Vocab Flashcards
Duplicitous
a. Deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.
b. An instance of deliberate deceptiveness; double-dealing.
2. The quality or state of being twofold or double.
Insincere
Not genuine
Subjective
Influenced by personal bias
Subjective
a. Dependent on or taking place in a person’s mind rather than the external world: “The sensation of pain is a highly subjective experience that varies by culture as well as by individual temperament and situation” (John Hoberman).
b. Based on a given person’s experience, understanding, and feelings; personal or individual: admitted he was making a highly subjective judgment.
Objective
a. Existing independent of or external to the mind; actual or real: objective reality.
b. Based on observable phenomena; empirical: objective facts.
2. Uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices: an objective
Innate
in·nate (ĭ-nāt′, ĭn′āt′)
adj.
1.
a. Existing naturally or by heredity rather than being learned through experience: “Chimpanzees show an innate distrust of contact with strangers” (Cindy Engel).
b. Of or produced by the mind rather than learned through experience: an innate knowledge of right and wrong.
2. Possessed as an essential characteristic; inherent: “As the Army and farmers built more and more levees, the Missouri lost an innate capacity to absorb its frequent excesses” (William Least Heat-Moon).
Arbitrary
Determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle: stopped at the first motel we passed, an arbitrary choice.
2. Based on or subject to individual judgment or preference: The diet imposes overall calorie limits, but daily menus are arbitrary.
. Determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle: stopped at the first motel we passed, an arbitrary choice.
- Law Relating to a decision made by a court or legislature that lacks a grounding in law or fact: an arbitrary penalty.
- Not limited by law; despotic: the arbitrary rule of a dictator.
incrementally
.
1. The process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent.
2. Something added or gained: a force swelled by increments from allied armies.
3. A slight, often barely perceptible augmentation.
4. One of a series of regular additions or contributions: accumulating a fund by increm
Laborious
Very demanding
My last job was extremely laborious ; almost to the point of severe exhaustion.
Impartial
Unbiased
Facetious
- characterized by levity of attitude and love of joking: a facetious person.
- jocular or amusing, esp at inappropriate times: facetious remarks.
Archetypal
Typical
The archetypal millennial couple.,,
An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned; a prototype: “‘Frankenstein’ … ‘Dracula’ … ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ … the archetypes that have influenced all subsequent horror stories” (New York Times).
2. An ideal example of a type; quintessence: an archetype of the successful entrepreneur.
3. In Jungian psychology, an inherited pattern of thought or symbolic imagery derived from past collective experience and present in the individual unconscious.
anonymity
- the state or quality of being anonymous.
- an anonymous person.
[1810–20]
Subsidize
- to furnish or aid with a subsidy.
- to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy.
- to secure the cooperation of by bribery; buy over.
Altruism
Being altruistic
(ăl′tro͞o-ĭz′əm
Unselfish; showing unselfish concern for others
Egocentric
Only caring about yourself
vicariously
Lavar Ball wants to live his basketball dream vicariously through his son Lonzo.
Experienced or felt by empathy with or imaginary participation in the life of another person: read about mountain climbing and experienced vicarious thrills.
2. Endured or done by one person substituting for another: vicarious punishment.
3. Committed or entrusted to another, as powers or authority; delegated.
4. Physiology Occurring in or performed by a part of the body not normally associated with a certain function.
Egregious
adj.
Conspicuously bad or offensive. See Synonyms at flagrant.
Lawyer Justin Bamberg represents Thomas’s family. He said, “The jury did not convict Chad Copley because a prosecutor injected race into the case. They convicted Chad Copley because of how egregious his actions were.”
Imminent
Foreseeable
Incommodious
Causing inconvenience
Many transplants in Connecticut can be surprised as to how incommodious the DMV can be.
Resurge
To rise again, become resurgent.
If you have lost your mojo, be patient; hopefully it will resurge
Fascilitate
- To make easy or easier: political agreements that facilitated troop withdrawals.
- To lead (a discussion), as by asking questions, mediating between opposing viewpoints, or ensuring that all participants’ views are heard.
Ambiguity
- vagueness or uncertainty of meaning: there are several ambiguities in the situation.
Moral imperative
something that must happen because it is right