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11 CP Final
2011 Parkhurst 11 CP final vocab
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hedonism | life focused on achieving pleasure |
| Concomitant | Something that accompanies something else |
| Peculations | Embezzlements |
| Umbrage | Reason to Doubt |
| Antecedents | Those who came before |
| Feigned | Pretend, give false appearance |
| Levity | Lack of steadiness, changeableness, unreliable |
| Revelation | To reveal a divine truth |
| Epigram | Sage, witty saying |
| Supercilious | Patronizingly haughty |
| Effeminate | Having feminine characteristics |
| Fractiousness | Troublesome, quarrelsome, irritable |
| Divan | Large couch without back or arms |
| Reciprocal | To take and give mutually |
| Wan | sickly, pallid, suggesting poor health |
| Languidly | Slow, lacking force or quickness of movement |
| Bantering | Witty,, joking conversation |
| Claret | Red wine |
| Complacency | Self-satisfied, unconcerned |
| Extemporizing | performing impromptu |
| Vigil | a night-time observation, religious, political, etc. |
| Settee | A small sofa |
| Contemptuous | Feeling disdainful |
| Rotogravure | an old fashioned printing press |
| Peremptorily | Cutting off an attack before it can be made |
| Libel | Printed slander |
| Banns | Church announcement of intended marriage |
| Oculist | Dr. who treats the eyes |
| Intimations | Hint or imply |
| Contiguous | Adjacent, nearby |
| Pastoral | Pertaining to country life, rural |
| Proprietary | Exclusively owned, private |
| Ectoplasm | Spirit or ghost associated with a medium |
| Mincing | Forced elegance or refinement |
| Modelling | Depth and solidity, especially in painting or photography |
| Gypped | Swindled, cheated or defrauded |
| Strident | Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill |
| Cataracts | Waterfall |
| Harlequin | Partial-colored, spangled, diamond pattern |
| Innuendo | A subtle implication, usually derogatory; a hint |
| Prodigality | Extreme abundance, lavishness |
| Frisco dances | Named after a famous, stuttering comic and dancer of the 20's |
| Erroneous | mistaken or false |
| Vehemently | with strong emotion, passionately |
| Contemptuous | With scorn or dismay |
| cordial | hearty, warm or sincere |
| homogeneity | sameness |
| staid | prudently reserved, sober |
| spectroscopic | having all the colors of the spectrum |
| impetuously | impulsive, brash, sudden |
| ascertain | to discover through examination or experimentation |
| vacuous | empty, stupid, inane |
| convey | communicate or make known, impart |
| florid | flushed with rosy color; ruddy |
| corpulent | obesity, fatness |
| provincial | not fashionable or sophisticated |
| echolalia | involuntary repetition of words just spoken by others |
| Convivial | sociable, jovial; fond of eating, drinking, feasting |
| Vinous | affected/caused by the consumption of wine |
| Menagerie | a collection of wild or strange animals kept in an enclosure for exhibition |
| Ebulliently | Bubble out, agitated |
| Automatism | an automatic, mechanical, involuntary action; variation; automaton- something capable of acting automatically or without external force |
| Implacable | the inability to be appeased or pacified |
| poetic license | the distortion of fact, alteration of the conventions of grammar or language, or the rewording of pre-existing text made by an artist to improve a piece of art |
| tenement | a run down and often overcrowded apartment, especially in a poor part of the city |
| Proscenium | the arch that separates the audience from the stage |
| ineluctable | incapable of being evaded; inescapable |
| portiere | a curtain hung across a door way |
| matriculate | to admit into a group, especially into a collge or university; attend a high school or college |
| emissary | a representative sent on an errand or mission |
| mastication | to reduce to a pulp by crushing or kneading, chewing |
| elegiac | of or relating to or involving mourning or expressing sorrow for that which is irrecoverable |
| beau | boyfriend |
| cloche | lose fitting women's hat with a deep bell shaped crown and often a narrow, turned down brim |
| martyr | one who suffers for a principle |
| turgid | swollen, congested or pompous |
| gesticulating | to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech |
| fiasco | a sudden and violent collapse |
| pinion | disable or impede |
| motley | composed of many different elements |
| querulous | full of complaints |
| importunate | annoying, urgent and persistent |
| emulate | to try to equal or excel |
| demure | shy and modest |
| monogrammed | a design consisting of two or more alphabetic letter combined or interlaced, commonly one's initials |
| Quinine | a bitter crystalline alkaloid extracted from cinchona bark, the salts of which are used as a tonic, antipyretic, analgesic, etc and in malaria therapy |
| imperious | domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing |
| poise | a dignified, self-confident manner or bearing; composure |
| coy | pretending to be shy or more shy than one actually is |
| tribulation | grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering |
| rhapsodic | extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic |
| relish | to take pleasure in; enjoy |
| indolent | disliking work or effort; lazy; idle |
| peal | a loud, prolonged ringing of bells |
| abashed | to destroy the self-confidence, poise or self-possession of; make ashamed or embarrassed |
| tumultuous | a great clatter and commotion;disorderly or noisy; highly agitated |
| jalopy | old, decrepit or unpretentious automobile |
| jaunty | self-confident and cheerful; brisk |
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