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Vocab 12/18

Terms in this set (38)

Faction
(N.) A group of persons united for a common purpose
Garnish
(N.) The act of decorating. (V.) To embellish; to adorn, as food, to add to its attractiveness
Heckle
(V.) To question sharply; interrupt (a public speaker) with intent to annoy or confuse
Diminutive
(adj.) Below the average size; little; contracted
Fettish
(N.) Any inanimate object worshiped for its inherent magical power
Finical
(adj.) Excessively particular or fastidious; difficult to please; fussy over trifling matters
Imbecile
(adj.) mentally weak; idiotic; feeble-minded, but of a grade between that of an idiot and a moron. (N.) One of feeble mind; a fool
Decrepit
Feeble from age or infirmity; wasted; worn out.
Estuary
(N.) The wide mouth of a tidal river; also, a narrow inlet from the sea
Groundling
(N.) One of the crowd; a person of inferior or unrefined tastes
Felicity
(N.) Great happiness; a pleasing power of expression, as felicity in speech
Exotic
(adj.) Originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country; rare; unusual
Habiliments
(N.) An article of clothing; dress in general
Imbroglio
(N.) An intricate or perplexing state of affairs; a complicated political or dramatic situation
Juvenescent
(adj.) Becoming young again
Generality
(adj.) A statement true in a wild sense, but lacking specific application
Innocuous
(adj.) Harmless; safe; innocent; as an innocuous dose
Impediment
(N.) A hindrance or obstruction in doing something
Hibernate
(V.) To pass the winter in a dormant, apathetic, or torpid state, as the buds of deciduous trees, or the bears, snakes, and other animals
Inane
(N.) Empty; senseless; silly
Irony
(N.) A mode of speech meaning the opposite of what is said; covert sarcasm; ridicule in the guise of praise
Mettlesome
(adj.) High-spirited; fiery
Magnitude
(N.) Greatness of size or importance; grandeur; comparative size or extent, great or small
Meander
(V.) To follow a winding or intricate course; to ramble without obvious destination or purpose
Propaganda
(N.) Any organized movement for spreading a given opinion or doctrine; the doctrine thus spread
Proximity
(N.) Immediate nearness in place, time, or other relation
Insipid
(adj.) Without flavor; tasteless; uninteresting; as insipid conversation
Legation
(N.) A diplomatic minister; one below the rank of an ambassador
Lucid
(adj.) Clear to the vision; transparent; clear to the mind; readily understood; crystalline
Memoir
(N.) A history written from personal experience; a biography of an individual
Piebald
(adj.) Spotted, blotched, or mottled with different colors, especially black and white: used especially of horses
Politic
(adj.) Prudent; shrewd; crafty; expedient, as a plan
Lese majesty
(N.) Law, a crime against the sovereign or ruling power; treason
Macadam
(N.) Broken stone of even size, in compacted layers for surfacing roads and paths
Magniloquent
(adj.) Pompous in style, manner, or speech
Orchidaceous
(adj.) Of or resembling orchids in form and color
Panegyric
(N.) Praise formally written or spoken in honor of some person or event; any high praise
Proclivity
(N.) A natural inclination or tendency, generally in a bad sense
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