Vocabulary Day 17-18 Flashcards
Amiable
Friendly
Abridge
To shorten; to condense
Abhor
To hate very, very much; to detest
Abase
To humiliate; to lower in esteem or dignity
Abate
To subside; to reduce
Abrogate
To abolish or repeal formally; to set aside
Blithe
Carefree; cheerful
Bourgeois
Middle class; usually in a pejorative sense; boringly conventional
Countenance
Face; facial expression, especially an encouraging one
Colloquial
Conversational; informal in language
Cognizant
Aware; conscious
Connoisseur
An expert, particularly in matters of art or taste
Condone
To overlook; to permit to happen
Desiccate
To dry out
Despondent
Extremely depressed; full of despair
Discrete
Unconnected; separate; distinct
Disseminate
To spread seeds of something; to scatter; to make widely known
Elicit
To bring out; to call forth
Endemic
Native; restricted to a particular region or era; indigenous
Ephemeral
Lasting a very short time
Flaunt
To show off; to display ostentatiously
Flout
To disregard something out of disrespect
Generic
General; common
Hypocrisy
Insincerity; two-facedness
Interim
Meantime; an intervening time; a temporary arrangement
Insouciant
Nonchalant; lighthearted; carefree
Insurrection
An act of open rebellion against authority
Integral
Essential; indispensable
Intricate
To hint or imply
Intrigue
A secret scheme; a crafty plot
Invidious
Causing envy or resentment; offensively harmful
Licentious
Lascivious; lewd; promiscuous; amoral
Mystic
Otherworldly; mysterious; enigmatic
Machination
Scheming activity for an evil purpose
Nonchalant
Indifferent; coolly unconcerned
Overture
Opening move; preliminary offer
Placebo
A fake medication; a fake medication used as a control in tests of the effectiveness of drugs
Plight
A dangerous, distressing or unpleasant situation
Plunder
To loot; to ransack
Pluralism
A condition of society in which distinct groups exist and function together yet retain their own identities
Quasi
Almost; near; resembling
Turbid
Murky; opaque; unclear
Titillate
To excite; to stimulate; to tease
Theology
The study of God or religion
Tepid
Lukewarm; halfhearted
Vapid
Without liveliness; dull; spiritless
Venerate
To revere; to treat as something holy, especially because of great age
Vacuous
Empty of content; lacking in ideas or intelligent
Vanquish
To conquer; to overpower
Verisimilitude
Similarity to reality; the appearance of truth; looking like the real thing
Abound
to be very numerous
Aberration
Something not typical; a deviation from the standard
Accentuate
To emphasize; to ascend; to highlight
Abject
Hopeless; extremely sad and servile; defeated; utterly bummed out
Abortive
Unsuccessful
Anterior
Situated in front
Burgeon
To expand; to flourish
Bureaucracy
A system of government administration consisting of numerous bureaus or offices, especially one run according to inflexible and inefficient rules, any large administrative system characterized by inefficiency, lots of rules, and red tape
Conductive
Promoting
Congenial
Agreeably suitable; pleasant
Congenital
A trait or condition acquired between conception and birth; innate
Criterion
Standard; basis for judgment
Culminate
To climax; to reach full effect
Distinguish
To tell apart; to cause to stand out
Debunk
To expose the nonsense of
Dormant
Inactive; as though asleep; asleep
Decry
To put down; to denounce
Espouse
To support; to advocate
Equitable
Fair
Exalt
To raise high; to glorify
Foible
a minor character flaw
Foment
To stir up; to instigate
Genesis
Origin; creation; beginning
Hegemony
Leadership, of one nation over another
Intimate
To hint or imply
Indict
To charge with a crime; to accuse of wrongdoing
Infrastructure
The basic framework of a system; foundation
Interminable
Seeming unending; tediously long
Loath
Extremely unwilling; reluctant
Martial
Warlike; having to do with combat
Mercurial
Emotionally unpredictable; rapidly changing in mood
Novel
New; original
Oxymoron
A figure of speech in which two contradictory words or phrases are used together
Profligate
Extravagantly wasteful and, usually, wildly immoral
Pontificate
To speak pompously or dogmatically
Profound
Deep (in several senses)
Porous
Filled with many tiny holes; permeable; absorbent
Presumably
Probably; the assumption is that ;doubtless
Pseudonym
A false name; an alias
Psyche
The human soul; the mind; the spirit
Prurient
Having lustful thought or desires; causing lust
Pristine
Perfectly clean and untouched; uncontaminated
Queue
A line or file
Recidivism
The act of repeating an offense
Regimen
A regulated course
Rend
To tear; to rip
Sedition
Treason; the incitement of public disorder or rebellion
Secular
Having nothing to do with religion or spiritual concerns
Saccharine
Sweet; excessively or disgustingly sweet
Veracity
Truthfulness
