vocab quiz 2 Flashcards
ambidextrous
(adj): equally skillful with each hand
syn: two-handed
(adj): marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
syn: dishonest, double-faced, dishonorable, deceitful
antebellum
(adj): belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War
syn: nonmodern
antedate
(v): be earlier in time; go back further
syn: antecede, precede
(v): establish something as being earlier relative to something else
syn: predate, foredate
antediluvian
(adj) of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
“antediluvian man”
syn: antediluvial
(adj) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
“a ramshackle antediluvian tenement”
“antediluvian ideas”
syn: antiquated, archaic, old
(of long duration; not new)
(n) any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
syn: antediluvian patriarch
(n) a very old person
syn: ancient
confluence
(n): a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
syn: meeting
(n): a flowing together
syn: merging
(n): a coming together of people
syn: concourse
despot
(n): a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
syn: absolutism, dictatorship
(n): dominance through threat of punishment and violence
syn: absolutism, tyranny
desecrate
(v): violate the sacred character of a place or language
syn: outrage, violate
(v): remove the consecration from a person or an object
syn: unhallow
dexterous
(adj): skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
effluence
(n): the process of flowing out
syn: efflux, outflow
elusive
(adj): skillful at eluding capture
syn: artful
(adj): difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
syn: subtle, impalpable
(adj): difficult to describe
syn: unidentifiable
(adj): making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
syn: baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough
difficult, hard
impotent
(adj): unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless
syn: powerless, inadequate, ineffective, weak
innocuous
(adj): not injurious to physical or mental health
syn: harmless
(adj): lacking intent or capacity to injure
syn: innocent, harmless (not causing or capable of causing harm)
(adj): not causing disapproval
syn: inoffensive (giving no offense)
lucid
(adj): expressed clearly; easy to understand
syn: understandable
(adj): bright, luminous
syn: radiant, brilliant, glowing
omnipotent
(adj): having unlimited power
syn: all-powerful
omniscient
(adj): infinitely wise
syn: all-knowing
sedition
(n): an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government
Sedition is the illegal act of inciting people to resist or rebel against the government in power. It’s what the southern states did at the start of the Civil War.
secession
(n): formal separation from an alliance or federation
synonyms: withdrawal
(n): an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
synonyms: sezession
secular
(adj): denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis
syn: nonreligious
ant: holy, religious, sacred
transitory
(adj): not permanent
syn: temporary, brief, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeral
transcend
(v): be or go beyond the range or limits of (something abstract, typically a conceptual field or division)
syn: go beyond, rise above
vaccinate
(v): perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
syn: immunize, inoculate
vacillate
(v): be undecided about something; waver between conflicting
syn: hover
(v): move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
syn: fluctuate, waver
vacuous
(adj): devoid of matter
syn: empty
(adj): void of expression
syn: blank, uncommunicative
(adj): devoid of significance or point
syn: meaningless, hollow, empty, nonmeaningful
(adj): devoid of intelligence
syn: mindless, foolish, inane
