Vocabulary List 6 Flashcards by Byzan Grandyll

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Crepitation

n. a crackling or rattling sound (pistol-like crepitations)

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Nominal

adj. (of a role or status) existing in name only
adj. relating to names
adj. (of a price or amount) very small; far below the value or real cost

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Nirvana

n. a state of near-perfect bliss

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Lien

n. a right to keep possession of property belonging to another person until a debt owed by that person is discharged

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Cogitation

n. the action of thinking deeply about something

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Coup de grace

n. a final blow or shot to kill a wounded person or animal

n. an action or event that serves as the culmination of a bad or deteriorating situation

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Prim

adj. stiffly formal and respectable; feeling or showing disapproval towards anything regarded as improper
v. purse the mouth or lips in a prim expression (he primmed up his mouth)

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Tawdry

adj. showy but cheap and of poor quality

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Recidivist

n. a former convict who reoffends

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Quarry

n. an animal pursued by a hunter, hound, predatory animal, or bird of prey
n. a thing or person that is chased or sought

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Mote

n. a tiny piece of a substance

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Slalom

v. move or race in a winding path, avoiding obstacles

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Agog

adj. very eager or curious to hear or see something

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Anemic

adj. lacking in color, spirit, or vitality

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Passé

adj. bygone, out of fashion

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Gentry

n. people of good position, specifically (in the UK) the class below the nobility in position or birth (a member of the landed gentry)

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Sheaf

n. a bundle of objects of one kind, typically papers

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Opulent

adj. ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish

adj. rich

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Gilt

adj. layered or covered in gold leaf (a thin sheet of gold) or gold paint

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Vaulted

adj. having a hemispherical vault or dome (a vaulted ceiling; a vaulted tent of white fabric)

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Sumptuous

adj. splendid and expensive-looking

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Somnambulism

n. sleepwalking

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Pad

v. walk with steady steps making soft, steady sounds

v. traveling along on foot (he padded the streets)

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Trounce

v. defeat heavily in a contest

v. rebuke or punish severely

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# Define the following: Whicker

v. utter a half suppressed laugh, snigger v. (of a horse) give a soft breathy whinny v. move with the sound of something hurtling through or beating the air (the soft whicker of the wind through the corn)

# Define the following: Snigger

n. a smothered or half-suppressed laugh

# Define the following: Vim

n. energy, enthusiasm

# Define the following: Swaddle

v. wrap (someone, especially a baby) in garments or cloth

# Define the following: Dendritic

adj. having a branched form resembling a tree

# Define the following: Lexicon

n. the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge (the English lexicon) n. a dictionary

# Define the following: Saccade

n. a rapid movement of the eyes between fixation points

# Define the following: Bucolic

adj. of or relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life

# Define the following: Copse

n. a small group of trees

# Define the following: Pitch

v. throw or fling casually or roughly (he crumpled the page up and pitched it into the fireplace) v. fall heavily especially headlong (she pitched forward into darkness) v. (of vehicles) move in a vigorous jogging motion: the jeep came pitching over the hill v. cause (a roof) to slope downward: the roof was pitched at an angle of 75 degrees

# Define the following: Deltoid

adj. triangular (deltoid leaves) | n. a triangular muscle located at the shoulders

# Define the following: Mook

n. a stupid or incompetent person

# Define the following: Farrier

n. a craftsman who trims and shoes horses' hooves

# Define the following: Ballast

n. something that gives stability or balance (the film was a comedy with some serious ideas thrown in for ballast)

# Define the following: Burg

n. an ancient or medieval fortress or walled city | n. a town or city

# Define the following: Clout

n. a heavy blow with the hand or heavy object n. influence or power, especially in business v. hit hard with the hand or heavy object

# Define the following: Menial

adj. (of work) not requiring much skill and lacking prestige | n. a person with a menial job

# Define the following: Languish

v. lose or lack vitality; grow weak or feeble v. fail to make progress or succeed v. pine with love or grief v. suffer from being forced to remain in an uncomfortable place or situation

