English Vocab 2 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Kenspeckle
Conspicuous; easily seen or recognized
Salubrious
Favorable to or promoting health; healthful
Pernicious
Deadly; destructive; exceedingly harmful
Coruscate
To emit vivid flashes of light; sparkle; scintillate; gleam
Bosky
Covered with bushes, shrubs, and small trees; woody
Exsiccate
To dry up
Surcease
Cessation/to cease (archaic)
Heresy
Belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious doctrine
Heretic
A person holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted (often used in a religious context)
Penumbra
The partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object.
Enigma
A person of puzzling or contradictory character; or, a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand.
Swank
Dashing smartness, as in dress or appearance; style
Felicific
Causing or tending to cause happiness
Eclectic
Deriving ideas,style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources
Prodigious
Remarkably or impossibly great in extent, size, or degree
Ken
One’s range of knowledge or sight
Acquisitive
Someone or something characterized by a strong desire to own or acquire more things
Bailiwick
The domain or sphere in which someone has superior knowledge or authority
Vivacious
Lively or happy in an appealing way
Capitulate
To surrender to an enemy, often after negotiating terms, or to stop trying to fight or resist something
