Flashcards: 2011-12 Vocabulary
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on August 14, 2011
All 134 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abscond | depart secretly and hide |
| aberrant | abnormal or deviant |
| abhor | loathe; detest; hate; abominate |
| accolade | award of merit |
| adroit | skillful |
| adversary | opponent |
| aesthetic | artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful |
| affable | courteous; easy to speak to; amiable |
| archaic | antiquated; obsolete |
| audacious | daring; bold |
| berate | scold strongly |
| bolster | support; prop up |
| bumptious | crudely forward or assertive in behavior; pushy |
| behemoth | huge creature |
| complacent | self-satisfied |
| cordial | gracious; heartfelt |
| culpable | deserving blame |
| covenant | agreement |
| craven | cowardly |
| copious | plentiful |
| confidant | trusted friend; one to whom secret or private matters are told |
| decimate | to kill, usually one out of ten |
| discordant | inharmonious; conflicting |
| duplicity | double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech |
| deprecate | express disapproval of; protest against; belittle |
| divergent | differing; deviating |
| discerning | mentally quick and observant; having insight |
| deterrent | something that discourages; hindrance |
| dogmatic | characterized by an authoritative, arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles; positive; arbitrary (determined by whim or impulse, not by reason or law) |
| disperse | scatter |
| elegy | poem or song composed esp. as a lament for one who is dead |
| eulogy | great praise; a laudatory speech or written tribute |
| disinclination | unwillingness |
| exemplary | serving as a model |
| erudite | learned; scholarly |
| extant | still in existence |
| flippancy | trifling gaiety |
| frugality | thrift; economy |
| furtive | stealthy; sneaky |
| feign | pretend |
| felicitous | 1) apt; well-chosen; suitably expressed 2) yielding great pleasure or delight |
| fiasco | complete failure |
| foible | weakness; slight fault |
| guffaw | a hearty or coarse burst of laughter |
| garrulous | loquacious (excessively talkative); wordy |
| garner | gather; store up |
| girth | circumference; distance around something |
| genteel | elegant; well-bred |
| harbinger | forerunner |
| heinous | atrocious; hatefully bad |
| hirsute | hairy |
| hiatus | gap; pause |
| humane | kind |
| inherent | firmly established by nature or habit |
| incessant | uninterrupted |
| indulgent | humoring; yielding; lenient |
| incite | arouse to action |
| instigate | urge; start; provoke |
| jargon | language used by a special group; gibberish |
| jocular | said or done in jest |
| jeopardy | exposure to death or danger |
| judicious | sound in judgment; wise |
| knoll | little round hill |
| lachrymose | producing tears; sad; tearful |
| lexicon | dictionary |
| listless | lacking in spirit or energy; lethargic |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| macabre | gruesome; grisly; suggesting the horror of death and decay |
| malaise | uneasiness; distress |
| malediction | a curse |
| manumit | emancipate; free from bondage |
| mendacious | lying; false |
| noisome | foul smelling; unwholesome |
| novice | beginner |
| nubile | marriageable |
| nadir | lowest point |
| niggle | spend too much time on minor points; carp |
| obfuscate | confuse; muddle |
| odious | causing hatred or repugnance; abhorrent |
| orthography | correct spelling |
| poignancy | quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion |
| pensive | dreamily thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of sadness |
| pecuniary | pertaining to money |
| prodigious | marvelous; enormous |
| pedagogue | teacher; dull and formal teacher |
| prudent | cautious; careful |
| perturbation | agitation |
| proselytize | convert to a religion or belief |
| quiescent | inactive or still; dormant; at rest |
| quintessence | purest and highest embodiment |
| rudimentary | not developed; elementary |
| rakish | stylish; sporty; showy |
| raiment | clothing |
| rapacious | excessively grasping; plundering; subsisting on live prey; greedy |
| rend | tear apart |
| sarcophagus | stone coffin, often highly decorated |
| salubrious | healthful |
| skullduggery | dishonest behavior; crafty deception or trickery |
| sophomoric | immature; shallow |
| savant | scholar; a learned person |
| soporific | inducing sleep; drowsy |
| sybarite | lover of luxury and pleasure |
| turgid | distended; swollen; over-ornate in style or language |
| taciturn | habitually silent;talking little; laconic |
| tendentious | having an aim; biased; designed to further a cause |
| tyro | beginner; novice |
| temper | moderate; tone down or restrain; toughen (steel) |
| tirade | extended scolding; denunciation; diatribe |
| umbrage | resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult (offense) |
| ubiquitous | being everywhere; omnipresent |
| usury | lending money at illegal rates of interest |
| unbridled | violent; uncontrolled; unrestrained |
| vociferous | clamorous; noisy |
| vernal | pertaining to spring |
| vainglorious | boastful; excessively conceited |
| verity | truth; reality |
| vacuous | empty; inane; stupid |
| winsome | agreeable; engaging; gracious |
| wax | increase; grow |
| wane | decrease gradually |
| wreak | inflict |
| wry | twisted; with a humorous twist |
| writhe | squirm; twist |
| xenophobia | fear or hatred of foreigners |
| yen | longing; urge |
| zenith | point directly overhead in the sky; summit |
| zany | crazy; comic |
| zephyr | gentle breeze; west wind |
| aplomb | poise; complete and confident composure or self-assurance |
| aver | state confidently |
| auspicious | favoring success |
| assuage | ease; lessen (pain) |
| august | impressive; majestic |
| azure | sky blue |
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