Vocab Semester 2 2
Terms
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- to acknowledge as true or real, often unwillingly
- concede
- no longer living; dead
- deceased
- an exit
- egress
- a degree or stage in a series of gradual changes
- gradation
- degree to which something inclines; slope
- gradient
- someone or something that comes before another in time
- predecessor
- to go back
- regress
- act of withdrawing formally from a membership
- secesion
- to go beyond or over
- transgress
- not having occured before
- unprecedented
- similar in certain qualities or uses
- analogous
- direct contrast; opposition
- antithesis
- having like traits; similar
- comparable
- to differ or move away from a specified course
- deviate
- to serve as the distinction between
- differentiate
- condition or fact of being unequal in age
- disparity
- consisting of dissimilar elements or parts
- heterogeneous
- consisting of elements of a similar nature
- homogeneous
- subtle or slight degree of difference
- nuance
- equivalent in significance or value
- tantamount
- independence
- autonomy
- a ruler having absolute power or authority
- despot
- characteristic of a social and and economic system of government in Europe
- feudal
- dominion or control, particularly of one country over another
- hegemony
- an order of persons or entities classified according to rank
- hierarchy
- a right or privilege
- prerogative
- government or any other administration in power
- regime
- chief of state, usually in a monarchy
- sovereign
- referring to a government that exercises control over all aspects of life
- totalitarian
- to seize and retain the rights, power, etc.
- usurp
- lack of feeling or emotion
- apathy
- acceptance, as of a proposal
- assent
- understanding, concerned identification with another's situation
- empathy
- expressing or arousing pity
- pathetic
- scientific study of a disease
- pathology
- a sense of something about to occur
- presentiment
- arousing great interest or excitement
- sensational
- ability to feel, sense, or percieve
- sensibility
- inclined to give advice in a self-righteous way
- sententious
- thought, view, or attitude based more on feeling than on reason
- sentiment
- responsible for wrong or error
- culpable
- to free from charge
- exonerate
- to obtain by threats or other coercive means
- extort
- not permitted by custom or law
- illicit
- incapable of being corrected
- incorrigible
- an offense of less seriousness than a felony
- misdemeanor
- to steal
- purloin
- a tough or rowdy person
- ruffian
- without scruples or principles
- unscrupulous
- unpleasant; disgusting
- vile
- good-humored, playful conversation
- banter
- a representation, usually pictorial, which exaggerates or distorts the features
- caricature
- amusingly odd or comical
- droll
- playfully humorous
- facetious
- marked by a disrespectful frivolity or indifference
- flippant
- loud or lively merriment
- hilarity
- laughable because of an obvious absurdity or ridiculousness
- ludicrous
- gladness or lightheartedness
- mirth
- playful or fanciful; imaginatively humorous
- whimsical
- a witty or clever remark
- witticism
- unfavorable to one's interest or welfare
- adverse
- having a strong feeling of dislike or reluctance
- averse
- to leave one country or region to settle in another
- emigrate
- in a manner marked by metaphorical language or figures of speech
- figuratively
- to enter and settle in a country or region
- immigrate
- having or showing creative or inventive skill
- ingenious
- showing or having simplicity in a childlike way
- ingenuous
- according to the actual meaning of a word or phrase
- literally
- to ill-treat persistently and grievously
- persecute
- to bring a legal action against in order to convict of a violation of a law
- prosecute
- strict economy, especially that imposed by force
- austerity
- to decrease in value
- depreciate
- the value of a property after subtracting the liabilities that can be claimed against it
- equity
- avoiding the unnecessary expenditure of money
- frugal
- lacking money or resources to provide adequately the necessities of life
- indigent
- very generous in giving
- munificent
- consisting of or having to do with money
- pecuniary
- a moderate and brief decline in economic activity
- recession
- to pay compensation for goods
- remunerate
- capable of meeting all financial needs
- solvent
- having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulnes in handling situations
- adroit
- very sophisticated; worldly
- blase
- a trite or overused expression or idea
- cliche
- a body of customers
- clientele
- a person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk of a business venture
- entrepreneur
- something in which a person excels
- forte
- lacking social experience or grace
- gauche
- marked by unaffected simplicity
- naive
- cool, carefree, and casually unconcerned
- nonchalant
- an appointment or engagement to meet at a fixed place or time
- rendezvous
- characterized by procrastination
- dilatory
- lazily slow or relaxed
- languid
- drowsy or sluggish indifference
- lethargy
- in a condition of inactivity or rest
- quiescent
- the act or condition of resting
- repose
- laziness; indolence
- sloth
- to walk while asleep
- somnambulate
- drowsiness; sleepiness
- somnolence
- causing or tending to cause sleep
- soporific
- a condition of reduced sensisbility or consciousness
- stupor
- to make seem greater; exaggerate
- aggrandize
- condition of exceeding reasonable or proper limits
- exorbitance
- characterized by pretended or affected grandeur
- grandiose
- an exaggerated statement often used as a figure of speech
- hyperbole
- not temperate or moderate
- intemperate
- to preoccupy the mind excessively
- obsess
- state of having or displaying great wealth and luxury
- opulence
- recklessly wasteful or extravagant
- profligate
- to gratify to excess
- satiate
- beyond what is required or sufficient
- superfluous
- a natural attraction; liking
- affinity
- active hatred
- animosity
- a strong feeling of dislike
- anitpathy
- marked by or showing warmth of emotion or desire
- ardent
- deserving to be regarded with a feeling of dislike
- contemptible
- to consider or reject as unworthy
- disdain
- inspired with love
- enamored
- to destroy the affection of friendliness of
- estrange
- a definite and habitual liking
- penchant
- a feeling of strong dislike
- repugnance
- someone or something that precedes or goes before
- antecedent
- to follow as a consequence or result
- ensue
- lasting for a very brief time
- ephemeral
- about to occur
- imminent
- a period of time betwen two events
- interim
- lasting or seeming to last forever
- interminable
- lasting an indefinitely long time
- perennial
- acting or done hastily or impulsively
- precipitate
- provided for the time being; temporary
- provisional
- looking back on or directed toward the past
- retrospective
- to surrender under specified conditions
- capitulate
- to agree to do something one regards as below one's dignity
- condescend
- courteous respect
- deference
- to behave in a demeaning or self-abasing manner
- grovel
- a follower who behaves in the manner of a servant
- lackey
- to have greater authority
- predominate
- characteristic of a slave
- slavish
- the act of bringing under rule or dominion
- subjugation
- proudly scornful; disdainful
- supercilious
- one who seeks favor or advancement through flattering important people
- sycophant
- to decrease the density of
- attenuate
- so fine or thin in texture as to be transparent
- diaphanous
- to weigh down; burden
- encumber
- vanishing or likely to vanish like a vapor
- evanescent
- a fine film of cobwebs often seen floating in air or caught on objects
- gossamer
- capable of being felt or touched
- palpable
- to spread or flow throughout
- permeate
- easily bent or flexed without breaking
- pliant
- having great weight
- ponderous
- resembling glue in consistency and stickiness
- viscous