Vocabulary Quiz 7 Flashcards
Colloquial
(adj.) Conversational. Belonging to common speech;
characteristic of or proper to ordinary conversation, as distinguished from formal or elevated
language. (The usual sense.)
inculcate
(v.) trans. To endeavor to force (a thing) into or impress (it) on the
mind of another by emphatic admonition, or by persistent repetition;
Baleful
(adj.) Full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious.
Perquisite
(n.) An incidental payment, benefit, privilege, or advantage over and
above regular income
Unctuous
(adj.) Characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor,
especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug. Having an oily or soapy feel,
Pallid
(adj.) Pale; faint or deficient in color; wan: a pallid countenance. Lacking in
vitality or interest
Pariah
(n. ) An outcast. Any person or animal that is generally despised or
avoided. A member of a low caste in southern India and Burma.
Wax
(v.) To increase in extent, quantity, intensity, power; Of the moon: to increase moon’s illuminated portion before the full moon; to grow or become
Equivocate
(v.) To use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid
commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge
Subjugate
(v.) transf. and fig. To bring into bondage or under complete control;
to make subservient or submissive.
Supplicate
(v.) To pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
Extentuate
(v.) To make thin, slender, or weak. To thin out in consistency,
render less dense.
Vehement
(adj.) Zealous; ardent; impassioned anger, violent, strongly emotional; Marked by great energy or exertion; strenuous; passionate
Ascribe
(v.) w/ object. To credit or assign, as to a cause or source;
To attribute or think of as
belonging, as a quality or characteristic; ie. They ascribed courage to me for something I did out of
sheer panic
Asunder
(adj.) Into separate parts; in or into pieces: apart, widely separated
