Wordly Wise Lessons 1-5
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- probity
- honesty; trustworthiness; adherence to virtue
- vibrant
- full of life or vigor, bright or vivid, quivering or vibrating
- penitent
- sorry for having done wrong
- subterfuge
- a deceptive scheme or strategy
- imperturbable
- calm and assured
- efficacy
- the power to bring about the desired result; effectiveness
- edifice
- a large, imposing structure or building
- martinet
- a strict disciplinarian
- stellar
- of or relating to a star, outstanding or brilliant
- accrue
- to arise or increase as a natural result or growth; to come as a regular addition
- acquiesce
- to accept as inevitable; to comply passively
- increment
- an increase, addition or gain, usually consecutive amounts
- composure
- calmness of mind or bearing; self-control
- mausoleum
- a large impressive tomb
- mortify
- to embarrass; to humiliate
- periphery
- the area around the edges; the outermost part
- revelation
- something that is made known or revealed, often coming as a surprise
- propensity
- a natural inclination or tendency
- emolument
- salary or fees for work done; compensation
- abstruse
- difficult to understand
- aggrieved
- feeling or expressing a sense of injustice, injury or offense
- regimen
- a regulated program, especially one designed to improve or maintain health
- repercussion
- an unforeseen or indirect result or effect of an event
- besmirch
- to stain or tarnish; to make dirty
- expedient
- useful for some purpose; convenient; to bring about a certain result
- patrician
- a member of the nobility
- exude
- to flow out slowly; to exhibit in abundance
- unsavory
- having an unpleasant look, taste, or smell
- pillage
- to rob and plunder
- therapeutic
- relating to the treatment of a disease; contributing to general well-being
- gesticulate
- to motion energetically with the body or limbs
- vacillate
- to move back and forth from lack of balance; waver
- atrophy
- to waste away or fail to develop
- ensconce
- to settle or place securely or snugly
- choleric
- easily angered; quick- tempered
- histrionic
- purposely affected; theatrical (drama queen)
- convene
- to summon or cause to assemble; to meet formally
- apocryphal
- of questionable authenticity
- impropriety
- the quality or state of being improper or unsuitable; something that is improper
- autonomy
- the quality or being self-governing, independence
- modicum
- a small amount
- raconteur
- one who tells stories with skill and wit
- lackluster
- lacking brightness or vitality; without spirit or enthusiasm
- disconcert
- to disrupt the self-possession or confidence of; to perturb or fluster
- opulent
- having or exhibiting wealth or great abundance
- accoutrement
- equipment or accessories
- maraud
- to roam in search of plunder
- stoic
- one seemingly indifferent to pleasure or pain
- levity
- lacking of seriousness; joking
- icon
- a religious painting, especially one revered by the Eastern Christian churches, a symbol or image whose form suggests its meaning, one who is idolized
- inestimable
- too valuable or great to be measured
- arcane
- understood or known by only a few.
- indoctrinate
- to teach or train in the fundamentals, to instill or teach from a partisan point of view
- explicit
- fully and clearly expressed, leaving nothing merely implied
- environs
- the area adjoining or surrounding a place
- purport
- to give the often false impression of being someone or intending something
- utilitarian
- relating to the usefulness rather than beauty; practical
- incipient
- beginning to exist or appear; in the first stage
- circumspect
- caution and prudent, heedful of consequences
- incognito
- with one's identity concealed; unrecognized
- comport
- to behave or conduct oneself; to be in an accord or agreement
- thrall
- a loss of one's ability to act freely; a state over which one appears to have no control; slavery or bondage
- inculcate
- to impress upon or teach by frequent repetition
- interim
- an interval of time between events; temporary
- hapless
- marked by the absence of good luck; unfortunate
- reiterate
- to say over or do over again; to repeat
- fauna
- animals of a region or period, considered as a whole
- heinous
- shockingly evil or wicked
- interpose
- to place or come between; to intervene or interrupt
- surfeit
- an overabundant supply; an excess
- inveigle
- to lure or trick into doing something
- phlegmatic
- not given to action or reaction; sluggish or calm in temperament
- prodigious
- extremely large in bulk, quantity, or degree; causing great amazement or wonder
- zealous
- very enthusiastic; fervent; passionate on behalf or someone or something
- reverie
- the condition of being lost in thought; a daydream