vocab words Flashcards
Abashed
Make someone feel embarrassed that something that has been done or said before
Admonish
To indicate duties or obligations to
aesthetic
if relating to or dealing with the aesthetics or the beautiful
Aloof
distant either physically or emotionally
Analogous
similar or comparable to something else either in general or in something specific
Antipathy
A strong feeling of dislike
Apprehensive
Viewing the future with anxiety or alarm
Avant- Garde
An intelligentsia that developes new or experimental concepts especially in the arts
Brusque
short and abrupt
Callous
hardend or thickened
colloquial
used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation
counterintuitive
contrary to what one would intuitively expect
dereference
respect and esteem due a superior or an elder
deplore
to feel or express grief for
didactic
designed or intended to teach
disillusion
the condition of being disenchanted : the condition of being dissatisfied or defeated in expectation or hope
disparage
: to belittle the importance or value of (someone or something) : to speak slightingly about (someone or something)
Elusive
tending to evade grasp or pursuit
enigma
something hard to understand or explain
ephemeral
lasting very short time
evoke
to call upon something
exasperate
to cause irritation or annoyance to
explicate
to give detailed explanation of
frivolous
of little weight or importance
idiosyncrasy
a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality
idyllic
pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity
Incongruous
lacking congruity: not harmonious
grandeur
the state of being grand
Gratuitous
not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified :
Gregarious
: tending to associate with others of one’s kind : SOCIAL
imply
to express indirectly
infer
to derive as a conclusion from facts
invokes
a petition for help or support
lament
to mourn aloud
Manifest
readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight
melancholy
a depression of spirits
Obdurate
a stubbornly persistent in wrong doing
onerous
involving, imposing, or constituting a burden
prudent
: characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as
reciprocate
to give and take mutually
reconcile
to restore friendship
repent
to turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one’s life
salutary
producing a beneficial effect
solicitude
the state of being concerned or anxious
sublime
to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form
transgress
to violate a command or law
vindicate
to free form allegation or blame
wry
twist
vacillate
to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses
vacillate
to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses
zealous
marked by fervent partisanship for a person, a cause, or an ideal : filled with or characterized by zeal
stanza
a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme :
Rhyme scheme
: the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or a poem
enjambment
the running over of a sentence from one verse or couplet into another so that closely related words fall in different lines
end stop line
marked by a logical or rhetorical pause at the end
alliteration
the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them
simile
: a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses)
syntax
the way in which linguistic elements (such as words) are put together to form constituents
diction
a vocal expression
allusion
: an implied or indirect reference in literature
