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JRA English Vocab 1
Vocab List 1 THAT IS NICE
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ardent (n. ardor, adv. ardently) | adj. characterized by warmth of feeling typically expressed in eager zealous support or activity; fiery, hot, impassioned; shining, glowing Indifferent, aloof, detached |
| grandiloquent (adv. grandiloquently, n. grandiloquence) | adj. speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic Plain, simple, unadorned, unpretentious |
| slander (adj. slanderous, adv. slanderously) | n. defamation, a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report; v. to defame (someone) Commendation, compliment, approval, to praise |
| invective (adj. invective, adv. invectively) | n. verbal attack, criticism Praise, compliment, flattery |
| euphemism (adj. euphemistic, adv. euphemistically) | n. the substitution of a mild, indirect or vague expression for one that is offensive or tactless. |
| flagrance (adj. flagrant, adv. flagrantly) | n. shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious, glaring; notorious, scandalous Conspicuousness, obscurity, discreetness |
| bedlam | n. disorder, disarray Order, harmony, peace, organization |
| pandemonium (adj. pandemonic) | n. chaos, mayhem Peace, order, harmony, calm |
| monomania (adj. monomaniacal, adj. monomanic) | n. an obsession Sanity, rationality, lucidity |
| cornucopia (adj. cornucopian) | n. from mythology, a horn containing food, drink in endless supply; an abundant, overflowing supply Scarcity, lack, dearth, shortage, rareness |
| idiosyncrasy (adj. idiosyncratic, adv. idosyncraticly) | n. a peculiarity or eccentricity Normality, sameness, informity |
| pathos | n. a quality (in art, for instance) that evokes powerful emotion, pity Cheer, glee, happiness, joy, bathos |
| aborigine (adj, aboriginal) | n. one of the original or earliest known inhabitants of a country or region Newcomer, immigrant, foreigner, alien |
| insouciant (adv. insouciantly, n. insouciance) | adj. light-hearted, unconcerned Anxious, nervous, cautious, concerned |
| desultory (adv. desultorily, n. desultoriness) | adj. lacking in consistency, constancy Organized, systematic, consistent, constant, steady |
| prig (adj. priggish, adv. priggishly, n. priggishness) | n. a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities especially in a self-righteous manner Tolerant person, nonjudgemental person |
| discreet (adv. discreetly, n. discretion) | adj. judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent Conspicuous, flagrant, obvious |
| parry (adj. parrying) | v. to ward off, as in fencing; to avert; to turn aside, evade, or dodge To encounter, to confront, to take on, to allow, to attract |
| obstinate (adv. obstinately, n. obstinance) | adj. firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; characterized by inflexible persistence Flexible, yielding, easy-going, submissive |
| uncanny (adv. uncannily, n. uncanniness) | adj. having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; mysterious Ordinary, normal, natural, canny, unremarkable, common |
| divulge (n. divulgence, adj. divulged) | v. to disclose or reveal To conceal, to withhold, to hide, to keep secret |
| emancipate (n. emancipation, adj. emancipated) | v. to free from restraint, influence, or the like; to free To imprison, to detain, to hold on to, to oppress, to incarcerate, to trap |
| remonstrate (n. remonstration, adj. remonstrative) | v. to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval To commend, to compliment, to approve, to affirm, to agree |
| earnest (adv. earnestly, n. earnestness, n. earnesty) | adj. serious intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous; showing depth and sincerity of feeling Unenthusiastic, indifferent, apathetic, insincere, deceptive |
| gloat (adv. gloatingly, adj. gloating) | v. to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction; to be smugly boastful To act humble, to be modest |
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