# Define the following: Seneschal

n. the steward or major-domo of a medieval great house

# Define the following: Queue

n. a line or sequence of people or vehicles waiting to be attended to or to proceed v. (queuing up) be extremely keen to have or do something: companies are queuing up to move to the bay

# Define the following: Cussed

adj. stubborn; annoying

# Define the following: Flinty

adj. very hard and unyielding (a flinty stare)

# Define the following: Empirical

n. based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic

# Define the following: Canvass

v. solicit votes from electors in a constituency (two workers canvassed some 2,000 voters) v. question someone in order to ascertain their opinion on something v. try to obtain, request v. discuss thoroughly, deliberate

# Define the following: Stigmatize

v. describe or regard as worthy of disgrace or great approval

# Define the following: Miscreant

n. a person who behaves badly or breaks the law

# Define the following: Gravitas

n. dignity, solemnity, or seriousness of a matter

# Define the following: Epigraph

n. an inscription on a building, statue, or coin | n. a quote at the beginning of a book or chapter, intending to suggest its theme

# Define the following: Milieu

n. a person's social environment (he grew up in a military milieu)

# Define the following: Anomie (or anomy)

n. lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group: the theory that high-rise architecture leads to anomie among the residents

# Define the following: Jeremiad

n. a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes

# Define the following: Fusty

adj. feeling stale, damp, or stuffy | adj. old-fashioned in attitude or style

# Define the following: Epistemology

n. the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion

# Define the following: Rube

n. a country bumpkin

# Define the following: Quorum

n. the minimum number or amount of people present at any of its meetings to make the proceedings valid

# Define the following: Parcel

v. make (something) into a parcel by wrapping it (he parceled up his only winter suit to sell to the pawnbroker)

# Define the following: Luminary

n. a person who inspires or influences others | n. an artificial light

# Define the following: Pointillist

adj. painted using tiny dots of various colors, which become blended in the viewer's eye

# Define the following: Jettison

v. abandon or discard

# Define the following: Octogenarian

n. someone between 80-90 years in age

# Define the following: Incipient

adj. in an initial stage, beginning to form or develop

# Define the following: Pierrot

n. a French male character in traditional pantomime with a sad white-painted face, a loose white costume, and a pointed hat

# Define the following: Harlequin

n. a mute character in traditional pantomime, typically masked and dressed in a diamond-patterned costume adj. in varied colors; variegated

# Define the following: Signet

n. a small seal, usually set in a ring, used instead of or with a signature to give authentication to an official document

# Define the following: Afebrile

adj. without fever

# Define the following: Astraphobia

n. a fear of lightning and thunder

# Define the following: Ibidem

adj. in the same book, chapter, page, etc.

# Define the following: Intercut

v. alternate (scenes or shots) with contrasting scenes or shots to make one composite scene in a film (pieces of film are intercut with brief interviews)

# Define the following: Sachet

n. a small bag used to hold herbs | n. dried, scented material for use in scented clothes

# Define the following: Moue

n. a pouting expression used to convey annoyance or distaste

# Define the following: Deontology

n. the philosophy of analyzing the rightness or wrongness of someone by looking at their actions, as opposed to looking at the consequences (consequentialism)

# Define the following: Nary

adj. not

# Define the following: Rise

v. to continue to blow or blow more strongly: the wind continued to rise

# Define the following: Allegory

n. a symbol | n. a story, picture, or poem that can be used to interpret a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one

# Define the following: Superlative

adj. of the highest quality or degree n. (the superlative) the highest degree of comparison n. someone or something embodying excellence

# Define the following: Charnel

adj. associated with death | n. also charnel house; a place associated with death

# Define the following: Lucrative

adj. producing a great deal of profit

# Define the following: Discrepancy

n. a pack of compatibility or similarity between two things

# Define the following: Preclude

v. forestall

# Define the following: Nil

adj. nonexistent

# Define the following: Threadbare

adj. (of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings) becoming threadbare and tattered with age adj. (of an argument, excuse, idea, etc.) used so often that it is no longer effective adj. poor or shabby in appearance

