Vocab 4 Flashcards
Personification
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristic to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
Petulance
Irritance and childish sulkiness
Physicality
The quality or state of being physical
Piety
The quality of being religious
Plight
A dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant situation
Pomposity
Self-importance expressed in an affected manner
Pragmatic
Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a practical way
Precede
Come before something in time and order
Pretence
An attempt to make something that is not the case appear to be the case
Prevalent
Widely existing or occuring in a particular society or at a particular time
Profuse
Abundant in supply or quantity
Promontory
A high point of land that juts out into a large body of water
Proverb
A short popular saying or moral principle expressed in a concise and imaginative way
Prowess
Skill or expertise in a particular activity or field
Prudent
Acting with or showing care and thought for the future
Pun
A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are wordes that sound alike but have different meanings
Radical
Far-reaching or extreme
Ramble
Walk for pleasure; typically without a definite destination
Receptive
Willing to receive and accept new ideas or imformation
Reflective
Thinking deeply or carefully about something
Regress
Return to a former or less developed sthat
Resentment
Bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly
Resignation
Acceptance of something unavoidable
Revelation
A surprising and previously unknown fact that is made known to someone
Revulsion
A sense of disgust and loathing
Rhetoric
The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques
Ripe
Fully grown and developed
Roiled
Make (liquid) turbulent or muddy
Ruthless
Having or showing no pity or compassion for others
Sarcasm
The use of irony to mock or convey contempt
Savour
Taste or smell with great pleasure
Sceptic
A person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinions
Seduction
The action or art of persuading someone to do something they might not otherwise do, especially by being sexually attractive
Sensory
Relating to sensation or the senses
Simile
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
Smug
Having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one’e achievements
Squelch
Crush or subdue completely
Starkness
The state or quality of being stark
Sublime
Of very great excellence or beauty
Subtle
So delicate or precise as to be difficult to describe or analyze
Superficial
Existing or occuring at or on the surface
Superlative
Of the highest quality or degree
Synchronous
Occuring at the same time
Synod
An assembly of the clergy of a church, especially when convened to discuss and act on ecclesiastical matters
Tangible
Perceptible by touch
Teeming
Be full of or swarming with
Temperament
A person’s or animal’s nature, especially as it permanently or temporarily affects their behaviour
Tessellated
Decorate a surface with tessellations
