1. punctuation mark; 2. appeal to someone not present

1. chop into small pieces; 2. walk with tiny steps; 3. speak in an affected manner

1. to argue about minor matters; to play on words when finding fault; 2. a minor verbal point in an argument

1. hurried; 2. insoluble product of a reaction in chemistry; 3. to instigate or speed up an action

1. chop roughly; 2. person who writes to earn money 3. hired horse

Vocabulary Deck 13 Flashcards by Amy Parr

Alleviated

made less severe

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Apostrophe

punctuation mark; 2. appeal to someone not present

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Centurion

roman soldier

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Emollient

softening; something which softens

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Fusillade

long burst of gunfire

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Inerrancy

infallibility; in ability to make mistakes

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Mince

chop into small pieces; 2. walk with tiny steps; 3. speak in an affected manner

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Palpate

medical term meaning to examine with hands

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Platitude

unoriginal; obvious saying

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Quibble

to argue about minor matters; to play on words when finding fault; 2. a minor verbal point in an argument

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Apprehension

slight fear; sense of something unfavorable

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Conniving

sunning; scheming

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Derision

mockery

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Epigram

short; witty saying

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Lassitude

lack of energy; weariness

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Pedantic

over-insistent on matters of book-learning

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Phenomenology

branch of science concerned with things as they are perceived; not directly derived from theory

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Precipitate

hurried; 2. insoluble product of a reaction in chemistry; 3. to instigate or speed up an action

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Renege

go back on promise or retract statement

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Armada

fleet of ships

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Dawdler

slow person who falls behind others

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Dross

something worthless; impurities left after refining

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Expiate

atone; make amends for

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Hack

chop roughly; 2. person who writes to earn money 3. hired horse

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Prone

1. vulnerable to; 2. horizontal

Propensity

tendency; inclination

Scabbard

cover for a sword

Skiff

small boat

Umbrage

1. shadow; 2. offence; sense of injury

Dilettantism

dabbling especially in the arts

Enervate

weaken

Malevolent

having evil intentions

Neophyte

new convert; tyro

Panegyric

speech praising someone; laudatory words

Presage

forewarn of; indicate

Serration

jagged edge

Slight

1. minor; 2. percived insult

Tare

1. weed; 2. allowance made for container when weighing

Unprepossessing

unattractive

Aberration

deviation from the normal

Cant

insincere talk

Disinter

dig up

Facade

1. front elevation of a building; 2. false appearance or demeanor

Impeding

hindering

Lacuna

gap; missing part

Monolithic

united in purpose; forming a single unit

Pied

multicolored

Roster

list of names

Seemly

appropriate behavior; decorous

Analogue

1. something similar; 2. output proportional to input

Coda

piece of music at the end of a musical work; finale; final part of a document

Commingle

mix

Equivocal

ambiguous; open ti interpretation

Fallible

capable of making mistakes

Hallow

respect; worship

Indigence

poverty

Papyrus

material used for writing on before paper was invented

Pique

1. annoyance; 2. to stimulate interest; to annoy

Sap

1. liquid inside plants; 2. to drain; to undermine; 3. a fool

Arbitrator

mediator; person appointed to judge a dispute

Descry

to see at a distance; catch sight of

Facetious

not intended to be taken seriously

Indecorous

unseemly; inappropriate behavior

Proliferate

grow and spread

Scotch

to prevent; stop disable

Strut

1. supporting rod; 2. to walk in an arrogant manner; show off

Toy (v)

to play with

Usury

lending money at high interest rates

Wag (n)

a witty person

Atavism

reappearance of ancestral traits; regression

Filibuster

delaying tactics

Gambit

opening move; transaction

Mitigation

making less severe

Obligate

compulsory

Predilection

leaning; interest; talent

Propitiate

appease; try to gain favor

Stanch

to stop

Travesty

parody; ridiculous error

Waft

drift smoothly; whiff; smell

Forage

search for food

Lumber

1. walk in an ungainly way; 2. timber (wood)

Muse

1. think; meditate; 2. a source of inspiration

Prescience

foreknowledge

Prune

1. to trim; 2. a dried plum

Ready

quick of wit

Resolve

firmness

Squalid

dirty and demeaning

Sullied

made dirty or impure

Veneration

worship; respect

Demur

object; hesitate to accept

Duplicity

cunning; deception; double dealing

Exigency

urgent matter; pressing need

Expostulate

offer strong objections; remonstrate

Gossamer

delicate; flimsy; like gauze

In-efficacious

ineffective

Pine

1. type of evergreen tree; 2. grieve

Prudish

narrow-minded; excessively concerned with morals

Quixotic

impractically idealistic

Stipple

cover with dots of paint