Vocab :( Flashcards
Approbation
The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval
Assauge
To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put and end to, appease, satisfy, quench
Coalition
A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
Decadence
Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self indulgence
Elicit
To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
Expostulate
To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
Hackneyed
Used so often as to lack freshness or originality
Hiatus
A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)
Innuendo
A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)
Intercede
To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go between in a disagreement
Jaded
Wearied, worn out, dulled (in sense of being satisfied by excessive indulgence)
Lurid
Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational: pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
Meritorious
Worthy, deserving recognition and praise
Petulant
Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
Prerogitive
A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence
Provincial
Pertaining to an outlying area; a person with a narrow point of view; person from outlying area
Simulate
To make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of
Transcend
To rise above or beyond exceed
Umbrage
Shade cast by trees: foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment, vague suspicion
Unctuous
Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety, fatty, oily, pliable
Ameliorate
To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
Aplomb
Poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity
Bombastic
Pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
Callow
Without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers
Drivel
N. Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense,
V. To utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly
Epitome
A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality
Exhort
To urge strongly, advise earnestly
Ex officio
By virtue of holding a certain office
Infringe
To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized boynds
Ingratiate
To make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (critical or derogatory sense)
Interloper
One who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder
Intrinisc
Belonging to someone or something by its very nature
Inveigh
To make a violent attack in words, express strong dissaproval
Lassitude
Weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
Millennium
A period of one thousand years; a period of great joy
Occult
ADJ. mysterious, magical, supernatual; secret hidden from view; not detecable by ordinary means
V. To hide conceal; eclipse
N. Matters involving the supernatural
Permeate
To spread through, penetrate, soak through
Precipitate
V. To fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down a great height, to give distinct form
ADJ. characterized by excessive haste
N. Moisture; the product of an action or process
Stringent
Strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
Surmise
V. To think or believe w/o certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess
N. Likely idea that lacks proof
Abominate
To have an intense dislike or hatred for
Acculturation
The modification of the social patterns, traits or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend
Adventitious
Resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential
Ascribe
To assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute
Circuitous
Roundabout, not direct
Commiserate
To sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress
Enjoin
To direct or order, to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way, to prohibit
Expedite
To make easy; cause to progress faster
Expiate
To make amends, make up for; to avert
Ferment
A state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence; to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action
Inadvertent
Resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental
Nominal
Existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously
Noncommital
Not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no
Peculate
To steal something that has been giving into ones trust; to take improperly for ones own use
Proclivity
A natural or habitual inclination or tendency (especially of human character or behavior)
Sangfroid
Composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances
Seditious
Resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government
Tenuous
Thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of alight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported
Vitriolic
Bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid)
Wheedle
To use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end
