Vocab Flashcards
bombastic
high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated.
chauvinistic
displaying excessive or prejudiced support for their own cause, group, or sex
jingoistic
Extreme nationalism characterized especially by a belligerent foreign policy
acrimonious
angry and bitter
carping
difficult to please; critical.
didactic
intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive
facetious
treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant
nefarious
negative
seditious
nciting or causing people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch
mawkish
sentimental in an exaggerated or false way
sycophantic
behaving or done in an obsequious way in order to gain advantage.
obsequious
obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
assuage
make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
harangue
lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner
obviate
remove (a need or difficulty).
prevaricate
speak or act in an evasive way.
rescind
revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).
phlagmatic
(of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition
dissemble
conceal or disguise one’s true feelings or beliefs.
duplicitious
deceitfu
maudlin
self-pityingly or tearfully sentimenta
castigate
reprimand (someone) severely
sardonic
grimly mocking or cynical
churlish
rude in a mean-spirited and surly way
cogent
(of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing
repudiate
refuse to accept
disavow
to deny responsibility
aposiopesis
author’s suddenly stopping a piece of writing or speech for emphasis
anomie/anomic
social instability, caused by erosion of values/standards
iconoclasm
first one refers to the destruction of a culture’s own religious icons, but the second (which is far more interesting imo) refers to the overthrowing or breaking of traditional ideas and conventions
vacuous
To have a lack of thought or intelligence.
ethos
a character or spirit of a culture, movement, era, community or person.
mollification
to lessen in intensity
deleterious
causing harm or damage
obfuscate
make obscure, unclear
circumscribe
restrict
lachrymose
tearful, given to weeping
high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated.
bombastic
displaying excessive or prejudiced support for their own cause, group, or sex
chauvinistic
Extreme nationalism characterized especially by a belligerent foreign policy
jingoistic
angry and bitter
acrimonious
difficult to please; critical.
carping
intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive
didactic
treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant
facetious
negative
nefarious
nciting or causing people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch
seditious
sentimental in an exaggerated or false way
mawkish
behaving or done in an obsequious way in order to gain advantage.
sycophantic
obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
obsequious
make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
assuage
lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner
harangue
remove (a need or difficulty).
obviate
speak or act in an evasive way.
prevaricate
revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).
rescind
(of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition
phlagmatic
conceal or disguise one’s true feelings or beliefs.
dissemble
deceitfu
duplicitious
self-pityingly or tearfully sentimenta
maudlin
reprimand (someone) severely
castigate
grimly mocking or cynical
sardonic
rude in a mean-spirited and surly way
churlish
(of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing
cogent
refuse to accept
repudiate
to deny responsibility
disavow
author’s suddenly stopping a piece of writing or speech for emphasis
aposiopesis
social instability, caused by erosion of values/standards
anomie/anomic
first one refers to the destruction of a culture’s own religious icons, but the second (which is far more interesting imo) refers to the overthrowing or breaking of traditional ideas and conventions
iconoclasm
To have a lack of thought or intelligence.
vacuous
a character or spirit of a culture, movement, era, community or person.
ethos
to lessen in intensity
mollification
causing harm or damage
deleterious
make obscure, unclear
obfuscate
restrict
circumscribe
tearful, given to weeping
lachrymose
egregious
outsandingly bad; shocking