Magoosh Advanced Vocab Flashcards
Familiarize myself with these particularly difficult to remember words (79 cards)
Maunder
(Verb)
1) To talk in a rambling manner.
Synonyms: prattle, blather/ blether/blither, drivel, gab, yak (SO MANY)
2) To move or act in a dreamy or idle manner.
Synonyms: wander, meander, drift, dawdle.
Impute
(Verb)
To represent something, especially one that’s undesirable, as being done or caused by someone; attribute
Importune
(Verb)
To harass someone persistently for or to do something; beseech, beg
Prolixity
(Noun)
The use of too many words to express an idea; wordiness
Synonyms: garrulousness, circumlocution, logorrhea, periphrasis, verbosity.
Intimation
(Noun)
An indication or hint; the action of making something known, especially in an indirect way; disclosure
Dovetail
(Noun)
A joint formed by one or more tapered projections (tenons) on one piece that interlock with corresponding notches or recesses (mortises) in another.
(Verb)
Fit together or cause to fit together easily and conveniently.
Impetuous
(Adj)
1) Acting or done quickly and without thought or care.
Synonyms: hasty, reckless, precipitous.
2) Moving forcefully or rapidly.
Synonyms: torrential, rampant.
Imperious
(Adj)
Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering.
Synonyms: overweening, peremptory, imperial, authoritarian.
Obstreperous
(Adj)
Noisy and difficult to control.
Synonyms: unruly, refractory, truculent.
Invidious
(Adj)
1) (of an action or situation) likely to arouse or incur anger or resentment in others; unenviable, difficult.
2) (of a comparison or distinction) unfairly discriminating; unjust.
Hobble
(Verb and noun)
1) To restrict the activity or development of.
2) To walk awkwardly, usually due to pain from injury.
3) Tie or strap together the legs of an animal to prevent it from straying.
Phlegmatic
(Adj)
Having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition; cool, composed.
Similar to aplomb (noun).
Inchoate
(Adj)
1) Just begun and not fully or imperfectly formed and developed; rudimentary.
2) In law, “inchoate offense” is one anticipated to be committed (planning or seeking to commit further crimes).
Truculence
(Noun)
The quality of being aggressively self-assertive.
Synonyms: belligerent, vitriolic, cruel, destructive.
Brook
(Verb)
Tolerate or allow something, typically dissent or opposition
Untrammeled
(Adj)
Not deprived of freedom of action or expression; not restricted or hampered
Panegyric
(Noun)
Formal expression (public speech or published text) of praise.
Synonyms: paean, eulogy, commendation.
Discursive
(Adj)
1) Departing from the main point.
Synonyms: tangential, maundering, digressive, prolix.
2) (Of a style of speech or writing) fluent and expansive rather than formulaic and abbreviated; articulate.
Complaisant
(Adj)
Having or showing joyful willingness to do favors or to please others.
Synonyms: amenable, agreeable, obliging.
Note: this word differs from “complacent,” which means to be smugly self-satisfied.
Doughty
(Adj)
Brave and persistent.
Synonyms: dauntless, indomitable, plucky, intrepid, mettlesome.
Dissemble
(Verb)
Conceal true intentions/motives, feelings, or beliefs.
Character examples: Shigure from Fruits Basket, Light from Death Note.
Dissolution
(Noun)
1) Indulging in debauched living; dissipation.
2) The closing down or dismissal of an assembly or partnership; disbandment.
Canard
(Noun)
An unfounded rumor or story; false report.
Origin: in French, it means “duck” but also “a hoax or fabrication.” Likely came from the 16th century French phrase “vendre des canards à moitié,” (literally “to half-sell ducks”) meaning “to fool or cheat.”
Palaver
(Noun and verb)
1) A long conference between different groups of people to discuss or settle a dispute; parley.
2) Idle or misleading talk.
3) An unnecessarily elaborate or complex procedure.
