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TCITR Vocab 2
Vocabulary Part II, Chapters 14-end
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| modest | humble |
| modestly | modest - adverb |
| mutiny (noun) | revolt/rebellion against authority |
| mutinied | mutiny - verb (past tense) |
| mutinying | mutiny - gerund |
| mutinous | mutiny - adjective |
| raspy | harsh, grating voice or sound |
| rasp | raspy - verb |
| raspiness | raspy - noun |
| blasé | indifferent, unimpressed, casual to something |
| sacrilegious | in violation of something sacred, against morality/religion |
| sacrilege | sacrilegious - noun |
| inane | foolish, stupid |
| inanely | inane - adverb |
| intellectual (adjective) | engaging, relating to, possessing/showing intellect |
| intellectual (noun) | a person of superior intellect, a rational person |
| intellectually | intellectual - adverb |
| intellectualness | intellectual - noun (ness) |
| intellectuality | intellectual - noun (ity) |
| intellect | intellectual - noun |
| putrid | in a state of decay, having the odor of decaying flesh, rotten |
| putridity | putrid - noun (ity) |
| putridness | putrid - noun (ness) |
| putridly | putrid - adverb |
| rancid | having a rank, unpleasant smell/taste, spoiled |
| rancidly | rancid - adverb |
| rancidness | rancid - noun (ness) |
| rancidity | rancid - noun (ity) |
| mutiny (verb) | to rebel/revolt against authority |
| stagger (verb) | to move unsteadily, to falter |
| stagger (noun) | an unstable/unsteady walk |
| repulsive | something that disgusts or offends someone |
| repulsively | repulsive - adverb |
| repulsiveness | repulsive - noun (ness) |
| digress | to deviate from the main topic in speech or writing, to go on a tangent |
| digresser | digress - noun (person) |
| digressingly | digress - adverb |
| digression | digress - noun (the tangent) |
| pedagogical | relating to teaching or education |
| pedagogy | pedagogical - noun |
| pedagogically | pedagogical - adverb |
| immaterial | unimportant, not material |
| immaterially | immaterial - adverb |
| immaterialness | immaterial - noun (ness) |
| immateriality | immaterial - noun (ity) |
| immaterialism | immaterial - noun (ism) |