vocab 5 Flashcards
imprecation
(n) a curse
panegyric
(n) an expression of praise
nebulous
(adj) hazy; vague; uncertain
bowdlerize
(v) to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc
fop
(n) an excessively fashion-conscious man
elegy
(n) a. sad or mournful poem
deference
(n) respect; consideration
pedantic
(adj) tending to show off one’s learning
non sequitur
(n) something that does not logically follow
sanguine
(adj) cheerful; optimistic
impair
(v) to weaken; to cause to become worse
quandary
(n) a puzzling situation, a dilemma
ebullient
(adj) enthusiastic
carnal
(adj) relating to physical appetite; especially sexual
rakish
(adj) dashingly stylish and confident
the root petr means
“stone”
the root sist means
“to stand,” “to stop,” or “to set”
the suffix -ous means
“full of”
the root viv and vit means
“to live”
the root glyph means
“to carve”
the prefix sub- means
“under”
the suffix -id means
“tending to”
the suffix -al means
“pertaining to”
