Vocab 3 U4-6 Flashcards
n) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure;
v) to waste away
atrophy
n) a fortified place, stronghold
bastion
n) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant
concord
adj) complete or perfect in the highest degree;
v) to bring to a state of completion or perfection
consummate
n) disorder, confusion;
v) to throw into disorder
disarray
n) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
exigency
n) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
flotsam
adj) frenzied, highly agitated
frenetic
v) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by reapers
glean
n) a type of game bird; a complaint;
v) to complain, grumble
grouse
v) to imprison, confine, jail
incarcerate
adj) obligatory, required;
n) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
incumbent
adj) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
jocular
adj) ridiculous, laughing, absurd
ludicrous
adj) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
mordant
n) a prickly or stinging plant;
v) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely
nettle
adj) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money
pecuniary
adj) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
pusillanimous
adj) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
recumbent
n) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end
stratagem
n) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)
acuity
v) to portray, sketch or describe in accurate and vivid details to represent them pictorially
delineate
adj) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles
depraved
v) to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring
enervate
adj) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret
esoteric
adj) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive
fecund
n) an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness
fiat
n) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion
figment
v) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use
garner
v) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere
hallow
n) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
idiosyncrasy
n) shame and disgrace
ignominy
adj) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary
mundane
n) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality, delicate gradation or shade of difference
nuance
adj) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate
overweening
n) a strong attraction or inclination
penchant
adj) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation;
part) alleged
reputed
n) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy
sophistry
adj) costly, rich, magnificent
sumptuous
adj) present or existing everywhere
ubiquitous
adj) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
abject
n) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic;
adj) without faith, skeptical
agnostic
n) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
complicity
n) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected;
adj) left abandoned; neglectful of duty
derelict
n) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
diatribe
n) a crude image of a despised person
effigy
n) the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond mortgage or any other claim
equity
adj) silly, empty of meaning or value
inane
n) the act of accusing; a formal accusation
indictment
adj) certain, not to be doubted or denied
indubitable
adj) stopping and beginning again, sporadic
intermittent
adj) open to discussion and debate, unresolved;
v) to bring up for discussion;
n) a hypothetical law case argued by students
moot
n) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
motif
n) a new convert, beginner, novice
neophyte
n) keenness in observing and understanding
perspicacity
adj) complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
plenary
n) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation
surveillance
adj) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody
sylvan
adj) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasaperation
testy
n) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex;
v) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion
travesty
