Vocab 41-80 Flashcards
Mull
Verb
- to think about deeply and at a length
- to ponder
Niche
Noun
“Nish”
- a place or position suitable for someone or something
Respite
Noun
- a short period of rest or relief from somethings that’s difficult
Tenacious
Adjective
- keeping firm hold of something
- not easily stopped
- not giving up
- firm or determined
Prognosticate
Verb
-to predict, forecast or fortell
Condescending
Adjective
- to talk down to someone
- to perceive as better than someone else
- looking down at someone else
Insoluble
Adjective
- impossible to solve
- unanswerable
- unable to be deciphered
- unable to be dissolved
Labyrinth
Noun
- an elaborate maze (literal or figurative)
Corsair
Noun
- a swift sailing ship(often used in an analogy)
- a pirate ship
Chicanery
Noun
-trickery or deception used to gain an advantage
Preen
Verb
- to make an effort to make yourself look better
- to make oneself look attractive and admire ones appearance
Ambiguous
Adjective
- something that doesn’t have an obvious answer
- open to more than one interpretation
Akin
Adjective
- similar
- equal too
- related
Lexicon
Noun
- vocabulary or words used in a particular field
- dictionary, workbook, vocabulary list
Laconic
Adjective
- using very few words in speech or writing
- brief
Cordial
Adjective
-friendly and warm
Perforce
Adverb
Necessarily
-out of necessity
Perspicacity
Noun
-having the ability to notice or understand things that are not easily understandable or obvious
Repugnance
Noun
-intense disgust
Permeate
Verb
- to pass or spread through
Abyss
Noun
- a deep or seemingly bottomless hole
(Figurative or literal)
Animosity
Noun
- hate or dislike
- hostility or resentment toward someone
Jocular
Adjective
-humorous and playful
Lapse
Noun
-an interval or lapse in time
-a temporary failure of concentration
“A lapse in judgement”
Indecipherable
Adjective
- unable to figure out
- not able to be read or understood
Polemic
Noun
-a strong verbal or written attack on something or someone
Evince
Verb
- to reveal the presence of something; disclose
Effigy
Noun
- a sculpture or model of a person
Onerous
Adjective
- involving a great amount of effort
- a task, duty, or responsibility involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome
Statuary
Noun
- a collections of statues
Decorum
Noun
- manners; etiquette
- a certain way to behave during certain situations
Irreparable
Adjective
Impossible to repair
Guile
Noun
- sly or cunning intelligence
Cadence
Noun
-a modulation or inflection of the voice
Lassitude
Noun
- a state of physical and/ or mental fatigue
- lack of energy
- tiredness
Ambivalence
Noun
- a state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about someone or something
- uncertainty
Assiduous
Adjective
- showing great care and perseverance for something
- careful, thorough, attentive
Stipulation
Noun
A condition or repairment that is demanded in part of an agreement
Pander
Verb
-give in to, satisfy
-appealing to the wants and or desires of a certain group of people
Noun
-a person who caters to or profits from appealing to other people
Dichotomy
Noun
- a division into two parts/ a division of one group into two things
- contrast between two things
contrast or difference
