Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
vocab set #3 and #4A
#238 vocabulary adjunct to jejune
| Your | Gay |
|---|---|
| adjunct | an accessory, an assistant, assisting |
| apposite | suitable; appropriate |
| aspect | a facial expression; the appearance of a situation; direction a thing faces |
| asperity | irritability; roughness or harshness |
| bespeak | to reserve in advance; to signify something |
| consort | a companion |
| corollary | a natural consequence of |
| cowl | a hood (esp on a robe) |
| crux | a puzzling question |
| default | to fail to fulfill an obligation; the failure |
| descry | to catch sight of; to discover through careful observation |
| dissidence | disagreement; dissent |
| doff | to remove; to discard |
| estimable | admirable |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| faculty | an ability (esp to think or function) |
| fellowship | a grant; a society; friendship |
| flak | excessive criticism; bursting shells fired from artillery guns |
| fleece | to rob or cheat |
| foment | to instigate or incite; to medically treat the skin with warm fluids |
| foray | a sudden attack |
| forlorn | abandoned |
| gaffe | a blunder |
| gambit | an opening move |
| grouse | to complain |
| headlong | rash; impetuous; headfirst |
| hoodwink | to trick |
| imposture | a deception |
| incidence | the range of occurrence or effect; the striking of something on a surface |
| indelicate | offensive; insensitive |
| indemnify | to protect against harm; to compensate for harm done |
| juggernaut | an overwhelming and irresistible force |
| keystone | an essesntial principal |
| list | to lean to one side; an inclination |
| lucubrate | to write in a scholarly fashion |
| luculent | easily understood |
| manifold | varied; a copy |
| manumit | to free from bondage |
| mealy-mouthed | unwilling to use direct and plain language |
| minatory | threatening |
| miscegenation | interracial marriage or sexual relations |
| modality | the way in which something is done |
| monolithic | singular, large and powerful |
| nugatory | useless |
| objurgate | to scold sharply |
| obloquy | public condemnation |
| obverse | facing the observer; the front part of something ; principal side of a coin |
| onus | a burdensome responsibility; a stigma |
| parse | to analyze or explain grammatical structures |
| pell-mell | in a hurried, disordered, and confused manner |
| percolate | to filter; to seep through; to bubble up or become active |
| perorate | to make a lengthy speech |
| plumb | exactly vertical |
| ply | a layer of wood or cloth; to use or wield; to work at |
| posh | fashionable; stylish |
| pot shots | criticism made in a careless manner |
| potentiate | to strengthen |
| precept | a rule of conduct |
| prefigure | to represent in an early form; a prototype |
| priggish | arrogant, smug, or narrow-minded |
| pronouncement | a formal statement |
| provenance | a source or origin |
| provident | thrifty (carefully providing for the future) |
| puissance | great power or strength |
| pyre | a pile of combustibles (esp for burning a body) |
| quintessence | the purest form of something |
| rapacious | greedy |
| recondite | abtruse; concealed; hidden |
| recourse | a source of help; the act of appealing for help |
| regale | to give pleasure to |
| regaled | well entertained |
| repartee | a swift, witty reply |
| repine | to yearn after something; to be discontented |
| repute | to be regarded as |
| requite | to avenge |
| restitute | to restore to original conditions; to pay for damages |
| rigmarole | nonsense; confused rambling |
| Rubicon | an important decision (that can not be later reversed) |
| salacious | lewd; erotic |
| sceptic | someone who typically doubts or questions |
| scotch | to put an end to |
| scourge | something that inflicts suffering |
| sear | to burn the surface of; to wither or dry up |
| seemly | proper; suitable |
| semaphore | a visual signaling system |
| shunt | to divert to another course |
| simper | an artificial smile |
| sinecure | a job with little work that pays well |
| sodden | to soak; soaked or soggy |
| spate | a sudden outpouring |
| specter | a ghost; a threatening possibility |
| stalwart | strong and faithful |
| stockade | an enclosed area |
| stodgy | dull, boring |
| suborn | to persuade someone to break a law |
| subsume | to classify in a less specific category |
| subterfuge | a trick (used to avoid blame or defeat) |
| summarily | without delay |
| teetotal | completely abstaining from drinking alcohol |
| temerity | a reckless disregard of danger |
| tender | to propose something |
| toady | to flatter excessively |
| toward | favorable; imminent |
| transcribe | to copy in writing |
| transgress | to break a rule |
| transpire | to become known |
| transpose | to change the order of |
| tumid | swolled; bloated; pompous |
| undergrid | to strengthen or support from below |
| vanguard | the leading element of a military force |
| varnish | a glossy/deceptive appearance |
| vascular | passionate; vigorous |
| venial | wrong but pardonable |
| vim | energy; vigor |
| viscid | thick and gooey |
| vitiate | lower the quality of;to lessen the legal authority of |
| welter | confusion; turmoil; to lie soaked in a fluid |
| wrought | made with care; shaped by hammering |
| wry | humorous in a dry or ironic way |
| accompaniment | a secondary musical instrument or voice |
