Vocab, Deck 2

Question 1

normative

Answer 1

pertaining to a norm.

Normative masculinity depended upon outsiders to define itself.

Question 2

propriety

Answer 2

correct conduct, proper.

“When attending a wedding, there are certain proprieties that must be observed.”

Question 3

specious

Answer 3

Plausible, but false..

“The fundamentalist tried to convince me that all species were created by God, but his arguments were specious.”

Question 4

platitude

Answer 4

trite, dull, flat remark.

“blondes have more fun” is a silly platitude

plat = flat = dull, lame

Question 5

timorous

Answer 5

fearful.

from timor = fear, like timid

Question 6

viscous

Answer 6

skicky, gluey

Question 7

inveigle

Answer 7

to win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk.

“He inveigled her into taking off her veil”

Question 8

supposition

Answer 8

hypothesis.

What we “suppose” is true.

Question 9

tractable

Answer 9

manageable, docile.

able to be touched or handled.
tract = touch.

Question 10

captious

Answer 10

fault-finding, difficult to please.

“He could never praise without adding a captious remark.”

The Captain was Captious.

Question 11

discomfit

Answer 11

to cause uneasiness or embarrassment.

He realized that his remarks had succeeded in discomfiting her.

Question 12

expedient

Answer 12

serving to promote one’s interest

“was merciful only when mercy was expedient.”

Question 13

apposite

Answer 13

suitable and relevant.

“One quote leaped out at me from the book and seems particularly apposite to the current situation.”<

etym: ad = near, posit = to put (like deposit)
Mn: instead of being opposite or irrelevant, it is the opposite of opposite :3

Question 14

beatify

Answer 14

to make very happy, make blessed.

“Will you beatify me by becoming my wife?”
Kind of like beautify, but not.

Question 15

soporific

Answer 15

sleep-causing.

Question 16

astringent

Answer 16

harsh, severe, sharp.

“The bark has an astringent and slightly bitter taste.”
Mn: sounds like “acid” and “tangy”

Question 17

vacillate

Answer 17

waver; fluctuate.

“Many have left large families behind and some vacillate painfully between staying here permanently or returning”

Kind of like oscillate.

Question 18

abjure

Answer 18

to reject, abandon formally.

“She abjured allegiance to the United States after she saw the atrocities they committeed overseas”

Question 19

calumnious

Answer 19

slanderous, defamatory.

“He accused me of making false and calumnious claims about his business”

kind of sounds like “columnist”, who often tend to be harmful and untrue.

Question 20

cadge

Answer 20

to obtain by imposing on another’s generosity, to beg.

“She proceeded to cadge drinks from rich men the rest of the night”

farsi; cadge = crooked. “cadge miknoi khodeto to get free things”

Question 21

piety

Answer 21

devoutness.

(ie, pious).

Question 22

pristine

Answer 22

unspoiled

Question 23

asperity

Answer 23

1. harshness or sharpness of tone, temper or manner.
2. hardship, difficulty.

Mn. asp = big snake, that’s harsh and mean and killed Cleopatra.
Snakes like to strike when they’re mad.

Question 24

florid

Answer 24

1. flushed with a rosy color.
2. very ornate, flowery.

Question 25

recrudescent

Answer 25

breaking out again, renewing. etymology: re = again, crude = raw. means reopening of wounds.

Question 26

truculent

Answer 26

aggressive, hostile, savagely brutal. "Guidos get really truculent when you mess with their hair" Mn: kind of like "turbulent": wild and out of control.

Question 27

permeable

Answer 27

porous; allow liquids/gas to pass through

Question 28

stolid

Answer 28

showing little emotion or interest. Mn: kind of like solid, doesn't move or react much.

Question 29

phlegmatic

Answer 29

a slow temperament. "a strangely phlegmatic response to what should have been happy news" think of phlegm dripping and moving all slowly. gross.

Question 30

chasten

Answer 30

have a restraining or moderating effect on. "the director was chastened by his recent flops" to remain chaste = to restrain yourself.

Question 31

proliferate

Answer 31

grow rapidly.

Question 32

striated

Answer 32

parallel bands; grooved. ie, striated muscle.

Question 33

welter

Answer 33

1. verb, writhe, toss, roll around. 2. noun, a confused multitude of things.

Question 34

axiomatic

Answer 34

pertaining to the nature of an axiom; self evident and obvious. "It is likewise axiomatic that a complete failure of proof on an element of a claim is fatal to that claim."

Question 35

perfunctory

Answer 35

superficial, mechanical. "the violinist delivered a perfunctory performance that displayed none of the passion and warmth he was once known for" Mn: functional, but not authentic.

Question 36

perfidious

Answer 36

treacherous, deceptive through faith. per = through fid = faith (fidelus) so taking advantage of someone's faith to deceive them.

Question 37

precipitate

Answer 37

to hasten the occurrence of, to bring about prematurely or suddenly.

Question 38

jettison

Answer 38

cast something aside, abandon it or throw it away To discard (something) as unwanted or burdensome "jettisoned the whole marketing plan."

Question 39

reticent

Answer 39

reserved; inclined to silence. "the panel decided to investigate the fraud charges against the company, which has always been reticent about its internal operations"

Question 40

reproach

Answer 40

express disapproval, find fault with. "She greeted a good choice with silence, a bad one with loud reproach."

Question 41

plasticity

Answer 41

ability to be molded. "we chose that type of clay for its greater plasticity"

Question 42

solicitous

Answer 42

worried, anxious. from "solicit" = to disturb or trouble. "He is solicitous about colleagues, concerned about friends and worried about the whole world."

