Flashcards: Sadlier-Oxford F-Units 1-9
All 180 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Amnesty | n. a general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution |
| Autonomy | n. self government, political control |
| Axiomatic | adj. self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule |
| Blazon | v. to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaimed widely |
| Caveat | n. a warning or caution to prebent misunderstanding or discourage behavior |
| Equitable | adj. fair, just, embodying principles of justice |
| Extricate | v. to free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort |
| Filch | v. to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts |
| Flout | v. to mock, treat with contempt |
| Fractious | adj. tending to be trouplesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable |
| Precept | n. a rule of conduct or action |
| Salutary | adj. beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome |
| Scathing | adj. bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm |
| Scourge | v. to whip, punish severely n. a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism |
| Sepulchral | adj. funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal |
| Soporific | adj. tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy n. something that induces sleep |
| Straitlaced | adj. extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical |
| Transient | adj. lasting only a short time, fleeting n. one who stays only a short time |
| Unwieldy | adj. not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity |
| Vapid | adj. dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness or force |
| acrimonious | adj. stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
| bovine | adj. resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive |
| consternation | n. dismay, confusion |
| corpulent | adj. fat; having a large, bulky body |
| disavow | v. to deny responsibility |
| dispassionate | adj. impartial; calm, free from emotion |
| dissension | n. disageement, sharp difference of opinion |
| dissipate | v. to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to send foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure |
| expurgate | v. to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify |
| gauntlet | n. an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal |
| hypothetical | adj. based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation |
| ignoble | adj. mean, low, base |
| impugn | v. to call into question; to attack as false |
| intemperate | adj. immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement |
| odium | n. hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct |
| perfidy | n. faithlessness, treachery |
| relegate | v. to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish |
| squeamish | adj. inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined |
| subservient | adj. subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end |
| susceptible | adj. open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
| abate | (v.) to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct, omit |
| adulation | (n.)praise or flattery that is excessive |
| anathema | (n.) an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation [often used adjectivally without the article] |
| astute | (adj.) shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom |
| avarice | (n.) a greedy desire, particularly for wealth |
| culpable | (adj.) deserving blame, worthy of condemnation |
| dilatory | (adj.) tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt; intended to delay or postpone |
| egregious | (adj.) conspicuous, standing out from the mass [used particularly in an unfavorable sense] |
| equivocate | (v.) to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to deliberately vague or ambiguous |
| evanescent | (adj.) vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy |
| irresolute | (adj.) unable to make up one's mind hesitating |
| nebulous | (adj.) cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct |
| novice | (n.) one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience [also used adjectivally] |
| penury | (n.) extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency |
| pretentious | (adj.) done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one's skill or abilities, ambitious |
| recapitulate | (v.) to review a series of facts; to sum up |
| slovenly | (adj.) untidy, dirty, careless |
| supposition | (n.) something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence |
| resuscitate | (v.) to revive, bring back to consciousness or existence |
| torpid | (adj.) inactive, sluggish, dull |
| anomalous | (adj) abnormal, irregular, unusual |
| aspersion | (n) a damaging or (n) derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming |
| bizzare | (adj) extremly strange, unusual, atypical |
| brusque | (adj) abrupt, blunt, with no formalities |
| cajole | (v) to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to decieve with soothing throughts or false promises |
| castigate | (v) to punish severly; to criticize severly |
| contrive | (v) to plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan |
| demagogue | (n) a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| disabuse | (v) to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking |
| ennui | weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom |
| fetter | (n) a chain or shackle place on the feet (often used in plural) (v) to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent |
| heinous | (adj) very wicked, offensive, hateful |
| immutable | (adj) not subject to chance, constant |
| insurgent | (n) one who rebels or rises against authority (adj) rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on |
| megalomania | (n) a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality |
| sinecure | (n) a position requiring little or no work; an easy job |
| surreptitious | (adj) stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud |
| transgress | (v) to go beyond a limit or boundry; to sin, violate a law |
| transmute | (v) to change from one nature,substance, or form to another |
| vicarious | (adj) performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another |
| ameliorate | (v.) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
| aplomb | (n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity |
| bombastic | (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
| callow | (adj.) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers |
| drivel | (n.) saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; (v.) to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly |
| epitome | (n.) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality |
