Vocab Test #5 Flashcards
Caveat
Noun
A warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior
Flout
Verb
To mock, treat with contempt
Blazon
Verb
To adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously ; to publish or proclaim widely
Filch
Verb
To steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts
Fractious
Adj
Tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable
Equitable
Adj
Fair, just, embodying principles of justice
Autonomy
Noun
Self government, political control
Addendum
Noun
An addition or supplement designed to increase correctness, completeness, or currency
Amnesty
Noun
A general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness
Axiomatic
Adj
Self evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule
Extricate
Verb
To free from entanglements or difficulties; remove with effort
Soporific
Adj
Tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy;
Noun
Something that induces sleep
Scathing
Adj
Bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm
Unwieldly
Adj
Not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity
Vapid
Adj
Dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness or force
Prognosticate
Verb
To predict, especially on the basis of present indications or signs, foretoken
Sepulchral
Adj
Funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal
Salutary
Adj
Beneficial, helpful, healthy, wholesome
Straitlaced
Adj
Extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct, prudish, puritanical
Swurge
Verb
To whip, punish severely;
Noun
A cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism
Precept
Noun
A rule of conduct or action
Transient
Adj
Lasting only a short time, fleeting
Noun
One who stays only a short time
