vocab Flashcards
so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.
Banal
occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way
Serendipitous
confused and disconcerted.
discombobulated
unable to read or write with ease or fluency
semiliterate
providing assistance or care
Ministrations
skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands
dexterity
Lacks in morals; licentious
Dissolute
Of or occurring every day; daily. ordinary or every day, especially when mundane.
Quotidian
The action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm
scantion
The action or process of allocating or distributing something.
Allocation
a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments.
Tenements
A way, especially one of several possible variations, in which a set or number of things can be ordered or arranged.
Permutations
(of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or probable
Plausible
be appropriate, related, or applicable
Pertain
curious or inquiring
Inquisitive
give or apportion (something) to someone as a share or task
Allot
the process of doing something again and again, usually to improve it, or one of the times you do it
Itteration
Deserve or be worthy of
Merit
A person who visits a place often or habitually
Frequenter
Provisions from hotels and inns such as food, rooms, and drinks.
Hostelerie
Any person who has an uncontrollable and recurring urge to drink alcohol.
Dipsomaniac
uncouth and aggressive.
Loutish
involving or producing a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
Cacophonous
accustomed (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant.
Inured
to move in a feeble or unsteady way
Totter
spread throughout (something) pervade
Permeate
form or cause form crystals
Crystalize
To assess the value or quality of.
Appraise
Intended to make someone less angry or hostile
Placatory
To Accept something reluctantly but without protest
Aquisce
appearing to be one thing when it is really something else
Ostensibly
impossible to understand or interpret
Inscrutable
very little and not enough
Scant
marking the beginning of an institution, activity, or period of office
Inaugural
Of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes
Simian
of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality.
Meager
having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters
Prurient
a reddish-brown heavy-scented drug prepared from the juice of the opium poppy, used as a narcotic and in medicine as an analgesic
Opium
An Indian prince
Maharaja
a large, densely packed crowd of people or animals
Throng
causing slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety.
Niggling
obtrusively bright and showy; lurid
Garish
(of the portrayal or description of sexual matters) offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency
Obscene
a principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided
Criterion
establish or settle (someone) in a comfortable, safe, or secret place
Ensconce
a situation of hurried and confused movement
Scurry
mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation
Equanimity
To give up
Cede
Something which is about to happen
Imminent
forbidden by laws, rules, or customs
Illicit
A bathroom
Lavatory
relating to or suitable for television.
Televisual
attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous.
Resplendent
of a remark, opinion, or idea) overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness.
Trite
(serving as a symptom or sign, especially of something undesirable.)
Symptomatic
smelling very unpleasant
Malodorous
deliberately avoid using; abstain from
Eschewed
affected by a condition causing the swelling and tortuous lengthening of veins, most often in the legs.
Varicose
relating existence, especially human existence.
Existential
the ability to produce a desired or intended result.
Efficacy
A British term for silly
Daft
a punishment or fate that someone deserves.
Comeuppance
not having the normal or natural shape or form.
Misshapen
reach a climax or point of highest development.
Culminate
intended for display
Ostensibly
relating to or characteristic of the former British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill
Churchillian
showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect
Insolent
rebuke (someone), especially officially
Reprimand
an unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development
Embryo
The practice of spying or using spies
Espionage
to steal something
Purloin
promoting calm or inducing sleep
Sedative
