Vocab Flashcards
Consternation
Feeling of worry, shock or confusion
Solipsism
Belief only your own experiences and existence can be known
Fortitude
Courage over a long period
Lionization of
Act of making someone famous
Austerity
Condition of living without unnecessary things or without comfort
Archaism
Word or expression that is not generally used anymore
Avarice
Extremely strong wish to keep money or possessions
Volition
Power to make own decisions
Mollify
Make someone less upset or angry
Delineate
Explain
Impertinent
Rude, especially to authority figure
Consilience
Linking together of principles from different disciplines, forming a comprehensive theory
Scorn
Open dislike
Venal
Capable of being bought or bribed
Profligate
Extremely extravagant, shamelessly immoral
Felonious
Very evil
Impetuous
Impulsive action, forceful action
Miserliness
Grasping meanness
Penurious
Extreme poverty or frugality
Denigrate
Attack reputation
Indolence
Inclination to laziness
Lackadaisical
Lacking life or spirit
Listless
Lack of energy
Interminable
Seemingly having no end