Vocab Semester 1 Flashcards
Utterly hopeless, humiliating, wretched
Abject
Haughty, disdainful, contemptuous as a person or facial expression
Supercilious
Disturbed as in ones composure or expression
Disconcerted
To perplex or amaze especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise
Confound
Disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; liking or preference
Inclination
Anxious or concerned (usually followed about, for, etc. a clause)
Solicitous
To accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc; toughen or harden
(Usually followed by to)
Inure
To affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride; to excite (interest, curiosity, etc.)
Pique
To confuse or puzzle completely; perplex
Bewilder
Strong feeling of dislike, opposition
Aversion
Outward aspect or appearance, slightest appearance or trace
Semblance
Attribute or ascribe
Impute
Find fault with or blame
Reproach
Accustom as to a particular situation
Habituate
Abundance of money, property, and other material goods; riches and wealth
Affluence
Disturb or disquiet greatly in mind, agitate
Perturb
Indicate in advance, foreshadow
Portend
High in station,means, or repute
Eminent
To cause or produce as an effect
Beget
Irritate, annoy. Provoke
Vex
Disdainfully proud, snobbish, scornfully arrogant
Haughty
Formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence or proof
Conjecture
Invoke or call down evil or curses as upon a person
Imprecate
Unwavering as in resolution, faith, or adherence
Steadfast
Putrify or rot
Fester
The act of killing ones father, mother, or other close relative
Parricide
A group of persons or things gathered or collected
Assemblage
Excess or excessive amount
Surfeit
Traveler, especially on foot
Wayfarer
Any cause if impairment, frustration, ruin, or destruction
Blight
Means by which atonement or reparation is made
Expiation
Authority, rightful status, independence, prerogative
Sovereignty
Habitually inactive or lazy
Sluggard
To stay at an obstacle and refuse to proceed or do something specified
Balk
False and malicious statement used to hurt the reputation of something or someone
Calumny
Plan with ingenuity, devise, invent
Contrive
Soothe sayer or prophet
Augur
Disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
Quarrel
To prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge
Refute
A written declaration with an oath made before an authorized official
Affidavit
Lacking some element or characteristic, defective, insufficient, inadequate
Deficient
A person who questions, interrogator
Interlocutor
Giving forth utterances or decisions as if by special inspiration or authority
Oracular
Strongly emotional, intense, or passionate
Vehement
Of little or no weight, worth, or importance, not worthy of serious notice
Frivolous
Contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech
Insolence
Fervor for a person, cause or object
Zeal
To deprive a person of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote
Disenfranchise
Reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations
Piety
To pray or petition humbly
Supplicate
The willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation
Perjury
Deficient in veneration or respect
Irreverent
To give urgent advice, recommendations, or warnings
Exhort
Not within proper or reasonable limits, excessive
Inordinate
To speak damagingly of, criticize in a derogatory manner
Denigrate
To speak abusively
Revile
Pleasing in appearance, attractive, fair
Comely
Characterized by a lack of order or planning by irregularity or randomness
Haphazard
To move or act with haste
Hasten
To imprison, confine
Incarcerate
Seeking or request for truth, investigate
Inquiry
To deprive something of value or effectiveness
Nullify
To find fault with or reproach severely
Upbraid
Agreeable or pleasing in nature or character
Congenial
Concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading
Deceit
To establish oneself in the favor or good graces of someone
Ingratiate
Being in that place or over there
Yonder
A mechanical contrivance, gadget, device
Contraption
Subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change, erratic
Capricious
To cast oneself face down on the ground in humility, submission or adoration
Prostrate
An ill bred man, especially me who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward woman
Cad
Dignified propriety of speech, behavior, dress
Decorum
A particular business, occupation or profession, calling
Vocation
To free or release from entanglement, disengage
Extricate
To dry up or thoroughly
Desiccate
A delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying, an interval of relief
Respite
Immoderate in indulgence of appetite or passion
Intemperate
To pass or move over along or through
Traverse
A decline of mental facilities especially with old age, senility
Dotage
Accustomed, used
Wont
The arrangement and union of constituent parts or anything, constitution, structure
Contexture
Firmly or stubbornly adhering to ones opinion or purpose, not yielding in argument, persuasion, or entreaty
Obstinate
Mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain, calmness or equilibrium
Equanimity
Generous in forgiving an insult or injury, free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness
Magnanimous
Sluggish inactivity or inertia
Torpor
Emitting rays of light, shining or bright
Radiant
High pitched and piercing in sound quality
Shrill
To strike, blot out, erase, obliterate
Expunge
Morally ignoble or base, vile
Sordid
Hearty joyous humor or spirit of good fellowship
Jovial
Pretentious or conspicuous show as of wealth or importance, display intended to impress others
Ostentation
To praise or extol
Exalt
Mournful, Dismal or gloomy especially as in affected, exaggerated or unrelieved manner
Lugubrious
Outer or lower limits, minimal for requirements, almost insufficient
Marginal
Chief in importance or impact, supreme, preeminent
Paramount
Reserved or reticent, indifferent, disinterested
Aloof
Constant in application or effort, working diligently at a task, persevering, industrious, attentive
Assiduous
Pertaining to, consisting of, or representing the earth
Terrestrial
Acute mental discernment and keen practical sense, shrewd
Sagacious
Disorder or disease of the body especially chronic
Malady
Lacking in vigor or vitality, slack or slow
Languid
Deprive of force or strength, destroy the vigor of, weaken
Enervate
Linger over, ponder in thought, speech or writing, or emphasize. followed by upon or on
Dwell
Artifice or expedient used to escape a rule, escape a consequence, hide something
Subterfuge
