Week 5 words Flashcards
Erudite
(adj) Learned, knowledgeable, or scholarly
an erudite professor; an erudite commentary.
Syn: educated,knowledgeable; wise, sapient.
Diffident
(adj) Lacking self-confidence ; shy, timid
Eschew
(v) To shun, avoid, or abstain from
Malleable
(adj) Capable of being shaped or molded, as by a hammer or pressure
(adj) Susceptible to control or outside influence
(adj) Adaptable to changing conditions
Savant
(n) Learned person, scholar, sage; an idiot savant
a person of profound or extensive learning
Sedulous
(adj) Diligent or persevering in effort or application
(adj) Done or achieved through perseverance
Hallmark
(n) an oustanding or distinguishing feature ; a mark indicating quality or excellence
Hapless
(adj) Unfortunate or unlucky
Sinecure
(n) a paid position or office requiring little or no work
Harrow
(v) To disturb or torment
(v) To prepare ground for planting with a harrow, a tool designed to break up and even out plowed land
Exhaustive
(adj) Thorough; not leaving anything out
(adj) Tending to exhaust, exhausting
Haven
(n) A place of comfort or rest, a santuary
(n) A port or harbor
Clinch
(v) grab, hold; secure a goal (to “clinch the win”)
Stymie
(v) To block, thwart, or stand in the way of
Enigma
(n) A puzzling or inscrutable person, occurrence, or situation
(n) A puzzling or obscure text or speech
Welter
(n) A confused jumble or mass
(v) To become deeply involved or embroiled in something
(v) To roll, writhe, heave
Supplicate
(v) To ask humbly of (someone) ; to beseech - beg eagerly or solicit
(v) To ask for something humbly, to pray for
Zealous
(adj) Fervent - having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit,
feeling,enthusiasm, filled with or motivated by passionate or excessive enthusiasm
Hyperbole
(n) Extreme exaggeration, often used for effect as a figure of speech
Torrid
(adj) Parched, burning, intensely hot
(adj) Passionate, ardent - having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling
(adj) Fast, hurried
Idyll
(n) A poem, either a short description of an idealized rural scene or a narrative dealing with romantic or heroic themes
(n) A carefree, lighthearted experience or period; a romantic interlude - intervening period
Travesty
(n) A distorted, debased, grotesque - odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character;fantastically ugly, or inferior imitation or likeness
(n) An exaggerated burlesque or imitation of a serious literary work, usually grotesquely incongruous
Turpitude
(n) Depravity, baseness - morally low or dishonorable, or vileness
(n) A corrupt act
Fervor
(n) Intensity or warmth of emotion
(n) Intense heat
syn: ardor, passion, zeal
cacophony
(adj) Dissonance - inharmonious; jarring, harsh, or discordant -incongruous, disagreeing - sound
Fledge
(v) To care of (as a young bird) until it is ready to fly
(v) To cover with or as with feathers
(v) To grow plumage - the entire feathery covering of a bird - needed for flight
Impassive
(adj) Not revealing, expressing, or betraying emotion
without emotion ; apathetic; unmoved
Impecunious
(adj) Penniless; without money
Warmonger
(n) One who advocates or attempts to incite war
Impede
(v) To hinder or obstruct movement or progress
Abhor
(v) To hate, despise, regard with horror or repugnance - strong distaste or objection
Prevaricate
(v) To equivocate, lie, or stray from the truth
Divulge
(v) To reveal or make known (a secre or confidence)
to disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previouslyunknown).
Precursor
(n) One that precedes and announces or suggests another’s approach
(n) A forerunner or predecessor; one that precedes another
Attenuate
(v) To make thin, slender, or small
(v) To reduce in density or consistency; to rarefy
(v) To lessen the force, value, numbers, or strength of
(v) To reduce the intensity, vitality, or virulence of
Ostentatious
(adj) Given to excessive, pretentious, conspicuous - easily seen/noticed, observable - display
Improbity
(n) Dishonesty; lack of probity - integrity/honesty
Conversance
(n) Familiarity ; the state of being able to speak about something (“converse”) knowledgeably
Quandary
(n) State of perplexity or uncertainty, especially regarding how to proceed ; dilemma
Propriety
(n) The quality of being proper or appropriate
(n) Plural: The customs and rules of polite society
Impudent
(adj) Insolent, boldly disrespectful
Dwindle
(v) To shrink or diminish until little remains
Impugn
(v) To challenge or attack as false or questionable
Capricious
(adj) Whimsical - unpredictable, humor; governed by or subject to caprice - a tendency to change one’s mind without apparent or adequate motive - or impulse
Inadvertent
(adj) Accidental or unintentional
(adj) Inattentive, not fully focused or taking heed - give careful attention
Recumbent
(adj) Lying down or reclining, especially in repose
(adj) Resting or idle
Impromptu
(adj) Done, said or composed on the spur of the moment; improvised
Abjure
(v) To renounce, recant, or repudiate - reject with disapproval or condemnation - often solemnly or under oath
Refulgent
(adj) Radiant, resplendent - gleaming; shining brilliantly
