Vocab Units 1-3
Terms
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- Acquisitive
- (adj) able to retain ideas/informations, concerned with acquiring wealth/money - greedy
- Arrogate
- (v) to take without claim/right - commandeer
- Banal
- (adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace - stale
- Belabor
- (v) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly - overwork
- Carping
- (adj) tending to find fault (in petty, nasty, hairsplitting way), (n) petty, nagging critism - nit-picking
- Coherent
- (adj) holding/sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible - connected
- Congeal
- (v) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible/rigid - solidfy
- Emulate
- (v) to imitate with the intent of equaling/surpassing the model - copy
- Econium
- (n) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute - commendation
- Eschew
- (v) to avoid, shun, keep away from - forgo
- Germane
- (adj) relevant, appropriate, fitting
- Insatiable
- (adj) so great/demanding as not to be satisfied - unquenchable
- Intransigent
- (adj) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable - unyielding
- Invidious
- (adj) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment - malicious
- Largesse
- (n) Generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions - liberally
- Reconnaissance
- (n) a survey for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination - RECON
- Substantiate
- (v) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to - verify
- Taciturn
- (adj) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little - uncommunicative
- Temporize
- (v) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise - procrastinate
- Tenable
- (adj) capable of being held/defended - defensible
- Accost
- (v) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging/aggressive way - confront
- Animadversion
- (n) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval - rebuke
- Avid
- (adj) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager - enthusiastic
- Brackish
- (adj) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
- Celerity
- (n) swiftness, rapidity of motion/action - promptness
- Devious
- (adj) straying or wandering from a straight/direct course, done or acting in a shifty/underhanded way - sly
- Gambit
- (n) in chess, an opening move that involves risk/sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage + anything of this type - maneuver
- Halcyon
- (n) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, pleaceful; happy, golden; prosperous - tranquil
- Histrionic
- (adj) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artifical; melodramatic
- Incendiary
- (adj) deliberately setting/causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife/rebellion (n) one who deliberately sets fires, ARSONIST, one who causes strife - (adj) provocative, (n) firebrand
- Maelstrom
- (n) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction - chaos (think WoW maelstrom)
- Myopic
- (adj) nearsighted; lacking a braod, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight/discernment - shortsighted
- Overt
- (adj) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized - obvious
- Pejorative
- (adj) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, belittling
- Propriety
- (n) the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl) standards of what is proper/socially acceptable - decorum
- Sacrilege
- (n) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred - desecration
- Summarily
- (adv) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely - promptly
- Suppliant
- (adj) asking humbly and earnestly; (n) one who makes a resquest humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor
- Talisman
- (n) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish - (Necklace!)
- Undulate
- (v) to move in waves/with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance/form - ripple
- Articulate
- (v) to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint(s) (adj) expressed clearly and forcefully - (v) pronounce (adj) eloquent
- Cavort
- (v) to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry
- Credence
- (n) belief, mental acceptance - trust
- Decry
- (v) to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate - denounce
- Dissemble
- (v) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression - feign
- Distraught
- (adj) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict
- Eulogy
- (n) a formal statement of commendation; high praise
- Evince
- (v) to display clearly, make evident, provoke
- Exhume
- (v) to remove from a grave; to bring to light - unearth
- Feckless
- (adj) lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak, irresponsible, unreliable
- Murky
- (adj) dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision - cloudy
- Nefarious
- (adj) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards - think nasty boss in WoW
- Piquant
- (adj) stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent, appealingly provocative - tangy
- Primordial
- (adj) developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times/earliest stage; fundamental, basic - primal
- Propinquity
- (n) nearness in place or time; kinship - proximity
- Unwonted
- (adj) not usual or expected, not in character - unusual
- Utopian
- (adj) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical - idealistic
- Verbiage
- (n) language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense/content, wordiness; a manner of expression
- Verdant
- (adj) green in tint/color, immature in experience/judgement - naive
- Viscous
- (adj) having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement/fluidity - sticky