Vocabulary 7 Flashcards
Accolade
Praise, a reward, noun
*our class doesn’t deserve accolade
Ascetic
One who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury
*attic=not fancy
Bequeath
To hand down, to give or to leave in a will
*beneath=down=hand down the crown
Charlatan
One who claims to know something that he does not, a quack
*oh Charles really knows nothing, he’s just saying stuff
Conflagration
A large fire
*flag burning in a fire
Abhor
To regard with extreme repugnance; to detest utterly; to loathe
*call someone a horse means u hate them
Dearth
A lack, a scarcity
*lack of supplies=death
Diffidence
Shyness, reserve, unassertiveness
*different=shy
Effervescent
Showing high spirits, adjective
*effort=excited for grade
Ethereal
Heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible
*ethereal=not earth, not realistic
Expunge
To remove, to erase
*expunge=exit, erase
Guile
Deceitfulness, duplicity
*the guy was deceitful=deceptive
Implausible
Not believable
*press pause on a not believable video game
Incongruity
Nonconformity, disagreement, non-compatibility
*incongruity=not together agreeing, two different sides of story makes both untrue
Insularity
Qualities of an island; narrow mindedness of opinion, noun
*insul=island=narrow minded opinion
Morose
Being sullen or gloomy
*morose=no rose, sad and gloomy
Placate
To appease or to pacify by making concessions
*placate=make things better by playing with Kate
Poignant
Piercing, incisive, keen, well spoken
*poignant=pig, loud and clear and hurtful
Provincial
Lacking sophistication, narrow minded, adjective
*principal is not professional
Reiterate
Repeat
*reiterate=repeat
Spontaneous
Having no external cause; acting on impulse
*spontaneous, spaz, uncontrolled
Synthesis
Combination parts to a whole
*synthesis=leaves, roots, stem=plant
Toxic
Poisonous
*toxic=toxic waste=poison
Vigilant
Very alert, watchful
*vigilant=very alert
Voluble
Ability to speak words easily, fluent
*voluble=fluent with vowels