Question 43

rescind

Answer 43

to take back, cancel. "The navy rescinded its ban on women sailors."

Question 44

repudiate

Answer 44

disown, reject. "a generation that has repudiated the values of the past" "She says she has evidence which repudiates the allegations."

Question 45

propitiate

Answer 45

appease, gain favor of. "He made an offering to propitiate the angry gods." pro = forward, petere = to go. You want to move things forward, so you try to be nice and appease them.

Question 46

venerate

Answer 46

revere, hold in deep respect. same root as "reverence". "Obey and venerate the old people, particularly your parents."

Question 47

coalesce

Answer 47

to unite into one body or mass. "The two lakes coalesced into one." co = together, alescere = to grow up (like adolescent)

Question 48

recalcitrant

Answer 48

determined to resist authority. "the manager worried that the recalcitrant employee would try to undermine his authority" calcification causes hardness. so this is like stubbornness.

Question 49

quiescent

Answer 49

tranquil, at rest, inactive. quies = quiet, rest. "During a quiescent period the sun puts out less energy"

Question 50

refractory

Answer 50

stubborn, resistant. "the refractory child refused to take his medicine"

Question 51

rarefied

Answer 51

made less dense (gas)

Question 52

inimical

Answer 52

tending to obstruct or harm. unfriendly, hostile. "actions inmical to our interests" like "enemy".

Question 53

compunction

Answer 53

uneasiness caused by guilt. "She felt no compunction about the chaos she had caused" etym: punct = puncture. meaning is a severe prick or sting of your conscious.

Question 54

tacit

Answer 54

expressed without words. "She felt that she had her parents' tacit approval to borrow the car."

Question 55

prevaricate

Answer 55

to lie, to speak falsely or misleadingly. "Mitt Romney prevaricated about the basics of his tax plans, often flip-flopping and avoiding the real questions". you fabricate a lie before (pre) telling the truth (var).

Question 56

proscribe

Answer 56

banish; outlaw. root: publish in writing to outlaw before the world (ie, wanted posters).

Question 57

apropos

Answer 57

relevant, fitting, purposeful. "I have some apropos comments that may help you edit your draft" Etym: from french "a propos" meaning "to the purpose"

Question 58

carping

Answer 58

being fussy and fault-finding. "No matter how well I park, someone's always carping about my parking."

Question 59

refute

Answer 59

refuse, reject, disprove.

Question 60

vituperative

Answer 60

verbally abusive. Romney blasts Obama for a 'vituperative' campaign. Farsi: hits you with "toop".

Question 61

pungent

Answer 61

sharp in taste or smell

Question 62

torpor

Answer 62

sluggishness, inactivity. "The news aroused him from his torpor"

Question 63

supersede

Answer 63

take the place of a person/thing previously in authority or use. "the older models have now been superseded". super = above sed = sit (ie, sedentary)

Question 64

pernicious

Answer 64

deadly or very destructive Doing drugs can be pernicious and lethal. nic = noxa = noxious

Question 65

viable

Answer 65

capable of living or working correctly. "After an hour, the neurosurgery team finished up, not entirely sure whether they had obtained a viable sample."

Question 66

affected

Answer 66

pretentious, phony. "The affected snobs sipped their champagne"

Question 67

avuncular

Answer 67

benevolent and tolerant (like an uncle) "The avuncular boss cared deeply for his employees"

Question 68

stint

Answer 68

frugal, limit within boundaries. "stinted herself of luxuries"

Question 69

salubrious

Answer 69

healthful. salu = health like salud when drinking wine (to health!)

Question 70

probity

Answer 70

uprightness, integrity. Probation officers are chosen for their probity, or uprightness and willingness to abide by the law.

Question 71

sanguine

Answer 71

the color of blood

Question 72

relegate

Answer 72

banish to inferior position.

Question 73

satiate

Answer 73

satisfy fully "May I get a drink of water to satiate my thirst?"

Question 74

evanescent

Answer 74

passing out, fading away, vanishing. oh god, so emo. just like evanescence.

Question 75

modish

Answer 75

in the current mode, fashionable

Question 76

prodigal

Answer 76

wasteful the prodigal son wastes his father's fortune and comes home without any money.

Question 77

abject

Answer 77

miserable, pitiful. "they lived in abject poverty for years"

Question 78

recondite

Answer 78

little known, beyond ordinary understanding, obscure. "The theories of relativity can seem recondite even for people who are well versed in the sciences." "Well, I reckon d'at I don't know" kind of sounds like recondite.

Question 79

reprobate

Answer 79

a depraved, unprincipled, wicked person. a HEATHEN! An atheist is a god damn reprobate. Mn: REP (repeatedly) ROB (steal).

Question 80

tangential

Answer 80

only slightly connected. going off on a tangent.

Question 81

veracious

Answer 81

truthful. "The jury's job is to determine whether or not the claims of the defendant are veracious." veras = truth

Question 82

laggard

Answer 82

a person that lags or lingers. easy enough.

Question 83

pedestrian

Answer 83

commonplace, dull, boring. so super pedestrian.

Question 84

aggrieved

Answer 84

wronged, offended, or injured. "The population was aggrieved after being taxed unfairly" same root as "aggravated".

Question 85

zealot

Answer 85

a fanatical enthusaist. with a lot of zeal. a religious zealot.

Question 86

foundering

Answer 86

to fill with water and sink, to become wrecked or fail utterly. The Titanic foundered in the water after hitting an iceberg.

Question 87

plebiscite

Answer 87

direct vote of the people. "Direct democracy is a government ruled by plebiscite" pleb = common people (plebes)