Vocabulary 10th Grade #08 Flashcards
Aesthetic
adjective - sensitive to art or beauty; artistic
noun - aesthete
Charisma
noun - a special quality of leadership or a special charm that captures the public imagination and inspires devotion
adjective - charismatic
Kismet
noun - fate; fortune
Conceive
verb - to imagine or develop as an idea; to understand, grasp; to become pregnant with
Emphatically
adverb - forcefully; assertively
adjective - emphatic
Martial
adjective - military; suggesting war; warlike
Paradox
noun - a statement that may be true but seems to say contradictory things
adverb - paradoxically
Opportune
adjective - advantageously timed; right for the purpose
noun - opportunity
Recipient
noun - a person who receives something
Wan
adjective - sickly, pale or faint; colorless
Fabricate
verb - to build or manufacture; to make up or invent (as a story or excuse)
noun - fabrication
Mediocre
adjective - only average or ordinary; medium; neither good nor bad (think of medium)
Mien
noun - bearing; appearance; manner
Prolific
adjective - producing a great deal of something
adverb - prolifically
Qualm
(often used with have a) noun - uneasiness, misgiving or doubt; a feeling of nausea or sickness
Gossamer
adjective - an extremely delicate variety of gauze; fine, filmy fabric, as in a cobweb
Cliché
noun - an overused idea or expression; a trite, hackneyed saying
Skiff
noun - a small boat made for rowing or sailing by one person, or perhaps two, but no more
Livid
adjective - outraged; furious; having a discolored appearance due to anger or a bruise
Specter/Spectre
noun -a ghostly apparition; a haunting image or prospect
Pageantry
noun - an elaborate show, spectacle or procession, esp. with tableaux or floats