# Define the following: Blarney

n. talk that aims to charm, flatter, or persuade | n. amusing and harmless nonsense

# Define the following: Tress

n. a long lock of a woman's hair | v. arrange (a person's hair) into locks

# Define the following: Omnibus

n. a book containing several volumes or books published separately adj. comprising several items

# Define the following: Happenstance

n. coincidence

# Define the following: Gumption

n. shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness

# Define the following: Nepotism

n. the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs

# Define the following: Verbose

adj. using or expressed in more words than needed

# Define the following: Viscera

n. the internal organs in the main cavities in the body, exempli gratis the intestines

# Define the following: Floatsam

n. floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo

# Define the following: Jetsam

n. floating cargo purposely thrown overboard or jettisoned in order to lighten the load in a time of distress

# Define the following: Refuse

n. matter thrown away or rejected as trash

# Define the following: Timbre

n. the character or quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity

# Define the following: Genesis

n. an origin or beginning of something

# Define the following: Filial

adj. of or due from a son or daughter

# Define the following: Nautical

adj. of or concerning sailors or navigation

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. dignity, solemnity, or seriousness of a matter

Gravitas

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a crackling or rattling sound

Crepitation

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. (of a role or status) existing in name only adj. relating to names adj. (of a price or amount) very small; far below the value or real cost

Nominal

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a state of near-perfect bliss

Nirvana

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a right to keep possession of property belonging to another person until a debt owed by that person is discharged

Lien

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. the action of thinking deeply about something

Cogitation

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a final blow or shot to kill a wounded person or animal n. an action or event that serves as the culmination of a bad or deteriorating situation

Coup de grace

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. stiffly formal and respectable; feeling or showing disapproval towards anything regarded as improper v. purse the mouth or lips

Prim

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. showy but cheap and of poor quality

Tawdry

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a former convict who reoffends

Recidivist

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. an animal pursued by a hunter, hound, predatory animal, or bird of prey n. a thing or person that is chased or sought

Quarry

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a tiny piece of a substance

Mote

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. move or race in a winding path, avoiding obstacles

Slalom

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. very eager or curious to hear or see something

Agog

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. lacking in color, spirit, or vitality

Anemic

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. bygone, out of fashion

Passé

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. people of good position, specifically (in the UK) the class below the nobility in position or birth

Gentry

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a bundle of objects of one kind, typically papers

Sheaf

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish adj. rich

Opulent

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. layered or covered in gold leaf (a thin sheet of gold) or gold paint

Gilt

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. having a hemispherical vault or dome

Vaulted

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. splendid and expensive-looking

Sumptuous

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. sleepwalking

Somnambulism

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. walk with steady steps making soft, steady sounds v. traveling along on foot

Pad

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. defeat heavily in a contest v. rebuke or punish severely

Trounce

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. utter a half suppressed laugh, snigger v. (of a horse) give a soft breathy whinny v. move with the sound of something hurtling through or beating the air

Whicker

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a smothered or half-suppressed laugh

Snigger

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. energy, enthusiasm

Vim

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. wrap (someone, especially a baby) in garments or cloth

Swaddle

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. having a branched form resembling a tree

Dendritic

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge

Lexicon

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a rapid movement of the eyes between fixation points

Saccade

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. of or relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life

Bucolic

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a small group of trees

Copse

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. throw or fling casually or roughly

Pitch

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. triangular

Deltoid

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a stupid or incompetent person

Mook

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a craftsman who trims and shoes horses' hooves

Farrier

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. something that gives stability or balance

Ballast

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. an ancient or medieval fortress or walled city n. a town or city

Burg

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a heavy blow with the hand or heavy object n. influence or power, especially in business v. hit hard with the hand or heavy object

