Vacab 1.1 Flashcards
Blanch
To whiten by removing color; bleach; (verb)
Chimerical
(Adj), unreal, imaginary, visionary
2. Wildly fanciful, highly unrealistic
Dulcify
(Verb)
To make more agreeable; mollify; appease
To sweeten
Finesse
(Noun)
Extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.
Skill in handling a difficult or highly sensitive situation; adroit and artful management
Grandiose
Adj
Affectively grand or important; pompous
Harbinger
Noun
Something (a person) that shows what is coming
Captious
Adj.
Apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; fault finding; difficult to please
Proceeding from a fault finding or caviling disposition
He could never praise without adding a Captious remark
Abscond
Verb
To depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution
The cashier absconded the money.
Idiosyncrasy
Noun
An unusual way in which a particular person behaves or thinks
An unusual part or feature of something
Machination
Noun
Act of machinating
A scheming or crafty action or artful design intended to accomplish some usually evil end
Mordant
Adj
Sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker, biting
Burning, corrosive
Nubile
Adj
(Of a young woman) suitable for marriage, especially in regard to age or physical development; marriageable
(Of a young person, usually a woman) sexually developed and attractive
Pejorative
Adj
Having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force
Raiment
Noun
Clothing, apparel, attire
This would give him food and raiment…)
Sapient
Adj
Having or showing great wisdom or sound judgement
Adulterate
To make (something, such as food or drink) impure or weaker by adding something of poor quality
Verb
Bucolic
Adj
Of or relating to the country or country life
Even though I was born in the city, I still prefer the quiet of a small bucolic village any day.
Caveat
Noun
A warning or caution; admonition
(2) law or legal notice to a court or public officer to suspend a certain proceeding until the notifier is given a hearing
Desultory
Adj
(1) not having a plan or purpose
(2) done without serious effort
Diadem
A crown that is worn especially by a king or queen as a symbol of royalty (noun)
Emanate
(Verb)
To come out from a source; to send (something) out; to give out something
Garish
Adj
Crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration
(2) excessively ornate or elaborate, as buildings or writings
Gratuitous
Adj
Given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary
(2) being without apparent reason, cause, or justification
Felicitous
Well suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression, apt, appropriate (adj)
Immutable
Adj
Unable to be changed
Impecunious
Adj
Having little or no money, penniless, poor
Impious
Not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, ect.; irreligious; ungodly
Adj
Onus
Noun
A difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, ect.
(2) burden of proof
Being a leader is difficult because in this position one must bear the onus of making decisions for a group of people.
Redolent
Adj
Having a pleasant odor; fragrant
(2)odorous or smelling (usually followed by of)
Sedition
Noun
The crime of saying, writing, or doing something that encourages people to disobey their government
The leaders of the group have been arrested and charged with sedition.
Cessation
Noun
A temporary or complete stopping; discontinuance
Delineate
Verb
To trace the outline of;sketch or trace in outline;represent pictorially
To portray in words, describe or outline with precision
Desiccate
Verb
To dry up
To preserve (a food) by drying (dehydrate)
To drain of emotional or intellectual vitality
Elixir
Noun
A magical liquid that can cure illness or extend life
Epitome
Noun
A person or thing that is typical or possesses to a certain degree the features of a whole class
A perfect example, an example that expresses something very well
He is the epitome of goodness.
Ebullient
Adj
Overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited
The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor.
