Week 9/10 Flashcards
V. To mock, treat with contempt
Flout
N. A warning or caution or prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior
Caveat
V. To adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely
Blazon
V. To steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts
Filch
Adj. tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable
Fractious
Adj. fair, just, embodying principles of justice
Equitable
N. Self government, political control
Autonomy
N. An addition or supplement designed to increase correctness, completeness, or currency
Addendum
Adj. self evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule
Axiomatic
V. To free from entanglements or difficulties; remove with effort
Extricate
Adj. tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; N. Something that induces sleep
Soporific
Adj. bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm
Scathing
Adj. not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity
Unwieldy
Adj. dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force
Vapid
V. To predict, especially in the basis of present indications or signs, foretoken
Prognosticate
Adj. funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal
Sepulchral
Adj. beneficial, helpful; healthy, wholesome
Salutary
Adj. extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical
Straitlaced
Adj. to whip, punish severely; N. A cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism
Scourge
N. A rule of conduct or action
Precepts
Adj. lasting only a short time, fleeting; N. One who stays only a short time
Transient
