Vocab Flashcards
conducive to success; favorable.
“it was not the most _____ moment to hold an election”
Auspicious
Adj.
characterized by success; prosperous.
“he was respectful to his auspicious customers”
attracting notice or attention.
“he showed ________ bravery”
Conspicuous
The sign was placed in a very conspicuous spot/position. The bird has a conspicuous red head. She felt very conspicuous in her pink coat. He was uncomfortable about his conspicuous weight gain.
______ is an insulting word used to describe someone who annoys others by correcting small errors, caring too much about minor details, or emphasizing their own expertise especially in some narrow or boring subject matter.
Pedantic
What do u call it when ppl love to correct others on minor details or to show off their knowledge?
Pedantic - Pedantic is an insulting word used to describe someone who annoys others by correcting small errors, caring too much about minor details, or emphasizing their own expertise especially in some narrow or boring subject matter.
Hiraeth (“heer-ieth”)
A beautiful welsh word that refers to a homesickness for something you cannot return to. Nostalgia for the lost places of your past.
Ex. I occasionally find myself missing university - living with friends, costume parties, close knit group, etc. Today I don’t have a tribe quite like that one - feel myself longing for it.
Many of us feel linked with our past. And while it’s comforting to keep our past close to our heart, it’s important to make room for the present and let go.
Life is an exercise of constant change. Open up to the present as best as you can as this is where new memories are born.
A beautiful welsh word that refers to a homesickness for something you cannot return to. Nostalgia for the lost places of your past.
Hiraeth (hear-Ith)
Adj
overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness.
“this point may now seem obvious and trite”
- trite
- know this is trite but I love this club
- you win some you lose some is a trite expression
- ## lyrics of love are trite
Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
“some loved her, some hated her, few were x about her”
Ambivalent
Ex. I feel ambivalent about having kids
- conventional path that society pressures you to follow but I don’t want to follow the path blindly bc it’s what you do
- is there really only one path for everyone? The path is often not right for many ppl who wind up living it
Innocuous
Adj
Not harmful or offensive “it was an innocuous question”
(Derives from innocent)
- why I’d react that way to an innocuous creature
- the conversation was innocuous
- innocuous remark
- innocuous home remedy
Verb
Make it repair in an improvised or inventive way, making use of whatever items are at hand “he x a makeshift jack with a log”
Macgyver
an organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts.
Noun
Gestalt
All decisions will be made thru that lens
Lipstick on the pig
lipstick on a pig means making superficial or cosmetic changes to a product in a futile effort to disguise its fundamental failings.
Entrepreneur within your company.
An entrepreneur takes a new business idea and starts a company to bring that idea to market.
An x is an employee who channels that same creativity and innovation to develop new products and services — and sometimes even markets — for an employer.
Intrapreneur
Cognitive dissonance
Noun
The term cognitive dissonance is used to describe the mental discomfort that results from holding two conflicting beliefs, values, or attitudes.
- You want to be healthy, but you don’t exercise regularly or eat a nutritious diet. You feel guilty as a result.
- You know that smoking (or drinking too much) is harmful to your health, but you do it anyway. You rationalize this action by pointing to your high stress levels.
- You’d like to build up your savings but tend to spend extra cash as soon as you get it. You regret this decision later, such as when facing an unexpected expense that you don’t have the money to cover.
- You have a long to-do list but spend the day watching your favorite shows instead. You don’t want your spouse to know, so you try to make it look like you’ve worked hard all day.
Used:
“Hughes writes that she began to feel emotional and cognitive dissonance between her scientific studies and the feminist activist work she was doing.”
At the moment he suffers from corporate cognitive dissonance.
First-class rail tickets for dedicated egalitarians are a comic example of cognitive dissonance.
Synonym for rat race
Proverbial treadmill
Notoriety
Noun
the state of being famous or well known for some bad quality or deed.
“the song has gained some notoriety in the press”
Use notorious to describe someone who
Use infamous to describe someone who
Use notorious to describe someone who is known for a bad quality: “He is notorious for showing up late.” Use infamous to describe someone who has gained fame or notoriety for doing something very bad and has a bad reputation because of it.
Proverbial
adjective
(of a word or phrase) referred to in a proverb or idiom.
“I’m going to stick out like the proverbial sore thumb”
well known, especially so as to be stereotypical.
“the Welsh people, whose hospitality is proverbial
Prescient
Prophets are prescient
having or showing knowledge of events before they take place.
“a prescient warning”
That anxiety has not proven to be prescient.
His ridiculed forecasts for a return to growth this year have proved surprisingly prescient. …
He will end up being proved prescient one day. …
The poem was composed just a few months before her death and seems eerily prescient.
Precarious
Praying for the right outcome bc it’s uncertain/ dependent on chance/ not securely held
Adjective
1. not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse.
“a precarious ladder”
- dependent on chance; uncertain.
“he made a precarious living as a painter
Origin - prayer
Symbiotic
adjectiveBIOLOGY
involving interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association.
“the fungi form symbiotic associations with the roots of plant species”
denoting a mutually beneficial relationship between different people or groups.
“the reader can have a symbiotic relationship with the writer”
Symbiosis is a term describing any relationship or interaction between two dissimilar organisms.
adjective
(of a word or phrase) referred to in a proverb or idiom.
well known, especially so as to be stereotypical.
Proverb
How to remember?
Proverb rhymes with probird- a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Ostracize
Verb. Excluded from a society or group
a person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization.
“regular brushing is the _____ of all good dental hygiene”
Linchpin
A x is a turning point or historic moment. The day you got your braces off might have been a x moment in your life
Watershed moment
Adjective - wicked or criminal.
“the _____ activities of the organized-crime syndicates”
Nefarious
The opposite of that (synonym)
the inverse of that
