Freshman Seminar Spring 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 jaunty | very self-confident; almost cocky |
| conceited | vain; full of yourself |
| gaggle | group of geese |
| capricious | impulsive; hard to predict; someone who acts before they think |
| dingbat | someone who is not too bright, or does something foolish |
| oblong | an oval |
| millennium | a 1000 year period |
| procrastinate | to put something off until later |
| discriminate | to treat someone differently because of a group s/he belongs to (like racism, sexism, etc.) |
| benevolent | kind, helpful |
| debacle | a complete disaster; when something goes badly wrong |
| venture | to take a risk, or (noun) a risky endeavor |
| beseech | to beg |
| entrails | guts |
| forb | a type of herb that is NOT grasslike |
| inferno | a huge fire |
| languid | slow, lazy, unmotivated |
| manipulate | to try to sneakily figure out a way to make other people do what you want |
| misdemeanor | a small crime |
| oolong | a type of Chinese tea |
| pachyderm | elephant |
| paraffin | a petroleum-based wax used for candles, water-proofing, and other tasks |
| pigeonholed | placing people in a particular role and not allowed them to be any other way |
| redemption | doing something good to make up for doing something bad |
| bounty hunter | someone who hunts down an escaped criminal |
| strife | violent conflict, often politically motivated |
| martyr | someone who dies for their beliefs |
| chronic | ongoing and continuous |
| distort | to twist or change the truth |
| enclose | to fence in |
| defenestration | to throw someone out a window |
| empathetic | being very in touch with other people's emotions |
| rid | to eliminate a pest or problem |
| sane | in a normal mental state |
| shell | to attack with large guns |
| tetchy | cranky or irritable |
| estuary | the place where a freshwater river meets a body of salt water (i.e. an ocean) |
| disintegrate | to destroy or break something down into |
| retribution | making someone pay for something they've done wrong; ex: prison, lawsuit, etc. |
| condemn | to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure |
| quack | someone who promises a medical treatment or cure that doesn't work |
| eustress | stress caused by something positive; i.e. a wedding, new house, etc. |
| evangelist | someone who preaches and tries to convert other people to his/her beliefs |
| kerfuffle | an argument or scuffle |
| crude | raw; lacking finish, polish, or completeness; unfinished |
| leach | to seep or leak, especially through rocks or sand |
| boisterous | rowdy; loud |
| necrosis | when cells die or are killed |
| verbose | wordy; too talkative |
| trichotillomania | a compulsion to pull out your own hair |
| pulchritudinous | beautiful; attractive |
| plume | a long feather or a column of smoke |
| emit | to come out of; i.e. smoke out of a chimney |
| prefecture | a small government territory, like a county |
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