Vocab Unit 7 Flashcards
Erudite
A - having or showing great knowledge or learning
Concomitant
A - naturally accompanying or associated.
N - a phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows something
Recusant
N - a person who refuses to submit to an authority or to comply with a regulation.
A - of or denoting a recusant
Raucous
A - making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise
Comport
V - conduct oneself; behave. accord or agree with
Excoriate
V - censure or criticize severely. damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin)
Pundit
N - an expert in a particular subject or field who is frequently called on to give opinions about it to the public.
Tacit
A - understood or implied without being stated.
Sonorous
A - (of a person’s voice or other sound) imposingly deep and full.
Desiccate
V - remove the moisture from (something); cause to become completely dry.
A - lacking spirit or animation
Mélange
N - a mixture; a medley
Fatuous
A - silly and pointless
Non-belletristic
A - written and regarded for content rather than aesthetic value
Peripatetic
A - traveling from place to place, in particular working or based in various places for relatively short periods. Aristotelian.
N - a person who travels from place to place.
Dulcet
A - (especially of sound) sweet and soothing.
Cognate
A - (of a word) having the same linguistic derivation as another; from the same original word or root (e.g., English is, German ist, Latin est, from Indo-European esti ). related; connected.
N - a cognate word. A blood relative
Nouveau riche
N - people who have recently acquired wealth, typically those perceived as ostentatious or lacking in good taste.
A - relating to or characteristic of the nouveau riche.
Paucity
N - the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity.
Ennoblement
N - excellence and dignity
Placate
V - make (someone) less angry or hostile
