Vocab List #5 Flashcards
noun. a beginner or novice
neophyte
neophyte
noun. a beginner or novice
proletarian
adjective: pertaining or belonging to the class of wage earners, especially those who earn their living’s by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working-class
adjective: pertaining or belonging to the class of wage earners, especially those who earn their living’s by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working-class
proletarian
penury
noun. extreme poverty; destitution. scarcity; dearth; inadequacy or insufficiency
noun. extreme poverty; destitution. scarcity; dearth; inadequacy or insufficiency
penury
encumber
verb: to impede or hinder, hamper, retard: to block up or fill with what is obstructive or superfluous. To burden her way down: to burden with obligations, debt, etc.
verb: to impede or hinder, hamper, retard: to block up or fill with what is obstructive or superfluous. To burden her way down: to burden with obligations, debt, etc.
encumber
ready tape ______ all our attempts at action
encumbers
A mind _________ with trivial and useless information
encumbered
she was _______ with a suitcase and several packages
encumbered
onerous
adj.
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: housing or involving obligations or responsibilities, especially legal ones, that outweigh the advantages.
adj.
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: housing or involving obligations or responsibilities, especially legal ones, that outweigh the advantages.
onerous
surfeit
noun. Excess: an excessive amount: access or overindulgence in eating or drinking
noun. Excess: an excessive amount: access or overindulgence in eating or drinking
surfeit
perennial
adjective. Lasting for indefinitely long time;
of plants: having a lifecycle lasting more than two years. Lasting or continuing throughout the entire year, as a stream. Perpetual; everlasting; continuing, recurrent, reoccurrence.
adjective. Lasting for indefinitely long time;
of plants: having a lifecycle lasting more than two years. Lasting or continuing throughout the entire year, as a stream. Perpetual; everlasting; continuing, recurrent, reoccurrence.
perennial
idyllic
adjective. Suitable for or suggestive of an idyll. charmingly simple rustic: of, pertaining to, or characterized of an idyll.
adjective. Suitable for or suggestive of an idyll. charmingly simple rustic: of, pertaining to, or characterized of an idyll.
idyllic
niggardly
adjective. Reluctant to give or spread; stingy; miserably. Meanly or ungenerously small or scanty meanly or ungenerously smaller scanty
adjective. Reluctant to give or spread; stingy; miserably. Meanly or ungenerously small or scanty meanly or ungenerously smaller scanty
niggardly
Milieu
n) Surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature: a snobbish milieu. (Synonyms: background, sphere, setting.)
n) Surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature: a snobbish milieu. (Synonyms: background, sphere, setting.)
milieu
Sentient
adj) Having the power of perception by the senses; conscious. Characterized by sensation and consciousness.
adj) Having the power of perception by the senses; conscious. Characterized by sensation and consciousness.
sentient
Decorum
(n.) That which is proper, suitable, seemly, befitting, becoming; fitness, propriety, congruity. Dignified propriety of behavior, dress, speech, etc. Orderliness
(n.) That which is proper, suitable, seemly, befitting, becoming; fitness, propriety, congruity. Dignified propriety of behavior, dress, speech, etc. Orderliness
decorum
Prurient
adj) Having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc. Causing lasciviousness or lust. Having a restless desire or longing.
adj) Having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc. Causing lasciviousness or lust. Having a restless desire or longing.
prurient
Feckless
adj) Ineffective; incompetent; futile: feckless attempts to repair the
plumbing. Having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.
adj) Ineffective; incompetent; futile: feckless attempts to repair the
plumbing. Having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.
feckless
Bourgeoisie
n) The class that, in contrast to the proletariat or wage- earning class, is primarily concerned with property values. The middle classes. In Marxist theory: the ruling class of the two basic classes of capitalist society, consisting of capitalists, manufacturers, bankers, and other employers. The bourgeoisie owns the most important of the means of production, through which it exploits the working class.
n) The class that, in contrast to the proletariat or wage- earning class, is primarily concerned with property values. The middle classes. In Marxist theory: the ruling class of the two basic classes of capitalist society, consisting of capitalists, manufacturers, bankers, and other employers. The bourgeoisie owns the most important of the means of production, through which it exploits the working class.
bourgeoisie
Indigent
adj) Lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.
adj) Lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.
indigent
Infallible
adjective. Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong
never failing always effective
adjective. Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong
never failing always effective
infallible
chagrin
noun - distress or embarrassment at having failed or being humiliated
verb - feel distressed or humiliated
noun - distress or embarrassment at having failed or being humiliated
verb - feel distressed or humiliated
chagrin
craven
adjective: contemptibly lacking encourage; cowardly
noun: A cowardly person
adjective: contemptibly lacking encourage; cowardly
noun: A cowardly person
craven
cursory
adjective: hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed
adjective: hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed
cursory
