Week 6 Vocab Flashcards
aggregate
(v) To gather together
(n) Formed by the collection of smaller parts
didactic
(adj. ) Designed to teach or instruct
(adj. ) Intended for moral education
(adj. ) Excessively given to lecturing or moralizing
censure
(v) To criticize or express disapproval, often formally
anarchy
(n) A state of lawlessness, without government oversight or authority
incipient
(adj.) Coming into existence or beginning to appear
incursion
(n) An invasion, raid, or hostile entrance of another’s territory
(n) The act of entering
engender
(v) To give rise to, create, or cause
(v) To beget or propagate
autonomous
(adj. ) Independent, self-governing
(adj. ) Existing or capable of functioning independently, without reliance on others
equanimity
(n) Calmness; mental or emotional stability under stress; balance or equilibrium
indeterminate
(adj. ) Vague or uncertain; not precisely fixed or established
(adj. ) Having an infinite number of solutions
corrugated
(adj. ) Drawn or bent into folds or furrows (as in corrugated cardboard)
(adj. ) Wrinkled, as in the skin or face
unseemly
(adj.) Not in accordance with standards of good behavior or taste
indigence
(n) Utter poverty, without comfort
indigenous
(adj. ) Native to or naturally occurring in a region or environment
(adj. ) Innate or natural
sentient
(adj.) Conscious, experiencing feeling or sensation
esoteric
(adj. ) Understood by or intended for only a select group, often of people with specialized knowledge
(adj. ) Confidential
chicanery
(n) Deception through subterfuge or trickery
estimable
(adj. ) Worthy of esteem or admiration
(adj. ) Capable of being estimated
aberrant
(adj. ) Deviating from the usual or proper course, especially in behavior.
(adj. ) Deviating from the normal or expected type, atypical
crass
(adj. ) Crude, gross, and unrefined, lacking in discrimination
(adj. ) Excessively materialistic or base
ingrate
(n) An ungrateful person
craven
(adj.) Cowardly or contemptibly fearful
anomaly
(n) Deviation from the norm; irregularity
(n) Something irregular, peculiar, abnormal, or deviating from the norm
avid
(adj. ) Urgently, keenly desirous, the point of greed
(adj. ) Marked by enthusiasm or voracious interest
coalesce
(v) To grow or unite into one mass or body; to fuse
summarily
(adv) immediately, in a prompt or direct manner; without prior notice
insularity
(n) The state or quality of being insular, especially the narrow point of view resulting from life in a closed, isolated community
extenuating
(adj.) Lessening or mitigating the seriousness or extent of something
cryptic
(adj. ) Having or seeming to have hidden meaning; mysterious or mystifying
(adj. ) Secret or occult; employing or using code or a cipher
tirade
(n) An angry, protracted, harshly censorious speech or rant
damp
(v) To deaden; hold back or retard the energy of; stifle, suffocate, restrain
tout
(v) To solicit business, votes, etc., in a persistent or annoying way
(v) To describe or advertise boastfully; promote or praise excessively
fallacious
(adj. ) Built on unsound logic; containing a fallacy (fallacy = logical mistake)
(adj. ) Misleading or delusive
pragmatic
(adj.) Practical; dealing in facts or real-world occurrences rather than theory or ideals
debacle
(n) An utter disaster, collapse, or failure
(n) A rout or violent downfall
tribute
(n) A gift, service, or other demonstration of gratitude, admiration, or affection
(n) Evidence or something indicating a praiseworthy quality or characteristic
(n) Payment given or extracted as a sign of submission or in exchange for protection
inundate
(v) To cover in water, as in a flood or torrential rain
(v) To overwhelm
turbulence
(n) Violent commotion or disorder
inveigle
(v) To lure, induce, or win over by using flattery
(v) To obtain by flattery or coaxing
ferment
(v) 1. To undergo or cause fermentation (such as yogurt or other such foods)
2. To excite or agitate; to foment
(n) A state of agitation, unrest, or tumult (“the political ferment may lead to revolt”)
alacrity
(n) Cheerful willingness or promptness
fetid
(adj.) Offensive-smelling
decorous
(adj.) Dignified, correct, or proper in manner or conduct
jabber
(v) To talk rapidly, incoherently, or nonsensically
jibe
(v) To be in harmony, agree
gibe
(v) To jeer, taunt, deride; (n) a mocking or sarcastic remark
jocular
(adj.) Characterized by or given to playful jesting; jolly
vituperative
(adj.) Characterized by tendency to censure, condemn, or verbally abuse
labile
(adj.) Apt or likely to change
base
(adj. ) Mean-spirited, contemptible, or selfish
(adj. ) Showing a lack of values or ethics
(adj. ) Of inferior value or quality
pettifogger
(n) A shifty or unethical lawyer
(n) A person who bickers or quibbles over trivial matters
confabulate
(v) Chat, talk casually
(v) To make things up; in psychology, to fill in gaps in one’s memory with “fabulous” stories
fetter
(v) Shackle, put in chains, restrict the freedom of
vaunt
(v) Brag about
sophomoric
(adj. ) Immature, showing lack of judgment
(adj. ) Pretentious and immature at the same time