Clout

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. (of work) not requiring much skill and lacking prestige

Menial

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. lose or lack vitality; grow weak or feeble v. fail to make progress or succeed v. pine with love or grief v. suffer from being forced to remain in an uncomfortable place or situation

Languish

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. the steward or major-domo of a medieval great house

Seneschal

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a line or sequence of people or vehicles waiting to be attended to or to proceed

Queue

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. stubborn; annoying

Cussed

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. (of a person or their expression) very hard and unyielding

Flinty

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic

Empirical

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. solicit votes from electors in a constituency v. question someone in order to ascertain their opinion on something v. try to obtain, request v. discuss thoroughly, deliberate

Canvass

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. describe or regard as worthy of disgrace or great approval

Stigmatize

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a person who behaves badly or breaks the law

Miscreant

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. an inscription on a building, statue, or coin n. a quote at the beginning of a book or chapter, intending to suggest its theme

Epigraph

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a person's social environment

Milieu

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group

Anomie (or anomy)

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes

Jeremiad

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. feeling stale, damp, or stuffy adj. old-fashioned in attitude or style

Fusty

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion

Epistemology

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a country bumpkin

Rube

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. the minimum number or amount of people present at any of its meetings to make the proceedings valid

Quorum

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. make (something) into a parcel by wrapping it

Parcel

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a person who inspires or influences others n. an artificial light

Luminary

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. painted using tiny dots of various colors, which become blended in the viewer's eye

Pointillist

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. abandon or discard

Jettison

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. someone between 80-90 years in age

Octogenarian

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. in an initial stage, beginning to form or develop

Incipient

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a French male character in traditional pantomime with a sad white-painted face, a loose white costume, and a pointed hat

Pierrot

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a mute character in traditional pantomime, typically masked and dressed in a diamond-patterned costume adj. in varied colors; variegated

Harlequin

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a small seal, usually set in a ring, used instead of or with a signature to give authentication to an official document

Signet

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. without fever

Afebrile

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a fear of lightning and thunder

Astraphobia

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. in the same book, chapter, page, etc.

Ibidem

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. alternate (scenes or shots) with contrasting scenes or shots to make one composite scene in a film

Intercut

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a small bag used to hold herbs n. dried, scented material for use in scented clothes

Sachet

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a pouting expression used to convey annoyance or distaste

Moue

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. the philosophy of analyzing the rightness or wrongness of someone by looking at their actions, as opposed to looking at the consequences (consequentialism)

Deontology

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. not

Nary

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. to continue to blow or blow more strongly

Rise

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a symbol n. a story, picture, or poem that can be used to interpret a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one

Allegory

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. of the highest quality or degree n. the highest degree of comparison n. someone or something embodying excellence

Superlative

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. associated with death

Charnel

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. producing a great deal of profit

Lucrative

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a pack of compatibility or similarity between two things

Discrepancy

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? v. forestall

Preclude

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. nonexistent

Nil

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. (of an argument, excuse, idea, etc.) used so often that it is no longer effective adj. poor or shabby in appearance

Threadbare

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. talk that aims to charm, flatter, or persuade n. amusing and harmless nonsense

Blarney

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a long lock of a woman's hair v. arrange (a person's hair) into locks

Tress

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. a book containing several volumes or books published separately adj. comprising several items

Omnibus

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? Happenstance

n. coincidence

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness

Gumption

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs

Nepotism

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. using or expressed in more words than needed

Verbose

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. the internal organs in the main cavities in the body, exampli gratis the intestines

Viscera

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? Floatsam

n. floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? Jetsam

n. floating cargo purposely thrown overboard or jettisoned in order to lighten the load in a time of distress

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. matter thrown away or rejected as trash

Refuse

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. the character or quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity

Timbre

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? n. an origin or beginning of something

Genesis

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. of or due from a son or daughter

Filial

Which of your vocabulary words means the following? adj. of or concerning sailors or navigation

Nautical

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