First Eight lessons Voc Workshop G
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acquisitive | able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property |
| arrogate | to claim or take without right |
| banal | hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
| belabor | to work on excessively; to thrash soundly |
| carping | tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism |
| coherent | approving, uncritical; holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful |
| congeal | to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid |
| emulate | to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the mode |
| encomium | a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute |
| eschew | to avoid, shun, keep away from |
| germane | relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting |
| insatiable | so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
| intransigent | refusing to compromise, irreconcilable |
| invidious | offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment |
| largesse | generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions |
| reconnaissance | a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination |
| substantiate | to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to |
| taciturn | habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little |
| temporize | to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise |
| tenable | capable of being held or defended |
| accost | to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way |
| animadversion | a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval |
| avid | desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager |
| brackish | having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink |
| celerity | swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
| devious | straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way |
| gambit | in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type |
| halcyon | a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent |
| histrionic | pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic |
| incendiary | deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife |
| maelstrom | a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction |
| myopic | nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation |
| overt | open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized |
| pejorative | tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling |
| propriety | the state of being proper, appropriateness; standards of what is proper or socially acceptable |
| sacrilege | improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred |
| summarily | without delay or formality; briefly, concisely |
| suppliant | asking humbly and earnestly; one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor |
| talisman | an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish |
| undulate | to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form |
| articulate | to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint or joints; expressed clearly and forcefully; able to employ language clearly and forcefully; jointed |
| cavort | to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry |
| credence | belief, mental acceptance |
| decry | to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate |
| dissemble | to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression |
| distraught | very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict |
| eulogy | a formal statement of commendation; high praise |
| evince | to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke |
| exhume | to remove from a grave; to bring to light |
| feckless | lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable |
| murky | dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision |
| nefarious | wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards |
| piquant | stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative |
| primordial | developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic |
| propinquity | nearness in place or time; kinship |
| unwonted | not usual or expected; not in character |
| utopian | founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical |
| verbiage | language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression |
| verdant | green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgment |
| viscous | having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity |
| atrophy | the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; to waste away |
| bastion | a fortified place, stronghold |
| concord | a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant |
| consummate | complete or perfect in the highest degree; to bring to a state of completion or perfection |
| disarray | disorder, confusion; to throw into disorder |
| exigency | urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency |
| flotsam | floating debris; homeless, impoverished people |
| frenetic | frenzied, highly agitated |
| glean | to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers |
| grouse | a type of game bird; a complaint; to complain, grumble |
| incarcerate | to imprison, confine, jail |
| incumbent | obligatory, required; one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of |
| jocular | humorous, jesting, jolly, joking |
| ludicrous | ridiculous, laughable, absurd |
| mordant | biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh |
| nettle | a prickly or stinging plant; to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money |
| pusillanimous | contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited |
| recumbent | in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting |
| stratagem | a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end |
| acuity | sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses) |
| delineate | to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially |
| depraved | marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles |
| enervate | to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring |
| esoteric | intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret |
| fecund | fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive |
| fiat | an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness |
| figment | a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion |
| garner | to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use |
| hallow | to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify |
| ignominy | shame and disgrace |
| mundane | earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary |
| nuance | a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference |
| overweening | conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate |
| penchant | a strong attraction or inclination |
| reputed | according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; alleged |
| sophistry | reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy |
| sumptuous | costly, rich, magnificent |
| ubiquitous | present or existing everywhere |
| abject | degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved |
| agnostic | one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; without faith, skeptical |
| complicity | involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice |
| derelict | someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; left abandoned; neglectful of duty |
| diatribe | a bitter and prolonged verbal attack |
| effigy | a crude image of a despised person |
| equity | the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim |
| inane | silly, empty of meaning or value |
| indictment | the act of accusing; a formal accusation |
| indubitable | certain, not to be doubted or denied |
| intermittent | stopping and beginning again, sporadic |
| moot | open to discussion and debate, unresolved; to bring up for discussion; a hypothetical law case argued by students |
| motif | a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design |
| neophyte | a new convert, beginner, novice |
| perspicacity | keenness in observing and understanding |
| plenary | complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members |
| surveillance | a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation |
| sylvan | pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody |
| testy | easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation |
| travesty | a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion |
| allay | to cairn or pacify, set to rest; to lessen or relieve |
| bestial | beastlike; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility |
| convivial | festive, sociable, having fun together, genial |
| coterie | a circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest |
| counterpart | a person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement |
| demur | to object or take exception to; an objection |
| effrontery | shameless boldness, impudence |
| embellish | to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details |
| ephemeral | lasting only a short time, short-lived |
| felicitous | appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy |
| furtive | done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen |
| garish | glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way |
| illusory | misleading, deceptive; lacking in or not based on reality |
| indigent | needy, impoverished |
| inordinate | far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive |
| jettison | to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or despises people |
| pertinacious | very persistent; holding firmly to a course of action or a set of beliefs; hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied |
| picayune | of little value or importance, paltry, measly; concerned with trifling matters, small-minded |
| raiment | clothing, garments |
| allege | to assert without proof or confirmation |
| arrant | thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant |
| badinage | light and playful conversation |
| conciliate | to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent |
| countermand | to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first |
| echelon | one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful |
| fatuous | stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way |
| irrefutable | impossible to disprove; beyond argument |
| juggernaut | a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| lackadaisical | lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted |
| litany | a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list |
| macabre | grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject |
| paucity | an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth |
| portend | to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of |
| raze | to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out |
| recant | to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract |
| saturate | to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully |
| saturnine | of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood |
| slough | to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud; a mire; a state of depression |
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