Vocab List 3 Flashcards
vulnerable
vul·ner·a·ble
[vuhl-ner-uh-buhl]
adjective
- capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon
- open to moral attack, criticism, temptation, etc.: an argument vulnerable to refutation
- open to assault; difficult to defend: a vulnerable bridge.
aesthetic
aes·thet·ic
adjective
- pertaining to a sense of the beautiful
2. of or pertaining to the study of the mind and emotions in relation to the sense of beauty
void
[void]
adjective
- Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
- useless; ineffectual; vain.
- devoid; destitute (usually followed by of )
- without contents; empty.
vitality
vi·tal·i·ty
[vahy-tal-i-tee]
noun
- exuberant physical strength or mental vigor: a person of great vitality.
- capacity for survival or for the continuation of a meaningful or purposeful existence: the vitality of an institution.
- power to live or grow:
virtue
vir·tue
[vur-choo]
noun
- moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.
- conformity of one’s life and conduct to moral and ethical principles; uprightness; rectitude.
- chastity; virginity
vanquish
van·quish
[vang-kwish, van-]
verb
- to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- to defeat in any contest or conflict; be victorious over:
- to overcome or overpower:
temperament
tem·per·a·ment
[tem-per-uh-muhnt, -pruh-muhnt, -per-muhnt]
noun
- the combination of mental, physical, and emotional traits of a person; natural predisposition.
tacit
tac·it
[tas-it]
adjective
- understood without being openly expressed; implied:
2. silent; saying nothing
succumb
suc·cumb
[suh-kuhm]
verb (used without object)
- to give way to superior force; yield:
2. to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.; die.
premonition
pre·mo·ni·tion
[pree-muh-nish-uhn, prem-uh-]
noun
- a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment
- a forewarning.
patent
pa·tent
adjective
obvious, apparent
par·a·dox
[par-uh-doks]
noun
- a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
- a self-contradictory and false proposition.
nullify
nul·li·fy
[nuhl-uh-fahy]
verb (used with object) - you always must nullify something
to render or declare legally void or inoperative
negate
ne·gate
[ni-geyt, neg-eyt]
verb (used with object) - you must negate something, and you must do it verbally.
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
innocuous
in·noc·u·ous
[ih-nok-yoo-uhs]
adjective
- not harmful or injurious; harmless:
2. not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive
infer
in·fer
[in-fur]
verb
- to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
infallible
in·fal·li·ble
[in-fal-uh-buhl]
adjective
- absolutely trustworthy or sure
2. unfailing in effectiveness or operation
conventional
con·ven·tion·al
[kuhn-ven-shuh-nl]
adjective
- conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste:
- pertaining to convention or general agreement; established by general consent or accepted usage; arbitrarily determined:
conflagration
con·fla·gra·tion
[kon-fluh-grey-shuhn]
noun
a destructive fire, usually an extensive one.
blueprint
blue·print
[bloo-print]
noun
a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
amorphous
a·mor·phous
[uh-mawr-fuhs]
adjective
lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless:
amorphous
The ***** clouds kept changing shapes so we couldn’t really say that they were any particular shape
blueprint
We checked out the *****of the treehouse before we began to build.
conflagration
The entire house was lost when it burned down in the *****
