Vocab 2,021 - 2,040 Flashcards
Insufferable
– adjective
1) not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
Abet
– verb
1) to encourage/support/countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing: to abet a swindler; to abet a crime.
Lummox
– noun
1) a clumsy, stupid person.
Bête noire (beyt-noire)
– noun
1) bane / a person or thing especially disliked or dreaded.
Mishap
– noun
1) an unfortunate accident.
Postulate
– verb
1) to assume.
Propound
– verb
1) to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose: to propound a theory.
Solemn
– adjective
1) grave, sober, dignified or serious formality, as proceedings: She made solemn remarks.
Decorum
– noun
1) dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
Churlish
– adjective
1) boorish/rude/mean: churlish behavior.
Meteoric
– adjective
1) resembling a meteor in transient brilliance, suddenness of appearance, swiftness: his meteoric rise in politics.
Puffery
– noun
1) undue or exaggerated praise.
Tornadic
– adjective
1) like a tornado.
Vestibular system
– noun
1) the sensory mechanism in the inner ear that detects movement of the head and helps to control balance.
Conniption
– noun
1) Often, conniptions. a fit of hysterical excitement or anger.
Endure
– verb
1) to sustain without impairment or yielding: to endure great financial pressures with equanimity.
Fugitive
– noun
1) a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.: a fugitive from justice; a fugitive from a dictatorial regime.
Photogrammetry
– noun
1) the process of making surveys and maps through the use of photographs, especially aerial photographs.
Related forms
- photogrammetric [foh-toh-gruh-me-trik] (Show IPA),
- photogrammetrical, adjective
- photogrammetrically, adverb
- photogrammetrist, noun
Prodigious
– adjective
1) extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
Flout
– verb
1) to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock: to flout the rules of propriety.