Bubbling up like a boiling liquid
Fissure
Noun
A narrow opening or crack
Garrulous
Adj
Tending to talk a lot, very talkative
Juxtapose
Verb
To place close together or side by side (in order to create an interesting effect) or, especially for, comparison and contrast
Kinetic
Adj
Pertaining to motion/the amount of physical objects
Lachrymose
Tending to cause tears, tending to cry often
Languid
Adj
Lacking in vigor or vitality, slacking or stow
Lacking in spirit or interest, listless
Legerdemain
Noun
Skill in using your hands to perform magic tricks
Trickery, deception
Libertine
Noun
A person (especially a man) who leads an immoral life and is mainly interested in sexual pleasure
Scintillate
To emit sparks (verb)
Badinage
Light, playful banter or raillery
Noun
Bilious
Adj
Having or causing a sick feeling in the stomach, feeing or causing nausea,
Angry or bad tempered
Very unpleasant to look at
Blandishment
Noun
Something, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice, etc
Debauchery
Noun
Bad or immoral behavior that involves sex, drugs, alcohol, etc
Fastidious
Adj
Very careful about how you do something,
Liking few things, hard to please
Wanting to always be clean, neat, etc
Garner
To collect or gather (something)
To get or receive (something wanted or valued)
Verb
Gumption
Noun
Initiative, aggressiveness, resourcefulness,
Courage and confidence
Halcyon
Adj
Calm, peaceful, tranquil
Rich, wealthy, prosperous
Hegira
Noun
A journey especially when undertaken to escape from a dangerous or undesirable situation
Kismet
Noun
Fate;destiny
Foist
Verb
To force someone to accept (something that is not good or not wanted)
Milieu
Noun
The physical or social setting in which people live or in which something happens or develops
Equanimity
Noun
Calm emotions when dealing with problems or pressure
Paradigm
Noun
A model or pattern for something that may be copied
A theory or a group of ideas about how something should be done, made, or thought about
Lucubrate
Verb, used with object)
To work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night
To write learnedly
animosity
Noun
A feeling of strong dislike, I’ll will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action
Brevity
Noun
The use of few words to say something
The quality or fact of lasting only a short period of time
Dowager
Noun
A woman who has inherited property of a title from her head husband
An old woman who is very formal or serious
Chicanery
Noun
Actions or statements that trick people into believing something that is not true; deception or trickery
Empathy
Noun
The feeling that you understand or share another person’s experiences and emotions, the ability to share someone else’s feelings
Harlequin
Noun
A mute character in traditional pantomime, typically masked and dressed in diamond-patterned costume
Joker with diamond-pattern costume
Hoi polloi
Noun
The common people, the masses
Ordinary people, people who are not rich, famous, etc
Impinge
Verb
To make an impression, have an effect or impact (usually followed by on or upon)
To encroach, infringe (usually followed by on or upon)
Boon
Noun
Something pleasant or helpful, a benefit or advantage to be thankful for
Obsequious
Adj
Too eager to help or obey someone important
Offal
Noun
The organs of an animal that are used for food (but considered inedible)
Redundant
Adj
Characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas; prolix
Salutary
Adj
Favorable to or promoting health; healthful
Promoting or conducive to some beneficial purpose; wholesome (especially after something unpleasant has happened)
Savant
A person of profound or extreme learning, learned scholar, a person who knows a lot about a particular subject, a person with unusual mental abilities
Sentient
Having the power of perception by the senses; consensus (being able to see, hear, smell, taste, touch)
Aggrandize
Verb
To make great or greater (increase size), to make appear great or greater, praise highly, to enhance power, position, or reputation of (exploited situation to aggrandize himself)
Bombast
Noun
Speech or writing that is meant to sound important or impressive but is not sincere or meaningful
Deign
Verb
To do something that you think you should not have to do because you’re too important
Elicit
Verb
To get (a response, information, etc) from someone
Endemic
Adj
Growing or existing of a certain place or region, common in a particular area or field
Flaunt
Verb
To show something in a very open way, so other people will notice
Mendacious
Adj
Not honest, likely to tell lies, based on lies
Obviate
Verb
To anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc) by effective measures, render unnecessary
Felonious
Adj
Pertaining to the nature of a felony, wicked, base, villainous
Pillory
Verb
To publicly criticize (someone) in a very harsh way
Panache
Noun
A grand or flamboyant manner, verve, style, flair (lots of energy or style)
Paroxysm
Noun
A sudden, violent outburst, a fit of violent action or emotion
Fallow
Adj
(Of land) plowed and left unattended for a season or more
Not in use, inactive
Saturnine
Sluggish in temperament, gloomy, very serious and unhappy
Truncate
Verb
To shorten by cutting off a part, cut short
Macaronic
Adj
Composed of or characterized by Latin words mixed with vernacular words or non-Latin words given Latin endings
Composed of a mixture of languages
Obtuse
Not quick or alert in perception, feeling, intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull
Not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form; not able to understand what is obvious or simple
Adj
Egregious
Very bad and easily noticed
Adj
Empirical
Based on/derived from or guided by testing or experience
Adj
Solecism
Noun
A mistake in speech or writing
An impolite or improper way of behaving
Foment
Instigate or stir up trouble
Germane
Adj
Closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent
Closely related
Relating to a subject in an appropriate way
Hallow
Verb
To make holy; sanctify; consecrate
To honor as holy; consider sacred; venerate
Hermetic
Made airtight by fusion or sealing
Hospice
Noun
A place that provides care for people who are dying
A place where travelers can stay; especially; an inn kept by people in a religious organization
Meretricious
Adj
Attractive in a cheap or false way
Orifice
Noun
An opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouth like opening or a hole; mouth; vent (especially hole in the body like mouth, ear, etc)
Perdition
Noun
The state of being in hell forever as punishment after death
The future state of the wicked
Querulous
Adj
Complaining in an annoyed way
Ratiocinate
Verb
To reason; carry out a process of reasoning
