Unit Seven Flashcards
ancillary
(adj.) subordinate, subsidiary, (adj.) auxiliary, supplementary
elucidation
(n.) the act of explaining something or making something clear
engender
(v.) cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition), (v.) (archaic) (of a father) beget (offspring)
druid
(n.) a priest, magician, or soothsayer in the ancient Celtic religion
tacit
(adj.) understood or implied without being stated
boudoir
(n.) (historical) (humorous) a woman’s bedroom or private room
tzompantli
(n.) an Aztec ceremonial rack of skulls
candor
(n.) the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression, candidness, (n.) freedom from bias; fairness; impartiality, (n.) (obsolete) kindliness, (n.) (obsolete) purity
pugilism
(n.) (dated) (humorous) the profession or hobby of boxing
brevity
(n.) shortness of duration, especially shortness or conciseness of expression
ad hoc
(adv.) when necessary or needed; (adj.) created or done for a particular purpose as necessary
post hoc
(adv.) after the event; (adj.) occurring or done after the event, especially with reference to the fallacious assumption that the occurrence in question has a logical relationship with the event it follows
haute
(adj.) fashionably elegant or high-class
levity
(n.) humor or lack of seriousness, especially during a serious occasion, (n.) amusement or lack of seriousness
avaricious
(adj.) having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain
miser
(n.) a person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible
confer
(v.) to exchange ideas on a particular subject, often in order to reach a decision on what action to take, (v.) to give an official title, honor, or advantage to someone
petulant
(adj.) easily annoyed and complaining in a rude way like a child, (adj.) easily annoyed and complaining in a rude way like a child
platitude
(n.) a remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful
consortium
(n.) an association, typically of several business companies, (n.) (law) the right of association and companionship with one’s husband or wife
ad valorem
(adv.) in proportion to the estimated value of the goods or transaction concerned; (adj.) (of the levying of tax or customs duties) proportionate to the estimated value of the goods or transaction concerned
iridescent
(adj.) showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles
cognomen
(n.) surname, especially the third of the usually three names of an ancient Roman, (n.) name, especially a distinguishing nickname or epithet
declaim
(v.) utter or deliver words or a speech in a rhetorical or impassioned way, as if to an audience
clemency
(n.) kindness when giving a punishment, (n.) an act of mercy by a person in authority toward someone who has committed a crime, esp. by reducing a punishment, (n.) (of weather) the quality of being pleasant or not severe
impugn
(v.) dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question
paramour
(n.) (old-use) (literary) the person you are having a romantic or sexual relationship with, but are not married to
latent
(adj.) present but needing particular conditions to become active, obvious, or completely developed, (adj.) present, but not yet active, developed, or obvious
latency
(n.) the fact of being present but needing particular conditions to become active, obvious, or completely developed, (n.) (computing) the delay between an instruction to transfer (= move) computer information and the information being transferred, for example over the internet
primacy
(n.) the state of being first (as in importance, order, or rank), preeminence, (n.) the office, rank, or preeminence of an ecclesiastical primate
beget
(v.) (literary) (typically of a man, sometimes of a man and a woman) bring (a child) into existence by the process of reproduction, (v.) give rise to; bring about
encomienda
(n.) an estate of land and the inhabiting American Indians formerly granted to Spanish colonists or adventurers in America for purposes of tribute and evangelization
cadre
(n.) a nucleus or core group especially of trained personnel able to assume control and to train others, (n.) a group of people having some unifying relationship, (n.) a cell of indoctrinated leaders active in promoting the interests of a revolutionary party
imbibe
(v.)
sycophant
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eponymous
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condone
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Taylorism
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prodigal
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fulcrum
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reticent
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excelsior
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blasé
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betrothal
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serendipity
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alias
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heuristic
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conceit
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milieu
(n.) the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops, environment
primogeniture
(n.) the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents, (n.) an exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest son
conclave
(n.) a private meeting or secret assembly, especially a meeting of Roman Catholic cardinals secluded continuously while choosing a pope, (n.) a gathering of a group or association
prodigious
(adj.) remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree, (adj.) (archaic) unnatural or abnormal
metronomic
(adj.) mechanically regular (as in action or tempo), (adj.) (medical) of, relating to, or being a drug or regimen of drugs administered in low doses at regular intervals over an extended period of time
propitious
(adj.) favorably disposed, benevolent, (adj.) being a good omen, auspicious, (adj.) tending to favor, advantageous
acquiescence
(n.) the reluctant acceptance of something without protest
inexorable
(adj.) impossible to stop or prevent, (adj.) (of a person) impossible to persuade by request or entreaty
potentate
(n.) a monarch or ruler, especially an autocratic one
arriviste
(n.) an ambitious or ruthlessly self-seeking person, especially one who has recently acquired wealth or social status
paucity
(n.) the fact that there is too little of something, (n.) the condition of having very little or not enough of something
verdant
(adj.) covered with healthy green plants or grass
pedantic
(adj.) giving too much attention to formal rules or small details
esoteric
(adj.) very unusual and understood or liked by only a small number of people, especially those with special knowledge
femme fatale
(n.) a woman who is very attractive in a mysterious way, usually leading men into danger or causing their destruction
bête noire
(n.) a person or thing that you dislike very much or that annoys you
elucidate
(v.) to explain something or make something clear
entreaty
(n.) an earnest or humble request
auspicious
(adj.) of good omen; boding well for the future; favorable; propitious, (adj.) favored by fortune; successful
petulance
(n.) the quality of being childishly sulky or bad-tempered
nomen
(n.) the second of the three usual names of an ancient Roman
praenomen
(n.) the first of the usual three names of an ancient Roman
impassioned
(adj.) filled with or showing great emotion
impassion
(v.) make passionate
esthetic (US) | aesthetic
(adj.) of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful, (adj.) artistic, (adj.) pleasing in appearance, attractive, (adj.) appreciative of, responsive to, or zealous about the beautiful, (adj.) responsive to or appreciative of what is pleasurable to the senses, (adj.) done or made to improve a person’s appearance or to correct defects in a person’s appearance
esthetics (US) | aesthetics
(n.) a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste and with the creation and appreciation of beauty, (n.) a particular theory or conception of beauty or art : a particular taste for or approach to what is pleasing to the senses and especially sight, (n.) a pleasing appearance or effect
