Vocab 1,741 - 1,760 Flashcards
Ascertain
– verb
1) to determine: to ascertain the facts.
Flabbergast
– verb
1) to overcome with surprise/bewilderment.
Consonance
noun
1) accord/agreement/harmony: I would never say or do anything not in consonance with her standards.
Milquetoast
– noun / adjective
1) a very timid/unassertive/spineless person: a milquetoast who’s afraid to ask for a raise.
Peaceable
– adjective
1) peaceful; tranquil: a peaceable person; a peaceable disposition.
Pantheon
– noun
1) the place of the heroes or idols of any group or the heroes or idols themselves: to earn a place in the pantheon of American literature.
Would that _____ / Would that it were _____
– subjunctive expression
1) I wish that:
Would that it were so simple.
Would that she were still alive.
Would that I were able to help you.
Criminogenic
– adjective
1) producing/tending to produce crime/criminals: a criminogenic environment.
Discriminative
– adjective
1) making fine distinctions; discerning; having or showing good judgment: the restaurant attracts discriminative customers.
Dais
– noun
1) a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
Despoliation
– noun
1) the act of plundering.
Extrapolation
– noun
1) an act of inferring an unknown from something that is known.
MacGyver
– verb
1) to make or repair an object in an improvised or inventive way, making use of whatever items are at hand: He MacGyvered a makeshift jack with a log.
Irretrievable
– adjective
1) not capable of being retrieved / irrecoverable.
Intertwine
– verb
1) to twine together.
Related forms
- intertwinement, noun
- intertwiningly, adverb
Circumscribed
– verb
1) to draw a line around: to circumscribe a city on a map.
2) to enclose within bounds / limit / confine: Her social activities are circumscribed by school regulations.
Dissimulate
– verb
1) to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble: to dissimulate one’s true feelings about a rival.
Pursuant
– adverb
1) according to: to do something pursuant to an agreement.
Apologia (A-poh-loh-gia)
– noun
1) an apology, as in defense or justification of a belief, idea, etc.: Their reaction seemed almost instinctive and it echoed the GOP apologia for Romney.
Injunction
– noun
1) a command/order/admonition: the injunction to baptize is attributed to Jesus.
