Vocab C Flashcards
The teacher’s “cadence” during the social studies class lulled the kids to sleep
Cadence – accent, speech ,ovulation, tempo, pulse of speech
She found that sobbing and crying her heart was a good “catharsis” to get over the shock of losing her best friend.
Catharsis - emotional release, purification, self renewal
She “cavorted” among the dolphins in the Gulf of Mexco
Cavort - play, prance, revel, rough horse, to frolic
The Greek gods resided in the “celestial” realms of Mt. Olympus
Celestial - heavenly, star like, god like, angelic, divine, Elysian fields, supernatural
My english teacher has a great “charisma” in her teaching style that helps all of us feel more connected to literature
Charisma - charm, personality, irresistible, ability to attract a following
The soldier was “chastised” by the village leader for questioning the new taxes.
Chastised - reprimanded, severely scolded, beaten, thrashed
She was “coerced” by her friends to shop lift for fun and she was very afraid and uncomfortable about that incident.
Coerced - forced to do something by someone else
The magician tricks were simple and was very good in manipulating human “cognition” into thinking that it was magic
Cognition- perception, understanding, process of knowing or deciphering information
After she had Benadryl, she was not able to speak “coherently”. She had trouble speaking clearly and making sense.
Coherent- logically consistent, to make sense, hold it together
That scientist was considered a world famous intellectual “colossus” about global warming. He had a “colossal” amount of knowledge about this subject.
Colossus - powerful, a giant among his peers, gigantic structure or thing.
Colossal - huge, enormous, gigantic
After the Brazilian steak house dinner, I felt myself sinking into a self inflicted “comatose” of over eating
“comatose” - lethargic, slow/lazy, inertia, in a coma, unconcious
The house looked deceptively small from its exterior but was “commodious” once you walked into the house.
Commodious - spacious, ample
Ample could be used for commodious in size both for things and people
She “concocted” a tale about alien abduction to explain why she could not turn in her homework on time,
Concocted - make up or think up, formulate ( a magical brew)
The workers had to dig deep to lay a “conduit” for the new power lines
Conduit - something/pipe that helps carrying something through, cable, passage, pipe, gutter, sewer pipe, duct
The friends congregate every Sunday at Canyon coffee shop to catch up on gossip
Congregate - gather, group, get together
While the black room looked trendy, the decor definitely had elements of evil “connotation”
Connotation - implication, implied, association, nuance, coloring, shades of meaning
The group of teachers reached a “consensus” that kids that disrupted the classes would need to be held back in detention for at least 30 min.
Consensus - general agreement as a group, deal, accord
The burglar had a “conspicuous” tattoo that helped the home owner identify the burglar in a police line up
Obvious, prominent
The detective tried to “construe” what the victim was doing from her cryptic message which she left when she was kidnapped.
Construe - interpret, understand, deduce, read, understand
She is a “consummate” performer who practiced for piano recital for 8 hours a day
Consummate - ultimate, perfectionist, flawless
The lego blocks were laid out “contiguously” - that helped Neil get more area with the limited Legos he had.
Contiguous - adjacent, side by side, juxtaposed, neighboring, touching
The sale of the house was “contingent” on getting mortgage approval before putting in an offer for the house
Contingent - depends, conditional, possible, likely, provisional
She had a “contusion” on her head when she bumped into a metal pipe while running
Contusion - injury, bruise, bump
A triangle has three sides. A “corollary” to this is that sum of angles in a triangle is 180.
Corollary - logical conclusion, deduction, result
I pity the horse that had to carry the “corpulent” circus ringmaster around the circus ring.
Corpulent - fat, chubby
Having grown up in San Francisco and traveled all around the world, Tia was considered to have a cosmopolitan upbringing.
Cosmopolitan - worldly, global, sophisticated, urbane, international, cultured, cultivated
The teacher had a friendly “countenance” that made it easy for new students to approach her.
Countenance - facial expression, bearing, demeanor
The CIA ran covert operations in Afghanistan
Covert - hidden, secretive, top secret , concealed, not in the open, clandestine, veiled, surreptitious
The pianist ended the performance with a flawless “crescendo” that rocked the house!!
Crescendo - grow loud, a gradual increase in sound, intensity, or force, often in a musical piece
Her “culinary” experience ranged from Asian cooking to European deserts.
relating to cooking or the kitchen; suitable for cooking
His research work in cybernetics was considered grown breaking - it helped people with a nervous system disorder
field studying and comparing human nervous system and electro-mechanical communication systems
