Vocab-2 Flashcards
Appose
Definition
transitive verb
1: archaic : to put before : apply (one thing) to another
2: to place in juxtaposition or proximity
Juxtaposition
Definition
: the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect
//an unusual juxtaposition of colors
Stifle
Definition (Entry 1 of 2)
transitive verb
1 a: to withhold from circulation or expression
//stifled our anger
b: to cut off (the voice, the breath, etc.)
c: DETER, DISCOURAGE
2a(1): MUFFLE
(2): SMOTHER
b: to kill by depriving of oxygen : SUFFOCATE
intransitive verb
: to be or become unable to breathe easily
//stifling in the heat
Venial
Definition
: of a kind that can be remitted : FORGIVABLE, PARDONABLE
also : meriting no particular censure or notice : EXCUSABLE
//venial sins
Louche
Definition
: not reputable or decent.
They are prepared to leave the louche life behind.
This has a rather louche red interior, which clashes somewhat with the maroon shirts of the waiters.
He was a pretty louche character, exactly the sort of toff who became involved in this practice.
Primordial
Definition
1 a: first created or developed.
b: existing in or persisting from the beginning (as of a solar system or universe)
//a primordial gas cloud
Rubric
- COUNTABLE NOUN
A rubric is a set of rules or instructions, for example the rules at the beginning of an examination paper.
[formal]
Either she had been poorly prepared by her teachers or the exam rubric was unclear. - COUNTABLE NOUN
A rubric is a title or heading under which something operates or is studied.
[formal]
The aid comes under the rubric of technical co-operation between governments.
Post facto
done, made, or formulated after the fact : retroactive.
Ex post facto
having retrospective effect or force.
“ex post facto laws”
