Vocabulary Set 10 (24.10.18) Flashcards
mortarboards (mor turr boards) (n.)
- an academic cap consisting of a closely fitting headpiece with a broad flat projecting square top
ex: Tasseled mortarboards will be tossed in the air in my absence.
sufferance (suff rence) (n.)
- patient endurance
- pain, misery
ex: Libo got rid of him by sufferance far more quickly than Novinha could ever have done by argument.
peripatetic (pear ah pa tet ic) (adj.)
- moving or traveling from place to place
- suggests movement or activity as part of a routine or occupation
- implies a more structured, often professional movement, than itinerant
ex: She worked as a peripatetic journalist for most of her life.
rubric (ru brick) (n.)
- an authoritative rule // an established rule, tradition, or custom
especially : a rule for conduct of a liturgical service
ex: Make sure this rubric clearly outlines the necessary hard and soft skills for any intern.
parenthetical (pair in thet eh cul) (adj.)
- A parenthetical remark is said in addition to the main part of what you are saying or writing.
ex: He had become so convoluted and parenthetical that half the time Ela couldn’t even understand what he was talking about.
dandle (dan dul) (v.)
- to move up and down in one’s arms or on one’s knee in affectionate play
ex: You could have dandled me on your knee.
exogamy (ex sah a mee) (n.)
- marriage outside of a specific group especially as required by custom or law
ex: The benefits of peaceful exogamy would be made plain.
sententious (sin tin tious) (adj.)
- given to or abounding in excessive moralizing
(nowadays – banality, oversimplification, and excessive moralizing)
ex: He’s a smug and sententious writer.
phlegmatic (phleg ma tick) (adj.)
- having or showing a slow and stolid temperament
ex: Capper struck me as phlegmatic about the power of the supermarkets.
personage (per son a gg) (n.)
- a person of rank, note, or distinction
especially : one distinguished for presence and personal power
ex: No Irish personage is spared the satirical lash.
gumption (gum shun) (n.)
- enterprise, initiative
ex: I lacked the gumption to try - chiefly dialectal : common sense, horse sense
ex: He hadn’t much gumption when he picked out a wife.
lissome (lis some) (adj.)
- easily flexed / lithe / nimble
ex: The 5000 has one of the most lissome combinations of ride and handling of any car on the road.
antimacassars (an teh ma ka sir) (n.)
- a small cloth placed over the backs or arms of chairs, or the head or cushions of a sofa, to prevent soiling of the permanent fabric underneath
ex: The white antimacassars were always laid at a perfectly correct angle.
It’s an ill wind (that blows nobody any good) (IDIOM)
- said to show even a very bad situation must have some good results
ex: They lost everything when that old shed burned down, but they got rid of a lot of junk as well—it’s an ill wind.
wiseacre (wise ache uhr) (n.)
- one who pretends to knowledge or cleverness
especially : smart aleck
ex: Quit being such a wiseacre and help your mother.
lares and penates (larries and pen ay tees) (pl. n)
- personal or household effects
ex: Mrs. Rachel Lynde set up her lares and penates in the erstwhile spare room.
agog (a gog) (adv.) (adj.)
- full of intense interest or excitement : eager // bustling // replete
ex: The kids were agog with all things vampire.
ex: In the evenings, the streets were agog with life. - in an excited or astonished manner (adv.)
ex: They were staring agog at their idol.
lading (lay ding) (n.)
- loading sense
- an act of bailing, dipping, or ladling // cargo, freight
ex: One example can be as simple as shipments that are missing bills of lading or origin documents.
limpid (lim pid) (adj.)
*marked by transparency
ex: limpid streams
* clear and simple in style
ex: limpid prose
* absolutely serene and untroubled
ex: the benign effects of a limpid childhood
proscribe (pro scribe) (v.)
- to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
- to condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful : prohibit
ex: The use of Western weapons against civilian targets within Russia should be proscribed.
parricide (pair a side) (n.)
- the killing of a parent or other near relative.
- a person who commits parricide
ex: Kathleen Heide, who specializes in parricide or children who kill their parents, has said that the majority of kids are driven to kill a parent by severe trauma at the hands of that parent.
Cedant arma togae (kay dant / ar ma / toe guy) (phrase)
let arms yield to the toga // let military power give way to civil power
mawkish (maw kish) (adj.)
- lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste
- exaggeratedly or childishly emotional
ex: It was a mawkish love story.
imprudent (im prew dent) (adj.)
- not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment
ex: If you are guilty, it is only of imprudence.
wicket (wick it) (n.)
- a small door or gate, especially one beside or in a larger one
ex: Dantès saw a door with an iron wicket open.
still waters run deep (idiom)
- a quiet or placid manner may conceal a more passionate nature
ex: So that is how you keep your word as a sailor. Still waters run deep!
perspicacity (per spa que a tee) (n.)
- the quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness
ex: the perspicacity of her remarks
3 parts of a feather
- Rachis (ray kess) – central shaft
- Barbs (barb) – branches
- Barbules (bar byool) – small pieces coming off the barbs
dyspeptic (dis pep tick) (adj.)
indigestion // ill humor : disgruntlement
ex: These are better for people with chronic dyspepsia.
supernumerary (su per noom er air ee) (n.) (adj.)
- exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number
ex: a supernumerary tooth - supernumerary person or thing // actor employed to play a walk-on
ex: Scenes are often crowded with supernumeraries.
shilly-shally (shill ee–shall ee) (n.)(v.)(adj.)(adv.)
- irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner // dawdle
ex: I didn’t shilly-shally but raced to the hospital as soon as I heard.
ex: It was delayed by the bureaucratic shilly-shally.
