Vocab 12 Flashcards
impassive
expressionless
imbibe
to receive into the mind; to absorb
illusory
deceptive; producing an illusion
husband
to be economical; to use sparingly; frugal
mote
a small particle; morsel
salient
prominent, conspicuous
recidivism
a tendency to relapse into a previous behaviour (like in criminals)
seraphic
angelic and sweet
visceral
subjective rather than objective
limber
flexible; malleable
squalid
dilapidated
stint
to be frugal
portentous
foreshadowing and ominous; eliciting amazement and wonder
importunate
troublesomely urgent; persisten in request or demand
patent
obvious, evident
patrician
aristocratic/aristocrat
relegate
to banish, exile or expel
reprove
to criticize or correct
insensate
lacking sensibility and understanding; foolish
sinecure
a well-paying job that requires little or no work
preternatural
extraordinary, supernatural
libertine
a free thinker, without moral restraint
solicitous
eager, showing interest, anxious
purport
to claim
rankle
to cause anger and irritation
pore
to peruse
savant
a scholar, a student
requite
to return (a favour or smthg like that)
mordant
biting and caustic in manner
wry
dry, mocking humour
proffer
to hold out something to someone for acceptance
progenitor
an ancestor
yen
a strong desire or craving
mutability
capable of change; flexible, malleable
kismet
destiny, fate
revile
to criticize harshly
promulgate
to proclaim, to declare
potentate
a ruler; someone with great power
precipitously
done suddenly without careful consideration; impetuous
presage
something that foreshadows; harbinger
lampoon
to ridicule with satire
sacrilegious
impious; not religiously reverent, desecrate
lecherous
crude and offensive, usually in a sexual way
prestidigitation
sleight of hand, legerdemain, magic trick
levity
an inappropriate lack of seriousness; blithe, flippant
sully
damage the purity of
supersede
to be replaced
proscribe
to condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful
malfeasance
wrongdoing or misconduct
tremulous
timid, timorous
