
Chattel
a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements
Complacency
the condition or process of degrading or being degraded
Degradation
resolute courageousness
Intrepidity
(in Christian theology) a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unpenitent person passes after death
Perdition
a formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause
Petition
ceremony and splendid display, especially at a public event
Pomp
a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing
Proclivities
good-humored teasing
Raillery
make a military observation of (a region)
Reconnoiter
abject or cringing submissiveness. obsequiousness, subservience. submissiveness - the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.
Servilities
fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force
Succumb
kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of
Surreptitious
obsequious behavior toward someone important in order to gain advantage
Sycophancy
a person who never drinks alcohol
Teetotaler
of or relating to undulation. moving in or resembling waves.
Undulatory
a witty remark
Witticism