| exhort | (v.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
| ex officio | (adj., adv.) by virtue of holding a certain office |
| infringe | (v.) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
| ingratiate | (v.) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense) |
| interloper | (n.) one who moves in where he or she in not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder |
| intrinsic | (adj.) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part |
| inveigh | (v.) to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
| lassitude | (n.) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
| millennium | (n.) a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy |
| occult | (adj.) mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; (v.) to hide, conceal; eclipse; (n.) matters involving the supernatural |
| permeate | (v.) to spread through, penetrate, soak though |
| precipitate | (v.) to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height, to give distinct form to; (adj.) characterized by excessive haste; (n.) moisture; the product of an action or process |
| stingent | (adj.) strict, rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste |
| surmise | (v.) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n.) likely idea that lacks definite proof |
| aggrandize | to increase in greatness, power or wealth; to build up intensity. |
| inscrutable | incapable of being understood |
| archetype | an original model after similar things are patterned; a perfect or typical example |
| erudite | scholarly; learned |
| infer | to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought |
| affable | courteous and pleasant; sociable, easy to speak to |
| amporphous | shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character. |
| gossamer | thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; a very thin, light cloth |
| aura | that which surrounds; a distinctive air or personal quality |
| insular | relating to,characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience |
| sleazy | thin or flimsy in texture, cheap, shoddy, or inferior in quality or character |
| irrevocable | incapable of being changed or called back |
| contraband | illegal traffic; smuggled goods; prohibited |
| sedulous | persistent, showing industry and determination |
| remonstrate | to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against,object to. |
| retrench | to cut down, reduce in scope or cost |
| resilient | able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly |
| querulous | peevish, complaining, fretful |
| propensity | a natural inclination or bent toward |
| scurrilous | coarsely abusive, vulgar or low, foul mouthed |
| abominate | to have an intense dislike or hatred for |
| acculturation | the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another |
| adventitous | resulting from chance rather, accidental, not essential |
| ascribe | to assign or to refer to |
| circuitous | round about, not direct |
| commiserate | to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress |
| enjoin | to direct or order; prescribe a course of action authoritatively; prohibit |
| expedite | to make easy, cause to progress faster |
| ferment | state of great excitement; to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action |
| inadvertent | resulting from or marked by a lack of attention, unintentional, accidental |
| expiate | to make amends, make up for, avert |
| nominal | not real; to small to be considered or taken seriously |
| noncommittal | not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or say yes or no |
| peculate | to steal something that has been given to one's trust; take improperly for one's use |
| proclivity | a natural or habitual inclination or tendency |
| sangfroid | composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances |
| seditious | resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government |
| tenuous | thin, not dense; lacking clarity; of slight importance; poorly supported |
| vitrolic | bitter, sarcastic, highly caustic or biting |
| wheedle | to use coaxing or flattery to gain come desired end |
| Approbation | the expression of approval or favorable opinion. |
| Assuage | to make easier or milder, relieve; to quite |
| Coalition | Union |
| Decadence | Decline or decay |
| Elicit | to draw forth |
| Expostulate | To attempt to dissuade some from a decision through reason, reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion |
| Hackneyed | Lacking freshness |
| Hiatus | a gap |
| Innuendo | A hint |
| Intercede | To plead on the behalf of someone else. |
| Jaded | Worn out |
| Lurid | Causing shock or horror |
| Meritorious | Worthy |
| Petulant | Easily irritated |
| Prerogative | special right |
| Provincial | pertaining to an outlying area; narrow in mind or outlook; countrified in the sense of being backward or of a simple plain design that originated in the countryside; A person with a narrow point of view or from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony |
| simulate | imitate |
| transcend | to rise above |
| Umbrage | resentment; foliage giving shade |
| Unctuous | Oily, fatty; smug |
| redoubtable | inspiring fear or awe, illustrious, eminent |
| prate | to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion |
| vulnerable | open to attack, capable of being wounded or damaged, unprotected |
| desecrate | to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently, to contaminate, the cemetery |
| austere | severe or stern in manner, withou adornment or luxury, simple, plain, harsh or sour in flavor |
| cadaverous | pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse |
| stalwart | strong and sturdy, brave, resolute, one who takes an uncompromising position |
| infraction | a breaking or a law or obligation |
| punctillious | very careful and exact, attentive to find points of etiquette or propriety |
| crass | coarse, unfeeling; stupid |
| grandiose | grand in an impressive or stately way, marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated |
| beneficent | performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing go |
| inconsequential | trifling, unimportant |
| mitigate | to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity |
| disconcert | to confuse; to disturb the composure of |
| reprove | to find fault with, scold, rebuke |
| debase | to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cuase to deteriorate |
| pillage | to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; |
| restitution | the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position; making good on a loss or damage |
| concoct | to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate |
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