Vocab Units 1-6 Flashcards
Fetish
An inanimate object believed to have inherent magical powers, and therefore worshiped
Anything irrationally reverenced; obsession
Verdant
Green with growing plants or grass; green in color
Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated
JUR
to swear
Emanate
To flow forth or originate from a source
Exorbitant antonym
Insufficient
Insipid
Without excitement or appeal
Intrepid
Fearless
Inundate
To cover with water; to overwhelm as if with a flood
PED
Foot
Augment antonym
Diminish
Penitent
Feeling sorrow for one’s sins and being willing to repent
Procrastinate
To put off doing something until a future time; to postpone habitually
Vulnerable
Susceptible to wounds; open to attack
hypo-
Below, under
Pro-
For, before, forward
-able
Able to (be)
Cadence
Intonation of the voice
Measured movement, such as in music and writing
Frugality antonym
Wastefulness
Hiatus
A break or interruption in something; a gap; a pause
Hiatus antonym
Continuation, continuity
Precursor
A person or thing that goes before and heralds the coming of another person or thing; one who precedes another in a course or office
Sanction
Authoritative permission for an action
Penalty imposed to encourage compliance to law
Agnostic
One who holds that the existence of God is unknown and unknowable; one who asserts that all claims to knowledge are uncertain
Anathema antonym
Blessing
Criterion
A test, rule, or standard by which something is judged
Epithet
A name or title used to describe or characterize a person or thing
Idiosyncrasy
A temperament peculiar to an individual; any personal peculiarity or mannerism
Panacea
A supposed remedy for all diseases or ills
Plethora
Excess; superabundance
Pseudonym
A fictitious name, as one assumed by an author
Sporadic antonym
Regular
ANTHROP
Man, human, being
PHIL
To love
RUPTURE
To break
Coerce
To force someone to comply or obey, as by pressure, threats, or intimidation; to effect by force
Corroborate
To strengthen or confirm by agreeing statements or new evidence
Discomfit
To cause uneasiness, embarrassment, or confusion
To thwart the plans or purpose of
Recumbent
Reclining, lying down; resting
Renunciation
The act of formally or voluntarily giving up a claim or title
Replete
Abundantly supplied; well-filled
Replete antonym
Empty
Reprehensible
Deserving of blame, rebuke, or censure
Reprisal
Forcible seizure in retaliation for injuries received; injury done in return for injury received
Respite
An interval of relief or rest; a delay of punishment
Reticence
Inclination to be silent
Reticence antonym
Talkativeness
Retribution
Punishment for offenses; compensation
Com- (co-, col-, con-, cor-)
With, together
Hyper-
Over, above, beyond
ARCH
Chief, first, to rule
-age
State, quality, act of