Unit 14 Flashcards
Behemoth
A creature of enormous size, power, or appearance
Beatific
Blissful; rendering or making blessed
Blandishment
Anything designed to flatter or coax; sweettalk, Apple-polishing
Cacophonous
Harsh-sounding, raucous, discordant, dissonance
Chicanery
Trickery, deceptive practices or tactics, double-dealing
Consign
To give over to another’s care, charge, or control; to entrust, deliver; to set apart for a special use
Coup
A highly successful stroke, masterstroke, tour de force, act, plan, or stratagem; a sudden takeover of power or leadership
Euphemism
A mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one; a substitute
Febrile
Feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic
Gainsay
To deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose
Imminent
About to happen, threatening
Innate
Natural, inborn, inherent; built-in
Loath
Unwilling, reluctant, disinclined
Manifest
Clear, evident to the eyes or mind; to show plainly, exhibit, evince; a list of cargo and or passengers
minutiae
Small or trivial details, trifling matters
Moratorium
A suspension of activities for an official waiting period; An authorized period of delay
Nostrum
An allegedly cure all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness
Pariah
One who is rejected by a social group or organization
Visionary
Not practical, lacking in realism; the nature of a fantasy or dream; one given to far-fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight
Wisened
Dry, shrunken, and wrinkled (often as the result of aging)
