Vocab. # 3 Flashcards
Ostensible
Something appearing to be true.
Ex.- Her delay may have a much deeper meaning than the ostensible reason given.
Soporific
Sleep inducing or causes drowsiness.
Ex.- Without taking head to the label, the man took three of the soporific pills.
Plucked
To be suddenly removed from a place or situation.
Ex.- Jeremy was plucked from his Extra Curricular classes do to his poor grades.
Dissipated
Overindulging in sensual pleasures.
Ex.- The dissipated young addict couldn’t find satisfaction in the substitutes of his old habits.
Madeira
Fortified white wine from the island of Madeira.
Ex.- We served Madeira to our guests last night.
Cachinnation
A loud laugh.
Ex.- Though I can’t speak Spanish, the crowd’s cachinnation made me wish I did.
Rookery
A breeding colony for birds.
Ex.- Since he’s daughter has shown a distinct love for birds, he took her down to the rookery for her birthday.
Cuirass
Armor consisting of a breastplate and a backplate fastened together.
Ex.- The man was wearing a Cuirass in the old painting.
Belied
Fail to give a true notion or failed to be fulfilled.
Ex.- The notion that the man had been completely reformed had been belied do to he’s behavior the other night.
Solicitude
Care or concern for someone or something.
Ex.- The man was completely driven by his solicitude for his wife.
Requisition
Demand for use of by the public.
Ex.- The cafeteria would be in requisition on Friday as a place for the parent conference.
Conjecture
An opinion formed on the littlest information.
Ex.- Though he’s conjecture of the topic was rather cleverly put, he’s argument was far from persuasive.
Stile
A stairway arranged in such away so that people can get up it but animals cannot.
Ex- The rat eagerly tried to make its way up the the stile.
Eccentricity
Slightly strange and usual.
Ex.- Her eccentricity is one of contributes to her unique personality.
Piquant
Pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind.
Embody
To be an expression or visible form of an idea or feeling.
Pompous
Affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn or self-important.
Averred
To assert to be the case or cause.
Inconsolable
Unable to be comforted.
Deficiency
A failing or short coming.
