1st Semester English Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adjunct | something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper; a valuable quality or characteristic. (adj) added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity |
| noisome | offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious |
| aegis | protection; patronage; sponsorship |
| obfuscate | to darken or obscure; to confuse or bewilder |
| gratis | free; without charge |
| chimerical | absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible |
| oblivious | forgetful; unaware |
| apprise | to inform of; to make aware of by giving oral or written notice |
| ancillary | subordinate or supplementary |
| icon | a representation or image of a scared personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graph symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion |
| effete | lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unstable to produce; out of date |
| poltroon | a base coward |
| bibulous | fond of or inclined to drink; absorbent |
| cozen | to trick; to cheat or swindle |
| interstice | a small, narrow space between things or parts of things |
| hierarchy | any system of things or people arranged or graded one above in order of rank, wealth, class, etc |
| ribald | irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language |
| indigenous | originating in the country pr region where found, native; inborn; inherent |
| enclave | an enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character |
| paean | a song of praise, joy, pr triumph |
| mirage | something illusory, without substance, or without a basis in reality; an illusion |
| vignette | a short description or sketch; a picture or illustration with edges that gradually shade off; a decorative design on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter |
| minuscule | very small, tiny; a lowercase letter |
| forte | a person's strong point; what a person does best |
| schism | a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions |
| hidebound | narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkable conservative |
| proselyte | a convert; a disciple |
| supine | lying flat on one's back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive |
| claque | a group of people hired to applaud a performer or performance; enthusiastic or fawning admirers; an opera hat |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping, causing to shed tears; mournful, lugubrious |
| lexicon | a dictionary of a language; the special vocabulary of a person, group, or subject; a compendium |
| polarize | to cause to concentrate around two conflicting or contrasting positions; to cause light to vibrate in a pattern |
| verisimilitude | the quality of appearing to be true, real, likely, or probable |
| mountebank | a trickster or swindle; a charlatan |
| pragmatic | concerned with practical consideration or values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory; stiff in one's opinions |
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