Vocab #1 Flashcards
abet (uh-BET)
Def: Encourage or assist someone to do something wrong, in particular, to commit a crime or other offense.
Syn: help, assist, aid, encourage
Sent: The mother aided and abetted her son by hiding him after he committed a crime.
Baroque (Buh-ROHK)
Def: The Baroque style or period, used in art encouraged by Catholic church
Syn: elaborate, bizarre
Sent: My flute teacher plays Baroque music.
chicanery (shi-CANE-nuh-ree)
Def: A clever trick, the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose
Syn: trickery
Sent: I use chicanery to get my Dad to do the dishes.
coterie (KOH-tuh-REE)
Def: group, clique (tight, together, like cheerleaders) - a group of people who associate closely with shared interests or tastes
Syn: circle, gang, clique
Sent: My friend and I tend to hang with a coterie of people who enjoy the arts.
corpulent (CORP-you-lent)
Def: Very fat, a formal/polite word that describes a fat person
Syn: fat, overweight
Sent: A sumo wrestler is very corpulent.
burgeon (burr-jen)
Def: To grow or develop quickly; flourish
Syn: Blossom, expand, grow, increase, sprout, thrive
Sent: After 4 years of training, I finally burgeoned into a fashion designer
parsimony (par-sih-moh-nee)
Def: Extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources; don’t want to spend money
Syn: cheapness, meanness
Sent: My little sister uses parsimony to keep all her cash in her room without using it for any purpose.
urbane (er-BAIN)
Def: sophisticated (James Bond)
Syn: well-mannered, polished, fashionable, suave
Sent: My collection design are very urbane.
impasse (IM-pass)
Def: dead-locked; something prevent you from doing something; unable to agree
Syn: two people don’t agree
Sent: My mother and I reached an impasse on where I should go to college.
estrange (ES-strange)
Def: separated from; lose connection from a friend
Syn: grow apart, no longer friendly
Sent: My friend and I became estranged when she hurt my feelings last year.
