Vocab List 1 Flashcards
abase
to humiliate
abash
to embarrass/ to shame
acquisitive
greedy
acquit
to find not guilty
agenda
program
aggrandize
to exaggerate
amorous
feeling love; passionate
amorphous
shapeless, irregular
appalling
to cause horror
apparition
a ghost/ ghostly object
arrears
unpaid debts; the state of being in debt
arsenal
a facility for storing or producing armaments
auxiliary
giving assistance or aid; secondary; additional
avail
to help; to be of use; to serve
belligerent
hostile, combative
bemoan
to mourn; to lament
brawn
big muscles; great strength
brazen
impudent; bold
capitulate
to surrender
capricious
unpredictable
cherub
a super cute child
chicanery
trickery
cognitive
recognizing
cognizant
perceptive, conscious
concurrent
occurring or existing simultaneously
condescend
to act as if superior; to stoop or deign to do something
contiguous
adjoining/adjacent
contingent
dependant
covet
to wish for enviously
cower
to shrink away or huddle up in fear
decorous
proper; well-mannered
decree
an official order, usually having the force of law
denote
a mark or sign of; indicate
denounce
to condemn, criticize
dire
disastrous; desperate
dirge
a funeral song
dissonant
inharmonious
dissuade
to persuade not to
edict
an official decree
edifice
a big, imposing building
encroach
to trespass; to invade
endear
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved
estimable
worthy of admiration; capable of being estimated
estrange
to make unfriendly or hostile; to cause to feel removed from
expulsion
exclusion; forcing out, exile
expunge
to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate
fetish
an object of obsessive reverence, attention, or interest
fetter
to restrain
foster
to promote the growth or development of
founder
to fail; to sink
grievous
tragic; agonizing; severe
grimace
to make a sharp contortion of the face
idiom
an expression whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of the words
idiosyncrasy
peculiarity
inalienable
sacred; incapable of being transferred, lost, or taken away
inane
silly; senseless
infer
to conclude
infinitesimal
infinitely small
integral
essential; indispensible
interim
meantime; an intervening time; a temporary arrangement
judicious
exercising sound judgment
junta
a small group ruling the country after a coup d’etat
lugubrious
exaggeratedly mournful
luminous
giving off light
mentor
teacher
mercenary
a hired soldier
nemesis
unconquerable opponent; one who seeks revenge to right a wrong
neologism
new word
ominous
threatening; menacing; portending doom
omniscient
all-knowing; having infinite wisdom
paranoia
unreasonable anxiety
pernicious
extremely evil
perpetrator
the one who committed the act
porous
filled with many tiny holes
portent
omen
presuppose
to assume beforehand
prevail
to triumph
protocol
diplomatic etiquette and customs
protract
to prolong (make longer)
quixotic
foolish romantic
quizzical
teasing; mocking; questioning; inquisitive
reiterate
to say again
relegate
to banish
reticent
restrained
retort
to reply to
sarcasm
irony; jokingly or bitingly saying the opposite of what is meant
sardonic
mocking
slander
spoken injurious falsehood
stoic
indifferent to pain, pleasure
stolid
not easily roused to emotion; impassive; apathetic; phlegmatic
suppress
to overpower; to subdue; to quash
surfeit
excess
thesis
a theory to be proven
thorny
full of difficulties; tough; painful
underlying
basic; fundamental; only noticeable under scrutiny
undermine
to impair; to subvert (lessen the effectiveness of); to weaken by excavating underneath
vicissitude
a change or variation (as in ups and downs in life)
vie
to strive in competition or rivalry with another
wrath
deep anger; fury
zealous
fervent; fervid; impassioned; passionate
