ENGLISH VOCAB (midterm)
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- Vicissitude
- (n) a change or variation
- Affectation
- (n) a fake behavior in order to appear cool
- Austere
- (adj) uncompromising; strict; forbidding
- Deference
- (n) respectful submission or yielding to the judgement/ opinion of another
- Effrontery
- (n) shameless nerve; behavior or an attitude that is so bold or arrogant as to be insulting
- Animated
- (v) to make a person, subject, or event lively
- Venerable
- (adj) worthy of respect
- Forlorn
- (adj) lonely and miserable
- Sagacious
- (adj) wise
- Precursor
- (n) somebody or something that comes before, and is often considered to lead to the development of, another person or thing
- Blasphemer
- (v) to swear in a way that insults religion
- Discerned
- (v) to see or notice something that is not very clear or obvious. To understand something that is not immediately obvious. To be able to tell the difference between two or more things.
- Pallid
- (adj) pale (unhealthy pale complexion)
- Apprehensively
- (adv) fearful
- Preternatural
- (adj) exceeding what is normal in nature
- Demure
- (adj) characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved
- Mollified
- (v) to calm/ soothe somebody who is angry/ uspet
- Mitigate
- (v) to make less severe
- Prosaic
- (adj) dull/ unimaginative
- Forsaken
- (v) to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert. To give up or renounce
- Superfluous
- (adj) in excess of what is needed
- Unobtrusive
- (adj) unremarkable, modest, discreet, unassertive
- Avaracious
- (adj) greedy; covetous
- Sanguine
- (adj) cheerfully optimistic
- Bravado
- (n) a pretentious, swaggering display of courage
- Allusion
- (n) a casual reference either directly or by implecation
- Pretence
- (n) false show of something. Make-believe
- recondite
- (adj)beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding. little known
- Ephemeral
- (adj) lasting for a short period of time
- Inexorably
- (adj) unstoppable
- Unpremeditated
- (adj) done without advance planning or thought
- Fain
- (adv) gladly, willingly [he____would except]
- Iconoclasm
- (n) action/ spirit of iconoclasts. a breaker/ destroyer of images. attacks cherished beliefs
- Exemplary
- (adj) worthy of being a model for others to imitate.
- Assimilates
- (v) to incorporate and absorb into the mind/body
- Omniscient
- (adj) knowing or seeming to know everything
- Sundry
- (adj) various or diverse; collectively and individually
- Succor
- (n) help/ relief for somebody in a difficult/ unpleasant situation
- Calamitious
- (adj) disastrous
- Amiable
- friendly
- Impetuously
- (adj) acting impulsively without considering consequences
- Alacrity
- (n) eagerness/ readiness
- Foment
- (v) to promote the growth/ development of
- Irascibility
- (n) easily provoked to anger; very irritable
- Eminent
- (adj) high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished
- Dolefully
- (adj) sad and mournful
- Aberration
- (n) deviation [in a moment of______]
- Fervid
- (adj) passionate/ ardent
- Prowess
- (n) exceptional valor, bravory, or ability; skill/strength
- Equivocal
- (adj) unclear in order to mislead/ confuse
- Zealous
- (adj) actively and unreservedly enthusiastic
- Indignation
- (n) anger at unfairness
- Ignoble
- (adj) of low character, aim, quality; inferior
- Impertinence
- (adj) showing a bold or rude lack of respect, especially to a superior
- Obstinate
- (adj) stubborn
- Surmise
- (v) to conjecture; guess
- Acquiesced
- (v) agree to something passively
- Remunerative
- (adj) paying somebody/ rewarding him/ her with money
- Despondency
- (adj) discouraged. extremely unhappy
- Insolent
- (adj) disrespectful
- Irreverently
- (adj) lacking in respect.
- Ambiguity
- (n) doubt about meaning: a situation in which something can be understood in more than one way and it is not clear which meaning is intended
- Invidious
- (adj) hateful
- Fastidious
- (adj) difficult to please
- Caprice
- a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
- Remonstrate
- (v) to argue strongly
- Anathema
- (n) somebody/something that is greatly disliked/detested and is therefore shunned.
- Temerity
- (n) reckless boldness; rashness
- Transient
- (adj) not lasting, enduring, or permanent
- Vagary
- (n)an unpredictable change, action, or idea
- Ingratiating
- (adj) charming; agreeable; pleasing
- Dissolute
- (adj) overindulging in physical pleasures in a way that is considered immoral or harmful
- Fastidious
- (adj) difficult to please
- Ostentatious
- (adj) marked by a vulgar display of wealth and success designed to impress people
- Incredulous
- (adj) skeptical, indicating/ showing unbelief
- Punctiliousness
- (n) strict attention to minute details
- Unhallowed
- (adj) not hallowed or consecrated; not regarded as holy or sacred (unhallowed ground). Impious, unholy.