Vocabulary Part 3 Flashcards
producing cancer
carcinogenic
existing or as such from birth
congenital
offspring descendants
progeny
one who believes that the existence of god is not provable
agonistic
a person lacking knowledge, uninformed
ignoramus
to depart from the main subject
digress
going out; way out
egress
a short poem; a pointed statement
epigram
a mineral used for writing, as in the “lead” in pencils
graphite
to bring oneself into favor
ingratiate
a number of things considered as a collective whole
aggregate
to come together in a group
congregate
remarkably bad; standing out from the crowd
egregious
sociable; enjoying spending time with others
gregarious
at random
haphazard
without luck
hapless
half a line of poetry
hemistich
logically consistent; having waves in phase and of one wavelength
coherent
involved in the constitution or essential character of something
inherent
different from acknowledged standard; holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines
heterodox
a document written entirely by the person whose name it is in
holograph
considering something as a unified whole
holistic
deviation from the common rule
anomaly
one of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but different in meaning
homonym
unearth
exhume
purposeful exaggeration for effect
hyperbole
an abnormally high concentration of sugar in the blood
hyperglycemia
relating to the parts beneath the skin
hypodermic
one who attacks established beliefs; one who tears down images
iconoclast
symbolism
iconology
a language, dialect, or style of speaking to particular people
idiom
peculiarity of temperament; eccentricity
idiosyncrasy
given a bodily, esp. a human, form
incarnate
belonging to a thing by its very nature
intrinsic
poor, needy, lacking in what is needed
indigent
showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful
indolence
not harmful or injurious
innocuous
one who intrudes in the domain of others
interloper
within a school; inside a city
intramural
given to joking; playful
jocose
in a joking matter; funny
jocular
merry; cheerful
jocund
related to marriage
conjugal
a command; an act of enjoining
injunction
the act of joining; combining; a place where multiple paths join
junction
a group of military officers who join together to run a country; a council
junta
to reply, retort
rejoinder
to make subservient; to place under a yoke
subjugate
to close a meeting; to put off further proceedings for another day
adjourn
to act as a judge
adjudicate
having good judgement
judicious
a previous or premature judgement; bias
prejudice
to renounce on oath
abjure
to bed or command
adjure
a system of law; knowledge of law
jurisprudence
willful lying while on oath
perjury
writings or art produced in one’s youth
juvenilia
the study of language
linguistics
with honors
cum laude
praiseworthy
laudable
expressing praise
laudatory
act of cleansing
ablution
a great flood of water
deluge
loose; undisciplined
lax
a manner of speaking; a regional variety of a language
dialect
a reading desk
lectern
a writer of dictionaries
lexicographer
a dictionary
lexicon
selecting ideas, etc. from various sources
eclectic
preference, liking
predilection
an embarkment against river flooding
levee
humor, frivolity, gaiety
levity
the right to hold a property due to an outstanding debt
lien
a connection between two letters; a bond
ligature
generous; giving away freely
liberal
generosity
liberality
one who follows one’s own path, without regard for morals or other restrictions
libertine
a uniform; an emblem indicating an owner or a manufacturer
livery
a statue with a stone head and limbs but a wooden body
acrolith
a printing process that originally involved writing on a flat stone
lithography
the study of rocks and stones
lithology
an operation to remove stones from the body
lithotomy
a very big stone
megalith
a single block of stone, often shaped into a monument
monolith
of ordinary or familiar conversation
colloquial
art of clear and expressive speaking
elocution
pompous or inflated in language
grandiloquent
talkative
loquacious
highly distinguished
illustrious
easily understood, intelligible
lucid
permitting light to pass through
translucent
to refer casually or indirectly
allude
to mislead the mind or judgement of, deceive
delude
ridiculous, laughable
ludicrous
