Danforth Sophomore Vocabulary
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2007/2008 Danforth Sophomore Vocabulary
Gentlemen -
Updated as of Group 14, 12/6/07.
Cheers everyone.
2007/2008 Danforth Sophomore Vocabulary
Gentlemen -
Updated as of Group 14, 12/6/07.
Cheers everyone.
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- cacophony
- noise
- sober
- serious-minded
- spasmodic
- intermittent
- truncated
- cut short or shortened
- shoddy
- poorly made
- arterial
- major carrier
- sinuous
- curvy; windy
- nefarious
- wicked
- retract
- to take back
- monograph
- long, formal written work
- intrepid
- fearless; brave
- ebullient
- very happy
- distraught
- hysterical
- retrograde
- to decline
- ecstatic
- excited
- ductile
- malleable
- descry
- glimpse
- panegyric
- speech in praise
- trepidation
- fear
- verbiage
- wordiness
- shibboleth
- catch-phrase
- shrew
- harsh, bitter woman
- anathema
- someone or something that is hated
- soiree
- an evening party
- spurious
- fake
- stereotyped
- preconceived idea
- divulge
- to reveal
- disseminate
- to broadcast
- arabesque
- intricate decoration of fine lines
- discordant
- disagreeing
- aphorism
- proverb
- etymology
- the study of word origins
- didatic
- entertaining and instructive
- sophisticated
- cultured
- chronic
- constant
- preclude
- to make impossible; to prevent
- permeate
- to spread throughout
- aridity
- dryness
- gregarious
- out-going
- diurnal
- during the daytime
- animadversion
- insult; putdown
- disheveled
- messy; disorderly
- duplicity
- deception
- dulcet
- sweet-sounding
- writhe
- to squirm (in pleasure or pain)
- precocious
- overly-mature
- stilted
- lofty
- nepotism
- favoritism towards relatives
- prevaricator
- liar
- dissonance
- noise or disagreement
- inscrutable
- difficult to understand
- solicitous
- overly protective
- fraught
- filled with
- aplomb
- self-confidence
- stark
- bleak; plain
- desuetude
- uselessness
- rococo
- ornate
- devoid
- empty
- disparaging
- degrading
- noisome
- stinky
- truculent
- fierce; hostile
- grandiloquent
- pompous
- apocryphal
- suspicious
- hackneyed
- overused
- dissuade
- to persuade against
- deviation
- detour
- insouciance
- indifferent; lack of concern
- maudlin
- overly sentimental
- zenith
- highest point
- homogeneous
- the same; similar
- buttress
- to reinforce
- destitution
- poverty
- habiliments
- clothing
- disparity
- a vast difference or inequality
- edict
- decree
- dissemble
- to disguise
- skeptical
- doubting
- fructify
- to make fruitful; to make more productive
- foment
- to cause; to stir up
- sidle
- side-step
- feign
- pretend
- staid
- serious minded
- dispersion
- a scattering
- diatribe
- abusive speech
- flout
- disobey openly
- reverie
- a daydream
- nemesis
- archrival
- nominal
- small in value
- momentous
- very important
- peripatetic
- nomadic
- discursive
- rambling
- scathing
- severe
- sheen
- brightness; luster
- grotesque
- hideous
- apparition
- phantom
- paradox
- a contradiction
- lucid
- clear-minded
- mollify
- to calm
- dogma
- doctrine
- dilatory
- tardy
- skittish
- easily frightened
- sinister
- threatening or evil
- niggardly
- stingy
- malign
- to mock; to slander; to put down
- ludicrous
- absurd
- parochial
- narrow-minded or narrow in focus
- officious
- like a busy-body
- soporific
- causing sleepiness
- intercessor
- mediator
- despicable
- terrible; disgusting (action)
- desideratum
- a goal; an aim
- dilettante
- "poser"
- panoramic
- wide-ranging
- intransigent
- stubborn
- diminutive
- small
- modicum
- small amount
- insidious
- harmful but hardly noticeable
- fortuitous
- lucky
- askance
- suspiciously (always used with look)
- modulate
- adjust
- diaphanous
- shiny
- anomaly
- abnormality
- specious
- suspect
- stentorian
- very loud
- ostracize
- banish
- archaic
- outdated
- exorbitant
- excessive
- verbatim
- word-for-word
- derogatory
- insulting
- pandemonium
- chaos
- sinecure
- well-paid job that requires little work or responsibility
- whimsical
- unplanned; spontaneous
- squalid
- filthy
- appurtenances
- gear; accessories
- diffident
- shy
- archipelago
- a group of islands
- trenchant
- intelligent
- interstices
- gaps or spaces
- haggard
- exhausted
- verdant
- lush
- reticent
- reserved
- edification
- improvement
- animated
- lively
- nonplussed
- confused and upset
- verbose
- wordy
- retrench
- to economize
- doleful
- sad; mournful
- gouge
- to dig out; to force out
- dissent
- to disagree
- polyglot
- a person who is multilingual