| acolyte | a follower or attendant (esp in religious ceremony) |
| addle | to confuse |
| adduce | to offer as an example or proof of |
| adjure | to urge solemnly |
| afferent | carried towards a central point |
| afield | going astray; away from home |
| agnate | pertaining to the father's side |
| amortize | to pay off a debt through installments; to devalue something over a period of time |
| anadromous | migrating upriver to breed |
| anodize | to coat a metal with a protective oxide layer |
| aplomb | poise; self confidence |
| argot | a special vocabulary |
| atavism | the reappearance of a trait after several generation of its absence |
| bawdy | lewd; obscene |
| beatific | showing great happiness |
| beholden | indebted to |
| bellows | a device for driving air through something |
| benchmark | a standard |
| besmirch | to make dirty |
| bowdlerize | to sensor a text |
| braise | to roast |
| broach | to make a hole in something |
| cadre | a framework; a core group of trained people |
| capitol | the building in which legislators meet |
| careen | to lurch or swerve |
| cartel | a group of businesses formed to control their market and reduce competition |
| cataract | a large waterfall or heavy downpour |
| caveat | a warning |
| chassis | the steel frame of a car |
| chasten | to discipline |
| cline | a gradual variation in inherited traits |
| cogitate | to ponder deeply |
| cohort | a group; a follower or associate |
| collate | to compare carefully; to arrange in order |
| colonnade | a series of columns |
| commonwealth | a self-governing political body |
| concomitant | existing or occurring at the same time |
| condign | well deserved |
| confabulate | to chat |
| confrere | a colleague |
| consortium | an association of countries or companies |
| corona | a glow around something |
| cow | to intimidate |
| crepuscular | dim;indistinct |
| crestfallen | feeling dejected |
| crone | withered old woman |
| croon | to speak or sing in a low tune |
| crucible | a pot in which metals are melted |
| cryogenic | pertaining to low temperatures |
| dais | a raised platform for a speaker |
| deadpan | not showing facial expressions; to show no expression |
| delimit | to establish the limits of |
| delta | a triangular patch of land (bet 2 branches of a river) |
| denizen | something that lives in a particular place |
| depredate | to prey upon or plunder |
| dextral | pertaining to the right side |
| dictum | an authoritative opinion; a saying |
| die | a device used for cutting or shaping |
| disconsolate | unhappy; without hope |
| dissimulate | to hide the truth |
| dissolute | living an immoral life |
| distaff | a device used to spin wool by hand |
| dodder | to tremble (to 2 frailty) |
| doggerel | crude poetry that is not artistic; crude; rude |
| dowdy | unattractively dull |
| educe | to elicit |
| empiricism | the doctrine that knowledge is based on observation rather than theory |
| emulsion | droplets of one fluid suspended in another |
| endogamy | marriage inside one's social group |
| endue | to furnish with a quality or power |
| epistemology | the study of the nature of knowledge |
| epistle | a letter to someone (esp a formal one) |
| epoxy | a type of glue |
| escrow | an agreement monitored by a third party |
| estuary | the part of the river where it meets the sea |
| ethology | the study of animal behavior |
| eventuate | to result in |
| eviscerate | to remove the intestines of |
| ex post facto | applying retrospectively |
| exogamy | marriage outside one's social group |
| expostulate | to try to dissuade someone |
| faun | a type of mythological creature |
| fen | a marshy area |
| ferrous | pertaining to iron |
| fiat | an order or decree |
| fiducial | based on trust |
| filigree | an ornamental work made from wire |
| flange | a protruding collar on the end of a shaft (used for strengthenings or attachment) |
| flummox | to confuse |
| foist | to sell as genuine |
| font | a source of abundance |
| founder | to fail completely; to fill with water and sink |
| fresco | a picture painted on a wall before the plaster is dry |
| frieze | a band of decoration around the edge of something |
| frumpish | dull and plain |
| fulgent | shining brightly; radiating |
| fusillade | a simultaneous firing of arms |
| fustian | pompous language |
| garrison | a military post (or its troops); to establish such a post |
| gasconade | extravagant boasting |
| gerontocracy | governmental rule by elders |
| gewgaw | a showy, but worthless item |
| gibe | to scoff or sneer |
| grade | an inclination; a slope |
| guy | to secure with ropes; a rope or cable |
| halcyon | tranquil |
| highbrow | highly cultured or intellectual; someone overly concerned about high culture |
| homeopathy | medical treatment that uses small doses of medication that if used on a healthy person in large doses, would create the symptoms of the ailment being treated |
| hortative | urgin or encouraging |
| hullabaloo | an uproar |
| imbibe | to drink; to learn new concepts |
| import | to imply; the meaning of something |
| imprint | to make an impression on; the impression |
| incarnate | embodied in human form; to put into concrete form |
| increscent | increasing |
| inculpate | to incriminate |
| inviolate | not damaged or violated |
| jejune | not interesting; juvenile |
Created by:
johne331
Popular English Vocabulary sets