Vocab 3 U1-3 Flashcards
adj) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
acquisitive
v) to claim or take without right
arrogate
adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
banal
v) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
belabor
adj) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way;
n) petty, nagging criticism
carping
adj) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
coherent
v) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
congeal
v) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
emulate
n) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
encomium
v) to avoid, shun, keep away from
eschew
adj) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
germane
adj) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
insatiable
adj) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
intransigent
adj) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
invidious
n) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
largesse
n) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
reconnaissance
v) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
substantiate
adj) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
taciturn
v) to stall or act avasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
temporize
adj) capable of being held or defended
tenable
v) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way
accost
n) a comment indication strong criticism or disapproval
animadversion
adj) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
avid
adj) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
brackish
n) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
celerity
adj) staying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
devious
n) in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type
gambit
n) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher;
adj) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent
halcyon
adj) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic
histrionic
adj) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion;
n) one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife
incendiary
n) a whirlpool of great size and violence and destruction; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence or destruction
maelstrom
adj) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment
myopic
adj) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
overt
adj) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling
pejorative
n) the sate of being proper, appropriateness;
pl) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable
propriety
n) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
sacrilege
adv) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely
sammarily
adj) asking humbly and earnestly;
n) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor
suppliant
n) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish
talisman
v) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
undulate
v) to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry
cavort
n) belief, mental acceptance
credence
v) to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate
decry
v) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression
dissemble
adj) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict
distraught
n) a formal statement of commendation; high praise
eulogy
v) to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke
evince
v) to remove from a grave, to bring to light
exhume
adj) lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable
feckless
adj) dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision
murky
adj) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards
nefarious
adh) stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative
piquant
adj) developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic
primordial
n) nearness in place or time; kinship
propinquity
adj) real, having a sold basis; considerable in number or amount; meaningful and on topic
substantive
adj) not usual or expected; not in character
unwonted
adj) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical
utopian
n) language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression
verbiage
adj) green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement
verdant
adj) having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity
viscous
