Goslin Vocab. 8-17
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- Fop
- an excessively fashion-conscious man
- fortuitous
- lucky; by chance
- gambol
- to frolic; to romp about playfully
- garish
- tastelessly gaudy
- garner
- to gather, to qcquire
- garrulous
- talkative
- germane
- relevant; fitting
- gibe
- to scoff, to ridicule
- gloat
- to look at or think about with great satisfaction
- glower
- to stare angrily
- grandiose
- impressive, showy, magnificent
- gratuitous
- unnecessary or uncalled for
- grotesque
- absured; distorted
- gumption
- courage and initiative; common sense
- hackneyed
- commonplace; overused
- halcyon
- calm, pleasant
- hallow
- to make holy; holy
- harbinger
- an omen or sign
- harlequin
- a clown
- hector
- to bully; to pester
- hedonism
- pursuit of pleasure, especially of the sense
- hegira
- flight, escape
- hermetic
- tightly sealed
- heterogeneous
- different; dissimilar
- hiatus
- a pause or gap
- hoi polloi
- common people; the masses
- hospice
- a shelter
- hubris
- excessive pride or selfl-confidence
- hybrid
- anything of mixed origin; mixed, assorted
- idiosyncrasy
- a peculiar personality trait
- idoltry
- excessive or blind adoration; worship of an object
- imminent
- likely to happen; threatening
- immolate
- to kill someone as a sacrificial victim, usually by fire
- immutable
- unchageable, fixed
- impair
- to weaken; to cause to become worse
- impale
- to pierce with a sharp stake through the body
- impalpable
- unable to be felt, intangible
- impecunious
- without money; penniless
- impediment
- a barrier, obstruction
- imperative
- extrememly necessary; vitally important
- imperious
- domineering; haughty
- impinge
- to strike; to encroach
- impious
- disresepctful toward God
- importune
- to persistently ask; to beg
- impotent
- powerless; lacking strength
- imprecation
- a curse
- jocular
- humorous, lighthearted
- juxtapose
- to place side by side for comparison
- kinetic
- pertaining to motion
- kismet
- destiny; fate;fortune
- knell
- a sound made by a bell rung slowly for a death or funeral
- labryrinth
- a complicated network of winding passages; a maze
- lachrymose
- tearful, weepy
- laconic
- using few words; short; concise
- lambent
- softly bright or radient; running or moving lightly over a surface
- languid
- sluggish; drooping from weakness
- lascivious
- lustful or lewd; inciting sexual desire
- legerdemain
- sleight of hang; deception
- libertine
- one who leads an immoral life
- machination
- an evil design or plan
- macroscopic
- visible to the naked eye
- maelstrom
- whirlpool; turbulence; agitated state of mind
- malapropism
- a word humorously misused
- malleable
- capable of being changed; easily shaped
- martinet
- a strict disciplinarian; taskmaster
- masochist
- one who enjoys his or her own pain and suffering
- mendacious
- lying; false; deceitful
- meretricious
- attractive in a cheap, flashy way
- milieu
- environment, setting
- miscreant
- a vicious person
- nebulous
- hazy, vague, uncertain
- necromancy
- magic, especially that practiced by a witch
- neologism
- use of a new word; making up a new word or definition
- nilhilism
- a total rejection of established laws
- nirvana
- a condition of great peace or happiness
- nonentity
- a person or thing of little importance
- non sequitur
- something that does not logically follow
- nubile
- a female suitable for marriage in regard to age and physical development
- obdurate
- stubborn, hardhearted
- obfuscated
- to confuse; to bewilder
- obloquy
- strong disapproval; a bad reputation resulting from public criticism
- obsequious
- excessively submissive or overly attentive
- obviate
- to prevent; to get around
- offal
- garbage; waste parts
- olfactory
- pertaining to smell
- onerous
- burdensome; heavy; hard to endure
- onus
- a burden, responsibility, obligation
- optimum
- the best, the most fvorable, the ideal
- opulent
- rich, luxurious; wealthy
- orifice
- mouth; opening
- orthography
- correct spelling
- paleontology
- a science dealing with prehistoric life through study of fossils
- palliate
- to ease, to lessen, to soothe
- panache
- self-confidence; a showy manner
- pandemic
- general; widespread
- panegyric
- an expression of praise
- paradigm
- a model, an example
- parochial
- local; narrow; limited
- parody
- a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner
- paroxym
- a sudden outburst; a fit
- patent
- evident or obvious
- peccadillo
- a minor offense, a misdeed
- pecuniary
- pertaining to money; financial
- pedantic
- tending to show off one's learning
- pedestrian
- a person or thing said to be ordinary or dull
- pejorative
- having a negative effect; insulting
- perdition
- damnation; ruin; hell
- perfuctory
- done without care; in a routine fashion
- perspicacity
- keeness of judgment
- peruse
- to read carefully; scrutinize
- quagmire
- a swamp; a difficult or inextricable situation
- quandary
- a puzzling situation; a dilemma
- quasi
- resembling; seeming; half
- querulous
- com;laining; grumbling
- quiddity
- an essential quality
- raiment
- clothing; garments
- rakish
- carefree; dashing; jaunty
- ratiocinate
- to reason; to think
- rationalize
- to make an excuse for
- rebuke
- to scold; to blame
- recant
- to withdraw or disavow a statement or opinion
- recapitulate
- to summarize; to repeat briefly
- recoil
- to retreat; to draw back
- recondite
- difficult to understand; profound
- recreant
- a coward, a traitor
- rectify
- to correct; to make right
- redolent
- having a pleasant odor; suggestive or evocative
- redundant
- repetitious; using more words than needed
- regale
- to delight with something pleasing or amusing
- regress
- to move in a backward direction
- sacrosanct
- extremely holy
- sadistic
- de3riving pleasure from inflicting pain on others
- sagacious
- wise; having keen perception and sound judgement
- salacious
- obscene; lusty
- salient
- significant; conspicuous; standing out from the rest
- salutary
- healthful; wholesome
- sangf-roid
- calmness; composure or cool self-possesion
- sanguine
- cheerful; optimistic
- sapient
- wise; full of knowledge
- saturnine
- gloomy; sluggish
- savant
- a person of extensive learning; an eminent scholar
- scintillate
- to sparkle; to twinkle; to sparkle intellectually
- scurrilous
- coarsely abusive; vulgar
- sedition
- rebellion or resistance against the government
- sedulous
- hard working; diligent
- sentient
- conscious; capable of feeling or perception
- shard
- a fragment
- shibboleth
- a slogan; a password
- sibilant
- a hissing sound