Vocab 09 Flashcards by Joaquim Proenca

Letter T

Anything that serves as a venerated symbol

Totem

Toh tuhm

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Letter t

To slander or speak maliciously of

Traduce
She has traduced each one of us at the society pages

truh DOOS

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Letter T

A person who works miracles

Thaumaturge
If you ever see hannah early in the morning then you would know her personal make up artist is the epitome of a thaumaturge

Thaw mah turj

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Letter s

When the celestial bodies all line up in a straight line

Syzygy

SIZE ih gee

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Letter S

A soft sound sound like the murmuring from a hushed conversation in the next room or the rain gently falling on the roof

Susurration
The elctronic synthesizer mimicked the susurration of a drizzle or a rainstorm

Soo suh RAY shun

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Letter S

Relating to self indulgent sensuous luxury and pleasure

Sybaritic
Selena rubbed the suntan lotion over her tanned middle slowly and the whole thing had an erotic sybaritic quality

sih BAR IT ik

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Letter s

Paramount, unquestioned authority

Suzerainty

suh ZER ant tee

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Letter S

The notion that ones own experience and thoughts are the only source of true knowledge

Solipsism

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Letter s

A lasccivious lecherous man

Satyr
He bacame a veritable satyr

SAY ter

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Letter R

Conversations characterised by witty banter

Repartee

rep er TAY

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Letter N

An opponent one is unable to defeat

nemesis

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Letter n

The ability to gain new knowledge by communicating with the dead

Necromancy

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Letter n

A halo of light surrounding the head of a saint or other holy person

Nimbus

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Letter M

A human capable of performing mental tasks with the accuracy and speed of a computer

Mentat

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Letter I

A person who rigidly adheres to an ideology with a closed mind regarding other points of view

Ideologue

EYE dee oh log

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Letter G

A girl with a boyish demeanor and mischevious nature who is somehow still appealing

Gamine

gah MEEN

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Letter E

To cause something to become weak and appear sickly

Etiolate
Brdas excesses increasingly etiolated his once handsome appearance

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Letter E

A change in the sea level caused by melting ice, movement of ocean floor or major deposit of sediment

Eustasy
Global warming is already triggering eustasy with the melting of polar ice caps

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Letter E

Effusive praise given in a public forum

Encomium

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Letter E

To scramble or encode data into a secret code

Encipher

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Letter E

A lament for the dead

Elegy

EL eh gee

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Letter E

To set aside money to be used for a specific purpose

Earmark

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Letter B

A Government or parliament with two chambers or houses

Bicameral

by KAM er el

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Letter B

Related to drinking or drunkenness

Bibulous
His bibulous activities are causing the club to consider permanent expulsion

BIB yuh luss

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# Letter B To serve as a warning

Betoken | bee TOE ken

# Letter B A sudden change in mood from the solemn and serious to a more light hearted, relaxed and humourous outlook

Bathos *We were suddenly enveloped with a feeling of bathos* | BAY thoss

# Letter K In typography the amount of spacing between letters in a word or line

Kerning *If the kerning is too large or too small the words are difficult to read* | Ker ning

# Letter J A short journey taken for pleasure

Jaunt

# Letter H Extremely violent, brutal and severe

Hellacious *The corporate world was so hellacious* | hel AYE shus

# Letter H To torment with constant attacks

Harry | HAR ee

# Letter H Skillful and able: Handy

Habile *Our habile gardener* | HAB ill

# Letter H A biography that idealizes its subject

Hagiography | HAG ee OG ruh fee ## Footnote Hagiographies are often about saints. Originally, a hagiography was a biography of a saint written without skepticism or criticism. A hagiography idealizes the subject and puts them on a pedestal. These days, a hagiography is not necessarily written about a saint, but it still idolizes the subject. A hagiography makes the subject seem like a hero, or at least a wonderful, nearly perfect person.

# Letter H High society

haute Monde | oh MAHND

# Letter F A serious breach of social protocol or etiquette

Faux Pas *Looking a japanese customer in the eye is considered a egregious Faux pas not easily forgiven* | FOH pah

# Letter F To become sullen, shy or withdrawn in the presence of company

farouche *His farouche demeanor gave people the impression that he didnt like them.* | fah ROOSH

# Letter E Done without preparation

Extemporaneous | eks tem POOR ayne ee us

# Letter E Having to do with letters or writing or other literary works. Any correspondence or communication written in the form of a letter or series of letters is said to be epistolary.

Epistolary | eh PISS toe lar ee ## Footnote They've gone out of fashion now, but in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the "epistolary novel," written in the form of fictional letters to and from various corespondents, was all the rage.

