Vocab Semester 1 Flashcards by Jordan Burhanna

Utterly hopeless, humiliating, wretched

Abject

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Haughty, disdainful, contemptuous as a person or facial expression

Supercilious

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Disturbed as in ones composure or expression

Disconcerted

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To perplex or amaze especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise

Confound

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Disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; liking or preference

Inclination

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Anxious or concerned (usually followed about, for, etc. a clause)

Solicitous

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To accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc; toughen or harden
(Usually followed by to)

Inure

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To affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride; to excite (interest, curiosity, etc.)

Pique

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To confuse or puzzle completely; perplex

Bewilder

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Strong feeling of dislike, opposition

Aversion

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Outward aspect or appearance, slightest appearance or trace

Semblance

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Attribute or ascribe

Impute

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Find fault with or blame

Reproach

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Accustom as to a particular situation

Habituate

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Abundance of money, property, and other material goods; riches and wealth

Affluence

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Disturb or disquiet greatly in mind, agitate

Perturb

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Indicate in advance, foreshadow

Portend

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High in station,means, or repute

Eminent

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To cause or produce as an effect

Beget

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Irritate, annoy. Provoke

Vex

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Disdainfully proud, snobbish, scornfully arrogant

Haughty

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Formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence or proof

Conjecture

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Invoke or call down evil or curses as upon a person

Imprecate

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Unwavering as in resolution, faith, or adherence

Steadfast

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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