Flashcards in Chapter 8 Deck (21):
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Factotum (n.)
a person, as a handyman or servant, employed to do all kinds of work around the house.
any employee or official having many different responsibilities.
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Exalt (v.)
to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate: He was exalted to the position of president.
to praise; extol: to exalt someone to the skies.
to stimulate, as the imagination: The lyrics of Shakespeare exalted the audience.
to intensify, as a color: complementary colors exalt each other.
Obsolete . to elate, as with pride or joy.
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Exult (v.)
to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice exceedingly; be highly elated or jubilant: They exulted over their victory.
Obsolete . to leap, especially for joy.
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Effete (v.)
lacking in wholesome vigor; degenerate; decadent: an effete, overrefined society.
exhausted of vigor or energy; worn out: an effete political force.
unable to produce; sterile.
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Factitious (adj.)
not spontaneous or natural; artificial; contrived: factitious laughter; factitious enthusiasm.
made; manufactured: a decoration of factitious flowers and leaves.
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Factious (adj.)
given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
pertaining to or proceeding from faction: factious quarrels.
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Facetious (adj.)
not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
amusing; humorous.
lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous: a facetious person.
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Ennui (n.)
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom: The endless lecture produced an unbearable ennui.
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Distrait (adj.)
inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded.
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Dowdy (adj.)
not stylish; drab; old-fashioned: Why do you always wear those dowdy old dresses?
not neat or tidy; shabby.
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Forbearance (n.)
the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
forbearingconduct or quality; patient endurance; self-control.
an abstaining from the enforcement of a right.
a creditor's giving of indulgence after the day originally fixed for payment.
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Ford (a.)
a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
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Forensic (adj.)
pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
adapted or suited to argumentation; rhetorical.
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Geniality (n.)
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial: a genial disposition; a genial host.
favorable for life, growth, or comfort; pleasantly warm; comfortably mild: the genial climate of Hawaii.
characterized by genius.
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Gratuitous (adj.)
given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
being without apparent reason, cause, or justification: a gratuitous insult.
Law. given without receiving any return value.
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Filch (v.)
to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer: to filch ashtrays from fancy restaurants.
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Gall (v.)
impudence; effrontery.
bile, especially that of an animal.
something bitter or severe.
bitterness of spirit; rancor.
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Gregarious (adj.)
fond of the company of others; sociable.
living in flocks or herds, as animals.
Botany . growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.
pertaining to a flock or crowd.
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Flit (v.)
to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along: bees flitting from flower to flower.
to flutter, as a bird.
to pass quickly, as time: hours flitting by.
Chiefly Scot. and North England .
to depart or die.
to change one's residence.
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Filial (v.)
of, pertaining to, or befitting a son or daughter: filial obedience.
noting or having the relation of a child to a parent.
Genetics. pertaining to the sequence of generations following the parental generation, each generation being designated by an F followed by a subscript number indicating its place in the sequence.
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