# Letter D A bribe or a conciliatory gift

Douceur *After Francines father refused to buy her another polo pony he offered her the douceur of a weekend at an exclusive spa* | Doo SIR

# Letter D An incompetent or ineffectual person

Duffer

# Letter D Showing disapproval or censure

Dyslogistic *We gave elizabeth dyslogistic glances* | diz luz JISS tick

# Letter d To embarass someone to the point they feel uncomfotable

Discomfit *Maggies public mispronunciations discomfited her mother* | dis KUM fit

# Letter d To free oneself or someone else from an incorrect assumption or belief

Disabuse *We had to disabuse lorraine from her belief that her family connections would immediately make her a member of our group* | dis uh Byooz

# Letter d A person who studies a subject in a casual fashion, learning the topic for the fun of it

Dilettante *Joseph priestly could be considered a dilettante and yet his work lead to the discovery of oxygen* | DIL eh tant

# Letter M Ones occupation, profession or field of work

Metier | May tee yah

# Letter M A persons look or manner

Mien *Dans country bumpkin mien effectively hides his shrewd business tactics* | MEEN

# Letter M Small trifling matters that one encounters on an average day

Minutiae | min NOO shia

# Letter T A dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling. A delicious baked good with a sweet filling.

Turnover

# letter T When workers leave their jobs and are replaced by other

Turnover

# Letter T A song or hymn of mourning.

Threnody

# Letter B curved outward at the knees.

Bandy Knees

# Letter I Synonym of Intransigent

Obstinate

# Letter S A long, tedious rant.

Screed

# Letter H stamp precious metals with a symbol to show their value.

Hallmark

# Letter V A green patina that forms on copper or brass or bronze.

Verdigris | were dee gris

# Letter S tackle and prevent the quarterback from passing a football.

Sack

# Letter E When someone dies leaving property or money above a certain value, the government levies an

Estate tax ## Footnote If your aunt owned a private island and two yachts, her death may require payment of an estate tax

# Letter R spicy or savory condiment.

Relish

# Letter S long, tedious piece of writing.

Screed

# Letter S someone who pretends to be a customer, but is really an accomplice.

Shill ## Footnote If you post a positive review online of your best friend's terrible taxi service, you're a shill. in journalism, asking a politician extremely easy questions instead of the difficult ones they don't like answering is one way to be labeled a shill.

# Letter B A rod that ballet dancers use as a support.

Barre

# Letter P someone who looks or acts like a private school student.

Preppy

# Letter L the scientific study of butterflies and moths.

Lepidopterology

# Letter A a collaborative play in basketball, when one player passes the ball and the other jumps, catches, and dunks it before landing back on the court.

Alley - oop

# Letter P an ancient Greek city-state

Polis ## Footnote In ancient Greece, a polis was a completely independent, self-governing city

# Letter T a prong on a fork, pitchfork, or antler.

Tine

# Letter C An outsider who pretends to be an insider is a

Carpetbagger ## Footnote he's a person who tries to take advantage of a group by joining it only for his own personal benefit.

# Letter U uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing.

Unremitting

# Letter G marked by refinement in taste and manners.

Genteel

# Letter w someone who makes overly clever, smug, or sarcastic comments.

Wisenheimer ## Footnote Feel free to call your annoying younger cousin a wisenheimer, especially if he is an irritatingly smug show-off.

# Letter R marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness.

Rakish

# Letter H characterized by departure from accepted standards.

Heterodox ## Footnote Heterodox is from the Greek root words heteros, meaning "the other," and doxa, meaning "opinion."

# Letter P a social and economic system based on raising livestock.

Pastoralism ## Footnote A town with an economy based in pastoralism might have a higher population of farm animals than people.You can also use this noun for a style of art that focuses on farms and other features of rural living.

# Letter h Having to do with a semi conscious state that precedes wakefulness

Hypnopompic

# Letter G Extremely cold and icy

Gelid

# Letter G To deny to dispute or contradict

Gainsay *He made no attempts to gainsay the persistent rumours*

# Letter g Playful and frolicsome

Gamesome

# Letter E To vacillate in ones opinion or position

Equivocate *The candidate seemed to equivocate on the energy crisis*

# Letter E The core principles or beliefs of a religion culture or community

Ethos *Even the eating of cheese violates the ethos of the vegan community*

# Letter E To praise with great enthusiasm

Extol

# Letter E To seize property or wealth from the owner for publics use or benifit

Expropriate *The state expropriated a portion of their formal garden*

# Letter f A state of blissful happiness

Felicity *All human felicity lies in mans imagination*

# Letter F Wicked and nasty

Flagitious *As sheriff, it's up to you to bring the flagitious outlaws to justice.* ## Footnote Use flagitious when you want to emphasize the extremely brutal nature of a crime or other bad action.

# Letter G Two or more parts that are so integrated together that we perceive them as one object. A unified whole

Gestalt | Geh stalt

# Letter G The religious belief that salvation could be obtained through secret knowledge rather than prayers, ritual, good works or divine grave

Gnosticism

# Letter G To memerise or paralyse with ones look or personality

Gorgonize | Gore guh nize

# Letter I Uncompromising as in politics

Intransigent

# Letter C A ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or abbot

Crosier

# Letter C Sincerely remorseful

Contrite

# Letter C Sick from excessive eating and drinking

Carpulent

# Letter B Salty or briny Distasteful or unpleasant

Brackish

# Letter t Understood without being openly expressed

Tacit

# Letter s Clever but specious argument

Sophism

# Letter F A confused mixture or jumble

Farrago

# Letter G A person who eats excessively

Glutton

# Letter P No genuine or real

Phony

# Letter B Synonym of Impudent

Brassy

# Letter B Member of the middle class

Bourgeois

How did the word Travail and Travel originate

The byzantium tool of torture, the three stake was called TRIPASSALON, which got imported to Greek called TRIPALIUM

# Letter H A word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph

Headword

# Letter M Materials used in war

Munitions