Vocab, Week 2
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- Umbrage
- To take offense, resentment, displeasure
- trepidation
- fear and anxiety
- burnish
- shine; polish
- bogus
- fake
- bland
- mild gentle
- coterie
- clique, club
- vegetate
- to be passive, to do nothing
- flaccid
- droopy, flabby
- lithe
- graceful, flexible
- itinerary
- Travel plan, schedule
- Plethora
- overabundance; more than enough
- teeming
- overcrowded
- forgo
- to give up; surrender
- hapless
- unlucky
- inculcate
- to insruct, instill by repitition
- boor
- peasant; hick
- boorish
- rude; vulgar
- balm
- lotion, cream
- balmy
- healing, soothing
- egress
- EXIT; going out; departure
- chattel
- moveable possesion
- fortuitous
- ACCIDENTAL, happening by chance
- furtive
- secret
- cogent
- forceful, convicing
- dormant
- sleeping
- chimerical
- fantastic imaginery
- didactic
- Morally instructive, teaching a lesson
- copious
- plentiful
- neophyte
- begginer, novice
- edifice
- large building
- gelid
- icy; frigid; frosty
- cumbersome
- toublesome; awkward
- debilitate
- To weaken; wear out
- demagogue
- leader
- dilatory
- delaying; procrastinating
- dilettante
- Amatuer
- ebullient
- exhilarated; full of enthusiasm
- effete
- worn out; exhausted
- emolument
- salary; fee
- indict
- charge w/ a crime
- entreat
- to plead; beg, attempt to persuade
- extirpate
- wipe out; destroy
- forte
- strong point; talent
- gape
- stare open- mouthed, stare at
- gamut
- entire range; complete sequence
- plaintive
- melancholy sad sorrowful
- premonition
- fore warning; sign
- malign
- slander; say harmfu truths about
- inundate
- flood; overwhelm
- malfeasance
- wrongdoing by public offical
- occident
- having to do wiht the western hemisphere
- malaropism
- humans miss use of words
- malingers
- pretend illness or injury to avoid work
- malicious
- spiteful showing ill-will
- malady
- bad medical condition
- malediction
- evil saying curse
- malaise
- depression
- malefactor
-
-evil doer
-criminal - malignaht
- deadly
- evocative
- tending to suggest arouse, awaken
- evoke
- call up memories or feelings
- convication
- conference, assembly
- exacerbate
- to make worse or more severe
- avocation
- hobby, an interest
- convoke
- "call together"
- acute
- piercing, intense
- acumen
- insightfullness
- acrimony
- full of spite, angry, harshness
- acrid
- harsh, bitter
- acerbic
- sharp, bitter
- iconoclast
-
one who attacks or scorns
established beliefs or tradional ideas; radical; dissenter - incorrigible
- incapable of being corrected;delinquent
- meticulous
- very careful about trivial details; fussy; prcise; fastidious; extremely careful
- odious
- hateful; contemptible; disgusting
- peccadillo
- a minor offense, slight fault; petty offense
- perfunctory
- something done as a duty or routine but without care; cursory
- recalcitrant
- stubborn defiant of authority or control; obstinate; rebellious
- turbid
- muddy, obscure and confused; polluted and cloudy
- vapid
- stale; lacking zest or flavor; dull; insipid
- venial
- forgivable; excusable; trivial
- verbiage
- wordiness; excess of words
- vituperative
- harsh or abusive; vicious, violent denunciation
- belie
- distort; falsify; misrepresent; deceive, contradict
- bewail
- weep, cry, mourn, grieve
- bemoan
- lament;grieve; mourn
- bemuse
- confuse; bewilder; overwhelm
- beset
- harass; badger; attack; pester; surround
- beguile
- mislead; fool; delude
- arbitrate
- mediate; settle; decide; negotiate
- arbitrary
- determined by whim; subject to individual will
- immutable
- unchangeable; unalterable; resolute; constant; enduring
- inscrutable
- mysterious; incapable of being understood; hidden; secret; inconprehensible
- occlude
- shut out; close; obstruct; block
- knoll
- small round hill; mound
- gauche
-
1. ill mannered; crude; vulgar; tactless
