english vocab
Terms
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- expatatiate
- expand on a subject
- harbinger
- omen or a person foreshadowing an event
- gimme cap
- baseball cap
- hyperbole
- obvious exaggeration
- edacious
- hungry for info
- feral
- existing in a natural, wild state
- inscrutable
- difficult to understand
- hoary
- gray or white with age
- esprit de corps
- unification
- grommet
- ring of metal
- bavardage
- much talking, chatter
- fulgent
- shining brightly, dazzling
- impunity
- excuse from punishment
- fractious
- unruly
- acrimony
- (n) sharpness, bitterness
- iterate
- to utter repeatedly
- beaugeste
- seeming generous act
- gaffe
- a mistake
- iconography
- symbolic representation
- absolution
- (n) freeing from blame/guilt
- degagé
- without emotional involvement
- docent
- a person who is a knowledgeable guide
- chad
- little paper from puncher
- heinous
- wicked, vile
- benighted
- ignorant
- flump
- to plop down on something heavily
- dilatory
- slow, late
- anachronism
- an error in chronology in which a person, object, or event is assigned a date/period other than the correct one
- charlatan
- a person who pretends to know more than they actually do
- genteel
- polite
- cajole
- to persuade
- diacritical
- discrete, distinctive, easy to tell the difference between
- demimondaine
- fallen women
- clamjamfry
- group of people, mob
- ergasiophobia
- a fear of work of any kind
- ineffable
- inexpressible
- epigram
- clever, witty response
- heresy
- unbelief
- amphigory
- a meaningless or nonsensical piece of writing
- fastuous
- arrogant or showy
- facinorous
- extremely bad or wicked
- deracinate
- to uproot
- ameliorate
- to make or become better, more bearable
- flout
- to mock
- irascible
- very irritable
- foozle
- to goof up
- enigma
- mystery or puzzle (person)
- gossamer
- light and delicate
- elephantine
- huge, clumsy
- humility
- selfless, modest, humble
- ectomorphic
- slender in structure
- egregious
- extraordinary in some bad way
- draconian
- rigorous, unusually sever or cruel
- ingenue
- naive person (female)
- adduce
- (v) to bring forward in argument or as evidence
- blandish
- to use flattery
- grammalogue
- a word symbolized by a sign or letter
- cadence
- rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words
- dactyl
- finger, toe
- baleful
- deadly, harmful
- aglet
- metal tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying
- billet-doux
- a love letter
- detritus
- debris
- discreet
- careful of what is said
- halcyon
- calm, tranquil, peaceful
- faux pas
- a mistake or slip in ettiquete
- fabulist
- a liar or teller of fables
- hypocorism
- a pet name or nickname
- exacerbate
- to aggravate or annoy
- inchoate
- not fully developed
- decorous
- well behaved, dignified, socially proper
- enervate
- to weaken
- abdabs
- (n) extreme anxiety or nervousness
- clemency
- forgiveness
- hedonist
- person whose life is devoted to finding pleasure and happiness
- cache
- a hiding place, esp. one in the ground, for ammunition, food, treasures, etc.
- dissemble
- to give a false r misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of
- deciduous
- adj. not permanent
- decry
- to put down
- demagogue
- leader and appeals to emotion
- dithyramb
- wild, enthusiastic speech
- aesthete
- a person who affects great love of art, poetry, etc.
- gregarious
- fond of the company of others, outgoing, friendly
- implacable
- stubborn, unable to be convinced
- anomaly
- a deviation from common rule, type, arrangement or form.
- cadre
- key group of officers necessary to establish and train a new military unit or to plot schemes
- epiphany
- sudden realization
- calumny
- a false statement designed to injure the reputation of someone
- ignoble
- low grade/not noble
- imminent
- likely to occur at any moment
- embrangle
- to confuse or complicate
- desultory
- aimlessly, casual
- celerity
- swiftness, speed
- histrionic
- dramatic, theatrical
- dilettante
- a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement
- bumptious
- abnoxious
- hiatus
- vacation or break from a routine
- abstruse
- (adj) hard to understand
- facetious
- sarcastic
- bailiwick
- a person's area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work.
- innervate
- to give off nervous energy
- dearth
- scarcity
- dulcet
- pleasant to the ear, melodious
- hapless
- unlucky
- griffin
- a fabled monster, usually having the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion
- abject
- (adj) utterly hopeless, miserable
- depredate
- to plunder or lay waste
- abnegate
- (v) to give up, surrender
- infamous
- bad reputation
- captious
- difficult to please
- alacrity
- readiness, cheerfulness
- cozen
- cheat or trick
- ephemeral
- lasting a very short time, short lived
- bootless
- useless
- bibelot
- a trinket or small object of curiosity, beauty, or rarity
- biggin
- the basket that holds the coffee grounds
- havelock
- flap from back of a cap for protection from the sun
- cosset
- to spoil
- bivouac
- temporary encampment
- craven
- cowardly
- circumlocution
- an indirect way of speaking
- canorous
- melodious; musical
- hirsute
- hairy
- acerbic
- (adj) harsh or severe temper/expression
- catharsis
- the purging of emotions or relieving of emotional tensions
- iniquity
- injustice
- disingenuous
- insincere, pretending to be innocent
- frisson
- thrill, stage of excitement
- cachinnate
- to laugh loudly or immoderately
- gravitate
- strongly attracted
- chary
- cautious or careful; wary
- genre
- a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, or technique
- bellwether
- an indication of trend
- bel-esprit
- a person of great wit or intellect
- germane
- related, relevant
- gerrymander
- to divide a geographic area into voting districts so as to give an unfair advantage to one party in eletions
- gullible
- easily deceived or cheated
- efficacious
- efficient
- circumscribe
- to limit where you go; draw boundaries
- flubdub
- nonsense (usually about an argument
- forté
- strongpoint
- glean
- to gather slowly or bit by bit
- fortuitous
- lucky or accidental
- blowzy
- unkempt or messy
- defenestration
- throwing something out the window, the act of throwing someone or something out of a window
- homily
- sermon or message with a biblical reference
- ingenuous
- innocent
- détente
- a relaxing tension
- declasse
- reduced or belonging to a lower or low social class, position, or rank