Words from Tests/Activities Part III Flashcards
Sojourn / so jurn
Temporary stay
… during his sojourn in Alexandria
Fortitude
Mental or emotional strength in facing difficulty or danger courageously
She endured illness with great fortitude
Impart
To communicate information to others, make known, divulge - impart a secret
To bestow a quality on others - to impart knowledge to others
Pantomime
Art of conveying emotions, actions, feelings by gestures without speech
Chimerical / kim er ical
Unreal, imaginary, visionary; unrealistic, fanciful
A chimerical terrestrial paradise
Rococo
Elaborately ornamental
Garish
Gaudy
Pulchritude / pulk ri tude
Physical beauty
Bravura
Musical piece requiring great skill
Circumvent
To go around or bypass - circumvent the real issue, circumvent the lake
To avoid something unpleasant by deception; overcome in a clever way
He found a way to circumvent the law
Patsy
Person easily duped
Licentious
Sexually unrestrained, libertine, lecherous
Galvanize
To stimulate, shock, or excite someone into taking action; actuate
Catechize / Kat ekize
Teach by having students ask questions
to interrogate
Diminutive
Extremely small
Nonsensical
Absurd
Unprompted
Without being encouraged; said, done or acting without being encouraged
spontaneous
Inane
Silly, stupid, not significant
Callow
Inexperienced
Vacuous
Mindless, having or showing a lack for thought or intelligence
Palliate
Palliation
Palliative
To make less severe or unpleasant without removing cause
She’s in palliative care for her cancer
Promulgate
Pronounce or make widely known; announce
Prince William and Kate Middleton promulgated their wedding all over the world
Redact
Edit for publication; censor or expurgate for legal or security reasons
Zeitgeist / z eye t g eye st
Defining spirit or mood of a particular period
Propitiate
Win or regain favor of someone by doing something that pleases them
To grain or regain the favor or goodwill of
The gods were angry so he tried propitiating them.
Embolden
To make bold; to give someone the courage or confidence to do something
Bemoan
Mourn
Solipsism
The view or theory that only one’s self is sure to exist
Profound
Profundity
Depth or intensity of a state, quality, or emotion
Victual / vit tle
Food supplies, provisions
To supply with victuals
Epochal / epical
Relating to epoch; influential
Epoch ; epic
Period, era
Picayune / pick a yoon
Nugatory, trivial, inconsequential, trifling amount
Exiguous
Flout
To treat with disdain, scorn, contempt
To scoff at, mock; OPENLY DISREGARD
Israel flouts basic humanitarian rights
Gilding
Process of applying layer of gold to something
Provident
Improvident
Prudent
Imprudent
Despoil
Steal, plunder
Bedaub
To smear or daub with sticky substance
Dank
Unpleasantly wet or damp
Bleak
Bare, desolate
Without hope or encouragement
Rhapsodize
Rhapsody
Rhapsodic
To talk with enthusiasm
Improvised music OR exuberance
Feeling extremely enthusiastic
Capitulate
Surrender
Patter
To talk meaninglessly, prattle
Supposition
Assumption
Recidivist
Someone who falls back into prior habits (crime or drug use)
Lionize
To treat someone as a celebrity
Excoriate
1) to denounce or berate severely, scathe
2) To strip off or remove the skin of
Her went into the dermatologist for her excoriated palms.
Demagogue
Leader who gains power and support by arousing people’s emotions
Browbeat
To intimidate someone into doing something (especially by abusive words)
Staid
Settled or sedate character
Sedate
Calm, composed, dignified
To put a person under sedation
Waggish
Jocular; humorous in a playful manner
Untoward
Unfavorable, unfortunate
Untoward circumstances led him into bankruptcy
Improper - untoward social behavior
Reconnoiter / rekon noiter
Make a military observation (of region)
Ariel Sharon reconnoitered Sabra and Shatila before sending in his dogs
Dally
Act or move slowly; WASTE TIME; procrastinate
Bedlam
A sense or state of wild uproar and confusion
Ingenue / engine new
Naive girl
OR an actress playing such role
