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Vocab Week 8 :D
abyss - wizened pg. 202-221
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| winsome | adj. charming, esp. in a childlike or innocent way |
| vicissitude | n. event that occurs by chance |
| veracity | n. adherence to truth, reality, accuracy, and precision |
| venal | adj. capable of being bribed or corrupted |
| usury | n. making money by loaning money; excessive charging of interest |
| unctuous | adj. oily; showing insincere earnestness |
| travail | n. painfully difficult work; pain or suffering from mental or physical hardship |
| tawdry | adj. showy but cheap and of poor quality / sordid or unpleasant |
| sycophant | n. one who seeks favor by flattering people of wealth or influence |
| surfeit | n. overindulgence; an excessive amount / v. to feed or supply to excess |
| solipsistic | adj. believing that oneself is all that exists |
| sequester | v. to move or set apart; to quarantine |
| sententious | adj. expressing much in few words; given to pompous moralizing |
| ribald | adj. coarsely, crudely humorous |
| resuscitate | v. to revive, esp. from apparent death or unconsciousness |
| recumbent | adj. lying down in a position of comfort |
| privation | n. lacking basic necessities |
| presumptuous | adj. excessively forward or overconfident |
| pernicious | adj. very harmful or destructive |
| penury | n. lack of money, property, or necessities |
| parsimonious | adj. excessively sparing or frugal, cautious about any sort of spending |
| orthography | n. proper spelling |
| objurgate | v. to scold sharply; to berate |
| mitigate | v. to improve by lessening the severity of |
| malcontent | n. a dissatisfied person |
| lurid | adj. causing shock or horror; tastelessly vivid; glowing like fire through a haze |
| loutish | adj. like an awkward and stupid person |
| limpid | adj. clear and clean; without confusion |
| levee | n. dam; earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding |
| legerdemain | n. deception, slight-of-hand |
| jaundice | n. bitterness, resentment, or envy; also, a yellowish discoloration of the skin |
| itinerant | adj. traveling from place to place, esp. for work |
| internecine | adj. pertaining to conflict within a group; mutually destructive |
| iniquitous | adj. characterized by immoral or grossly unfair behavior |
| inexorable | adj. not able to be persuaded or changed; unyielding; unalterable |
| impugn | adj. to challenge the accuracy or honesty of something |
| imbibe | v. to drink; absorb |
| humbug | n. something done to trick or deceive |
| hermetic | adj. completely sealed, esp. from entry or escape of air |
| gourmand | n. someone fond of eating and drinking |
| gamut | n. an entire range or series |
| fungible | adj. that may be measured, counted, or weighed |
| ferment | n. excitement; agitation |
| exegesis | n. critical explanation or analysis, esp. of a text |
| eugenics | n. the study of hereditary improvement of human beings by controlled breeding |
| entomology | n. the branch of zoology that treats of insects |
| duty | n. a tax on imports |
| dowdy | adj. lacking in neatness or style; shabby |
| courser | n. a fleet and spirited horse |
| coquette | n. a woman or girl who flirts and teases |
| chimerical | adj. created by or as if by a fanciful imagination |
| canary | adj. of a bright but delicate yellow |
| cameo | n. any small engraved or carved work in relief (also, a brief appearance) |
| callow | adj. inexperienced; not developed; immature |
| bucolic | adj. of or relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life |
| apprise | v. to inform or notify |
| appertain | v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation |
| animadversion | n. the utterance of criticism or censure |
| analgesic | n. something that reduces pain |
| ameliorate | v. to improve; to become better |
| acrimony (acrimonious) | n. bitter, nasty, sharp hostility (in speech/behavior) |
| zenith | n. maximum; the highest point |
| unremitting | adj. never slackening or getting any less or any easier; persistent |
| underscore | v. to emphasize |
| truism | n. self-evident truth, actuality, and reality |
| trite | adj. worn out, used too often (usu. said of words or expressions) |
| tenure | n. holding or possession of an office or property; guaranteed employment, esp. as a teacher |
| subsist | v. to maintain life |
| stymie | v. to obstruct; to block; to stump |
| requisite | adj. needed; necessary |
| recalcitrant | adj. marked by stubborn defiance of authority or guidance |
| qualify | v. to modify, limit, or restrict, as by giving exceptions |
| posit | v. to assume as a fact or principle |
| plasticity | n. the quality of being easily shaped or molded |
| panache | n. flamboyant confidence of style or manner |
| ordnance | n. a general name for all kinds of weapons and their appliances used in war |
| omnipotent | adj. all-powerful |
| neophyte | n. a recent convert; a novice or beginner |
| nativity | n. birth, esp. with reference to place, time, etc. |
| miser | n. a person given to saving and hoarding unduly |
| malediction | n. evil talk about someone; slander; a curse |
| madcap | adj. behaving impulsively, madly, or rashly, with little thought or consideration of consequences |
| liaison | n. a communication between different groups; the person in charge of a communication |
| leeward | adj. the side or direction toward which the wind blows |
| latent | adj. hidden, but capable of being exposed |
| larceny | n. obtaining another's property by theft or trickery |
| itinerary | n. a route or proposed route for a journey |
| intermittent | adj. stopping and starting at intervals |
| insular | adj. narrow in outlook; provincial; narrow-minded |
| inextricable | adj. incapable of being solved or untangled |
| inception | n. commencement; beginning; origin |
| heyday | n. a time of success or popularity |
| gyrate | v. to revolve on an axis; to spin |
| gross | adj. total, entire; glaringly obvious, flagrant |
| gregarious | adj. outgoing; seeking and enjoying the company of others; tending to move in a group |
| flux | n. flow; continuous change or movement |
| flagrant | adj. conspicuously bad or offensive |
| flaccid | adj. lacking firmness |
| ferret | v. to search; to seek (with "out") |
| extortion | n. the practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion |
| extol | v. to praise highly and lavishly |
| explicate | v. to give a detailed, usu. learned explanation or analysis |
| equivocate | v. use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself |
| enormity | n. great wickedness; an evil act |
| embroil | v. to involve in dissension or strife |
| dirge | n. a song or hymn of grief, a lamentation |
| demure | adj. coy; modest; reserved |
| demagogue | n. a leader who obtains power by appealing to the emotions and passions of the people |
| cosmos | n. the world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement |
| corroborate | v. to strengthen; confirm; support |
| congruent | adj. being in sync with others; easily collaborating with another |
| cognate | adj. akin; basically identical |
| clairvoyant | adj. able to perceive things that normal people cannot |
| circumscribe | v. to define the limits of |
| cauterize | v. to burn of sear as with a heated iron |
| cabal | n. a small group of people devoted to a particular thing |
| burnish | v. to polish |
| bulwark | n. a wall or embankment used for a defensive fortification; something serving as a defensive safeguard |
| browbeat | v. to overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner |
| aural | adj. perceived by the ear |
| arbitrary | adj. based on factors that appear random |
| amorphous | adj. without definite shape; shapeless; unorganized |
| acumen | n. keenness of mind; good insight; quickness; accuracy; mental sharpness |
| acme | n. the point at which someone or something is best, perfect, or most successful |
| abrade (abrasive) | v. to wear down a surface by or as if by scraping |
| wax | v. to become larger |
| transmute | v. to change or alter in form |
| poser | n. a person who acts in a pretended manner to impress others; alternatively, a difficult problem |
| offhand | adj. without preparation or forethought |
| mercenary | adj. motivated only by monetary or personal gain |
| financier | n. one skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations |
| convene | v. to bring together |
| acquit | v. to declare free of guilt; to clear of charges |
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