2. awkward, clumsy - brook
- endure; tolerate; stand; put up with; accept
- breach
-
1.split; rift; rupture; opening
2. violation; transgression; infraction;offense; misdemeanor - brawn
- well developed muscles; muscular strength; huskiness; power
- squalid
-
1.filthy; grungy; dirty; neglected; dilapidated
2.miseralbe; scummy; down and out; wretched - sinuous
- winding; curving; twisting and turning; roundabout
- succulent
- juicy; dripping; fleshy
- remiss
- negligent; delinquent; derelict; neglectful of duties
- ruminate
- mediate; tinik about; ponder; muse; contemplate
- revoke
- "take back" repeal; nullify; abolish; withdraw
- irrevocable
- "unable to be called back" unalterable; can't be repealed or recalled; final
- equivocate
- avoid giving a direct answer; use words ambiguously in order to mislead; be evasive
- opulent
- very wealthy; lavish; luxuriant; affluent
- paucity
- scarcity; poor supply; dearth
- superfluous
- more than enough; extra; unnecassary excess
- tirade
- a long, harsh, abusive speech
- broach
- bring up (state); mention; introduce; bring to someone's attention
- sanctimonious
- holier-than-thou; self-righteous; falsely pious; making a show of piety
- saturnine
- gloomy; depressed; down-hearted; morose; down in the dumps; dejected
- dilate
- to enlarge; swell; expand
- flagrant
- outrageous; shameless; glaring; atrocious
- Epicurean
- Hedonist; connoisseur of fine food and dring; gourmet
- evanescent
- momentary; transitory; short-lived; fleeting
- insidious
- gradually harmful and done in subtle stealthy manner; sly; treacherous; wily
- intrepid
- fearless; dauntless; audacious; brace; daring
- inveterate
- deep-rooted; habitual; ingrained; confirmed in a belief or practice
- noisome
- fetid; stinking; smelly
- stupor
- daze; unconsciousness; numbness
- tantamount
- equal to; commensurate; alike; comparable to
- palatable
-
1. tasty; flavorful; appetizing
2.agreeable; pleasing; enjoyable; acceptable - piquant
-
1. pleasantly sharp taste, tart zesty, tangy
2. stimulating; fascinating; appealing - pinnacle
- summit; apex; acme; peak; best; finest; utmost
- debase
- corrupt; contaminate; violate; degrade; shame
- onus
- burden; obligation; responsibility; duty
- mien
- appearance; attitude; behavior; aura; style
- gentry
- upper class; aristocracy; elite
- vacillate
- hesitate; be indecisive; waver
- annihilate
- wipe out; destroy entirely; exterminate; defeat thoroughly
- moribund
-
1. dying; approaching an end; on one's death bed
2. stagnant; at a stand still - innuendo
- hint; indirect implication; suggestion; clue
- homage
- honor or respect publicly expressed; tribute; reverence
- churlish
- rude; boorish; vulgar; crude in manner; peasant like
- inter
- bury; place in grave or tomb
- sedulous
- assiduous; diligent; industrious; hard-working; studious
- gaunt
- thin and bony; skinny; emaciated
- reparation
- making amends, resitution; repayment; atonement
- taper
- narrow, thin; coming to a point, diminish; drop off
- unequivocal
- clear; direct; not ambiguous
- raconteur
- gifted talked or storyteller
- pate
- head
- prig
- self-righteous; smug; assumed superior wisdom
- pun
- play on words; having the same sound but different meaning
- puny
- undersized; tiny and weak
- pyre
- pile of wood for burning corpses
- quay
- dock
- quip
- witty or sarcastic
- rail
- to attack with harsh or insulting language
- rend
- split; tear apart
- rife
- wide-spread, abundant
- rote
- repetition
- rue
- to regret a mistake
- taut
- tightly drawn; emotionally tense
- tome
- large volume, heavy book
- veer
- change directions
- vent
- express freely
- warp
- turn or twist out of shape
- wax
- to grow, increase in intensity
- weal
- well-being
- whim
- a sudden desire or impulse
- whit
- smallest part
- wont
- habit; custom
- yen
- longing; yearning