Flashcards: Ms. Hill's Vocab: Final (PHS)
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SabrinaTobe on January 16, 2012
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All 69 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 elucidate | (vb) - to clarify, explain (something) |
| reclusive | (adj) - solitary; hermit-like |
| ambiguous | (adj)- having two or more meanings; unclear |
| probity | (n) - virtue; integrity |
| propitious | (adj) - favorable; indicating a good chance of success |
| puerile | (adj) - childishly silly; immature |
| rancor | (n) - deep, bitter resentment |
| invective | (n) - an angry verbal attack |
| extol | (v) - to praise enthusiastically |
| eschew | (v) - to deliberately avoid (using) |
| vex | (v) - to annoy or confuse |
| vet | (v) - to examine thoroughly (e.g. a candidate's past record) vetted, vetting |
| implicit | (adj) - expressed indirectly; implied |
| explicit | (adj) - fully and clearly expressed; leaving nothing implied. |
| cursory | (adj) - brief to the point of being superficial adv = cursorily noun = cursoriness |
| incisive | (adj) - penetrating, clear, and sharp (as in expression) |
| salient | (adj) - significant; most important (points or facts) |
| multifarious | (adj) - having great variety; diverse |
| assiduous | (adj) - hard-working; diligent |
| diaphanous | (adj) - light, airy, transparent |
| ubiquitous | (adj) - existing everywhere; widespread |
| unctuous | (adj) - insincerely earnest; oily |
| stupefy | (vb) - to astonish or make insensible |
| usurp | (vb) - to seize by force and without right |
| expunge | (vb) - to erase or strike out |
| inure | (vb) to make accustomed to something, esp. something unpleasant [usually "be inured to"] |
| cajole | (vb) - to urge, coax |
| vilify | (vb) - to lower in importance, defame |
| proscribe | (vb) - to condemn or prohibit |
| prescribe | (vb) - to order or recommend the use of |
| palliate | (vb) - to reduce the severity of |
| expiate | (vb) - to make amends for; to atone for (guilt or sin) |
| repudiate | (vb) - to refuse to accept or be associated with |
| undulate | (vb) - to move in waves or have a wavy shape |
| malaise | (noun) - French -a general feeling of uneasiness (whose exact cause may be difficult to identify) |
| imbroglio | (noun) - Italian [imb-role-ee-oh] - an extremely confusing or embarrassing situation |
| aficionado | (noun) - Spanish - -an enthusiastic fan or follower |
| peccadillo | (noun) - Spanish - a small, unimportant offense or sin |
| avatar | (noun) - Sanskrit - an embodiment (concept, philosophy, tradition) usually in human form |
| dilettante | (noun) - Italian - an amateur; a dabbler in an art or a field of knowledge |
| maelstrom | (noun) Dutch -a powerful whirlpool; a state of violent upheaval |
| zenith | the highest point |
| nadir | the lowest point |
| raconteur | noun) - French - - a skilled and witty storyteller |
| zeitgeist | (noun) - German - the spirit of a specific time or period [German, literally: "time spirit"] |
| angst | (noun) - German - a feeling of deep anxiety or dread (typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general) : adolescent angst |
| nirvana | (noun) - Sanskrit - a transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self; (literally "to be extinguished") |
| callow | (adj) - immature; inexperienced |
| degenerate | (adj) having sunk below a former or normal condition |
| miscreant | (adj or n) - a non-believer; a villain |
| incipient | (adj) - just beginning to exist or appear |
| adherent | (n) - a supporter or follower (of a cause etc.) |
| emanate | (vb) - to come or send forth, as from a source |
| blaspheme | (vb) to speak profanely of God or sacred things |
| debar | (vb) - to exclude or prohibit (someone |
| expedient | (adj) - recommended; appropriate to a purpose |
| pacify | (vb) - to soothe or subdue |
| sonorous | (adj) - having a full, deep sound |
| superfluous | (adj) - exceeding what is necessary |
| ignominious | (adj) - deserving or causing public disgrace or shame |
| incontrovertible | (adj) - not able to be disputed; unquestionable |
| verisimilitude | (noun) - the appearance of being true or real |
| vituperation | (noun) - bitter and abusive language |
| supercilious | (adj.) -having or showing arrogant contempt |
| prestidigitation | (noun) - performance of magic with the hands; sleight of hand |
| extemporaneous | (adj.) - spoken or done without preparation |
| conciliatory | (adj.) - intended to placate or end a disagreement |
| unconscionable | (adj.) - not right or reasonable; unreasonably excessive |
| circumlocution | (noun) - indirect or roundabout expression; the use of many words where fewer would do, esp. in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive |