Unit 3 Vocab Flashcards
Advisement:
(n): careful consideration / advice; counsel; misinformation
Affront:
(v/n): insult; condemn; compliment
Allege:
(v): declare / proclaim; assert;
Ambient
(adj): of or relating to the immediate surroundings of something; N/A
Banal
(adj): lacking in originality / boring; ordinary; extravagant
Careen
(v): to move swiftly (out of control); straighten
Complaisant
(adj): willing to please; agreeable; antagonistic
Declaim
(v): to speak aloud in a formal manner; proclaim; condemn
Disarray
(n): state of disorder / untidiness; chaos; order
Efficacy
(n): ability to produce a desired result; effectiveness; unproductive
Ephemeral
(adj.): lasting a very short time; brief; eternal
Glean
(v): to gather slowly; accumulate; disperse
Histrionic
(adj.): overly theatrical; dramatic; untheatrical
Imminent
(adj): about to happen; approaching; distant
Incumbent
(n): holder of office; occupier; unnecessary
Litany
(n): list of items; inventory; disorganization
Machination
(n): the act of contriving or plotting; conspiring; sincerity
Maelstrom
(n): state of confused movement; turbulence; calm, peace
Nascent
(adj): beginning to exist or develop; beginning or fresh; shrinking
Paucity
(n): smallness of quantity; absence; abundance
Portend
(v): to signal or warn that something big will happen; to predict; to prove
Recrimination
(n): accusation in response another accusation; counteraccusation; approval
Taciturn
(adj): uncommunicative in speech; anti-social; sociable
Utopian
(adj): resembling a perfect society; idealistic; imperfect
Vacillate
(v): to waver between different opinions/actions; to be indecisive; decisive
