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Vocab Bk H Unit 4-6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| affinity (noun) | A natural attraction to a person, thing, or activity; a relationship, connection. Syn: inclination, penchant. Ant: aversion, distaste. |
| bilious (adj) | Peevish or irritable; sickeningly unpleasant. Syn: choleric, irascible, peevish, splenetic. Ant: sweet-tempered, genial, pleasant, delightful. |
| cognate (adj) | Closely related in origin, essential nature, or function. Syn: allied, affiliated. Ant: dissimilar. |
| cognate (noun) | Closely related person or thing in origin, essential nature, or function. Syn: relative. |
| corollary (noun) | A proposition that follows from one already proved; a natural consequence or result. Syn: deduction, conclusion. Ant: axiom, postulate, premise. |
| corollary (adj) | Resultant or consequent. |
| cul-de-sac (noun) | A blind alley or dead-end street; any situation in which further progress in impossible; an impasse. |
| derring-do (noun) | Valor or heroism; daring deeds or exploits (often used to poke fun at false heroics). Syn: audacity, bravado, pyrotechnics. Ant: cowardice, poltroonery. |
| divination (noun) | The art or act of predicting the future or discovering hidden knowledge. Syn: prophecy. |
| elixir (noun) | A potion once thought capable of curing all ills and maintaining life indefinitely; a panacea; a sweet liquid used as a vehicle in medicines. Syn: nostrum, tonic. |
| folderol (noun) | Foolish talk, ideas, or procedures; nonsense; a trifle. Syn: gibberish. Ant: sense, significance. |
| gamut (noun) | An entire range or series. Syn: compass, sweep. |
| hoi polloi (noun) | The common people, the masses. Syn: rank and file. Ant: aristocracy, elite, upper class. |
| ineffable (adj) | Not expressible in words; too great or too scared to be uttered. Syn: inexpressible. |
| lucubration (noun) | Laborious study or thought, especially at night; the result of such work. Syn: burning the midnight oil. |
| mnemonic (adj) | Relating to or designed to assist the memory. |
| mnemonic (noun) | A device to aid the memory. Syn: reminder, cue. |
| obloquy (noun) | Public abuse indicating strong disapproval or censure; the disgrace resulting from such treatment. Syn: discredit, opprobrium, dishonor. Ant: praise, acclaim, approbation. |
| parameter (noun) | A determining or characteristic element; a factor that shapes the total outcome; a limit, boundary. |
| pundit (noun) | A learned person; one who gives authoritative opinions. Syn: expert, authority, savant. Ant: dilettante, layman, amateur. |
| risible (adj) | Pertaining to laughter; able or inclined to laugh; laughable. Syn: troll, ludicrous. Ant: depressing, heartrending, poignant. |
| symptomatic (adj) | Typical or characteristic; being or concerned with a symptom of a disease. Syn: indicative. |
| volte-face (noun) | An about-face; a complete reversal. Syn: turnabout. |
| aficionado (noun) | An enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan. Syn: devotee, enthusiast. |
| browbeat (verb) | To intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully. Syn: cow, coerce. Ant: cajole, coax, wheedle, sweet-talk. |
| commensurate (adj) | Equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards. Syn: comparable, corresponding, coordinate. |
| diaphanous (adj) | Very sheer and light; almost completely transparent. Syn: translucent, gossamer. Ant: opaque, dense. |
| emolument (noun) | Profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary. Syn: pay, wages. |
| foray (noun) | A quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field or endeavor. Syn: sally, sortie. Ant: retreat. |
| foray (verb) | To make a quick raid, especially for plunder. |
| genre (noun) | A type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary composition; a style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted. Syn: species, sort, school. |
| homily (noun) | A sermon stressing moral principles;a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse. |
| immure (verb) | To enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate. Syn: mew up. Ant: release, liberate, emancipate. |
| insouciant (adj) | Blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky. Syn: blase, devil-may-care. Ant: worried, careworn, agitated, distraught. |
| matrix (noun) | A mold; the surrounding situation or environment. Syn: pattern, model |
| obsequies (noun) | Funeral rites or ceremonies. Syn: funeral services. |
| panache (noun) | A confident and stylish manner, a dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display. Syn: style, verve, elan, eclat. |
| persona (noun) | A character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes. Syn: personality, image, role. |
| philippic (noun) | A bitter verbal attack. Syn: harangue, diatribe. Ant: encomium, panegyric. |
| prurient (adj) | Having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires. Syn: lascivious, lewd, titillating. Ant: prudish, demure. |
| sacrosanct (adj) | Very scared or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack. |
| systemic (adj) | Of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems. Syn: extensive, comprehensive, system-wide. Ant: specific, isolated, confined, localized. |
| tendentious (adj) | Intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan. Syn: partial. Ant: fair, equitable, disinterested. |
| vicissitude (noun) | A change, variation, or alteration; (plural) successive or changing phases or conditions. Syn: fluctuation. vacillation. Ant: sameness, evenness. |
| abortive (adj) | Failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose; only partially or imperfectly developed. Syn: miscarried, fruitless. Ant: realized consummated. |
| bruit (verb) | To spread news, reports, or unsubstantiated rumors. Syn: noise abroad, blazon. Ant: cover up, hush up. |
| contumelious (adj) | Insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating. Syn: vituperative, excoriating. Ant: laudatory, commendatory, deferential. |
| dictum (noun) | A short saying; an authoritative statement. Syn: maxim, precept, aphorism, axiom. |
| ensconce (verb) | To settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place. Syn: lodge, entrench. Ant: unseat, oust. |
| iconoclastic (adj) | Attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions. Syn: image-breaking, irreverent, heretical. Ant: conservative, reverent, orthodox. |
| in medias res (adv) | In or into the middle of a plot; into the middle of things |
| internecine (adj) | Mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed. Syn: murderous, savage, ruinous. Ant: peaceful, harmonious, constructive . |
| maladroit (adj) | Lacking skill or dexterity; lacking tact, perception, or judgement. Syn: inept, awkward, gauche. Ant: dexterous, deft, tactful. |
| maudlin (adj) | Excessively or effusively sentimental. Syn: mushy, mawkish. |
| modulate (verb) | To charge or vary the intensity or pitch; to temper or soften; to regulate, adjust. Syn; adapt, moderate |
| portentous (adj) | Foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder of awe; self-consciously weighty; pompous. Syn: foreboding, ominous, pretentious. Ant: auspicious, encouraging, propitious. |
| prescience (noun) | Knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight. Syn: foreknowledge. Ant: hindsight. |
| quid pro quo (noun) | Something given in exchange or return for something else. Syn: swap, trade. |
| salubrious (adj) | Conductive to health or well-being; wholesome. Syn: healthy, invigorating. Ant: harmful, unhealthy, deleterious, noxious. |
| saturnalian (adj) | Characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry or licentiousness. Syn: dissipated, debauched, orgiastic. Ant: prim, decorous, sedate, seemly. |
| touchstone (noun) | A means of testing worth or genuineness. Syn: criterion, benchmark, yardstick. |
| traumatic (adj) | So shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage. Syn: jolting. Ant: soothing, comforting, pleasant, agreeable. |
| vitiate (verb) | To weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of. Syn: degrade. Ant: purify, fortify, strengthen, enhance. |
| waggish (adj) | Fond of making jokes; characteristic of a joker; playfully humorous or droll. Syn: whimsical. Ant: serious, grave, grim, humorless. |
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