Vocab List 1 Flashcards
Abnegation
N: 1. the act or an instance of abnegating, or denying oneself some rights, conveniences, etc 2. the act of relinquishing or giving up a right, possession, etc
Arduous
Adj: 1. requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult 2. requiring or using much energy and vigor; strenuous 3. hard to climb; steep 4. hard to endure; full of hardships; severe
Aversion
N: 1. a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy 2. a cause or object of dislike; person or thing that causes antipathy 3. act of averting; turning away or preventing
Bellicose
Adj: inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious
Capricious
Adj: 1. subject to, led by, or indicative of sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic 2. fanciful or witty
Catalyst
N: 1. a substance that causes or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected 2. something that causes activity between two or more persons or forces without itself being affected 3. a person or thing that precipitates an event or change 4. a person whose talk, enthusiasm, or energy causes others to be more friendly, enthusiastic, or energetic
Contentious
Adj: 1. tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome 2. causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy 3. pertaining to causes between contending parties
Diminution
N: 1. the act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction 2. the repetition or imitation of a subject or theme in notes of shorter duration than those first used
Enmity
N: a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism
Guile
N: insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity
Idiom
N: 1. an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meaning of its constituent elements 2. a language, dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to a people 3. a construction or expression of one language whose parts correspond to elements in another language but whose parts correspond to elements in another language but whose total structure or meaning is not matched in the same way in the second language 4. the peculiar character or genius of a language 5. a distinct style or character, in music, art, etc
Impercipitable
Adj: 1. very slight, gradual, or subtle 2. not perceptible; not perceived by or affecting the senses N: 3. something not capable of being perceived by the senses
Incipient
Adj: beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage
Ingenuousness
Adj: 1. free from reserver, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere 2. artless; innocent; naive 3. honorable or noble
Inured
V (w/ object): 1. to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc; toughen or harden; habituate V (w/out object): 2. to come into use; take or have effect 3. to become beneficial or advantageous