Wk 1 Vocabs Flashcards
inchoate
undeveloped, incipient, nascent
“I don’t think my inchoate Mandarin would help me survive in China”
diatribe
abusive criticism
“After the press conference, the politician received diatribes from all over the constituency”
aver
assert
“When the p-value is less than alpha, we can aver that the result is statistically significant”
laconic
concise, reticent, taciturn, pithy
“Her laconic responses to my detailed messages sometimes irk me”
lucid
comprehensible
“Though the coloring of the text was not appealing, the meaning of the words was lucid”
intrepid
brave, mettlesome, plucky
“It will take an intrepid soldier to stand up to the grizzly bear”
burgeon
flourish
“After going through severe hardship during the 2009 financial crisis, his business burgeoned by end of the next two years”
gainsay
deny
“I don’t know why he is trying to gainsay his involvement in the crime when there is clear evidence at the scene”
pith
core, gist, nexus
“We don’t have much time. Can you get to the pith of your topic?”
hackneyed
unoriginal, trite, banal
“Some of the Kumawood movies are hackneyed. They use the storylines of other European films.”
ebullience
exuberance, brio
“Postman Pat delivered mails with such ebullience that he became a favorite for the town”
artless
natural, crude
“Fiona’s artless gestures made her look more adorable”
din
loud noise, cacophony, hubbub
“We have to find a way to stop the din from the attic”
tenuous
slender, flimsy
“Prior to the 16th century, humans had tenuous opinions about outer space; One of them was that the Earth is the center of the universe”
propitiate
appease, assuage, quell
“To propitiate Asaase Yaa, the Ashantis needed to sacrifice 2 plump goats”
