Vocab, Deck 3 Flashcards
(29 cards)
consecrate
to declare sacred
from com = together, sacrare = sacred.
desecrate
to make profane, not sacred. to defile or violate a sacred thing.
“They desecrated the church by boning in it.”
contumacious
disobedient, rebellious.
“His contumacious attitude and talking back caused him to lose his job”.
covet
to desire something owned by another.
Ned Flanders: “I think I’m coveting my own wife!”
dearth
scarcity.
root word is “dear”, meaning precious or rare.
distrait
inattentive, preoccupied, absent minded.
I disliked her trait of distrait; she was always preoccupied and aloof.
dross
waste, worthless matter, trivial matter.
“She liked the tune but said the lyrics were absolute dross”.
effervescence
lively, ebullient, bubbly.
eff = out fervescere = to be hot, to boil.
elysian
blissful, delightful.
Resembling “Elysium”, from classical mythology, meaning heaven, paradise.
arbitrate
to settle or decide a dispute, to reach a settlement between parties.
“I’d like to have the matter arbitrated by an unbiased judge”
arbiter = judge.
disaffect
to alienate the affection or sympathy of.
dis = without affect = affection, care.
capitulate
to surrender, give up.
Etym: meaning to create chapters of, pertaining to a peace treaty. Capitalize the first letter of the word Surrender!
remonstrate
to say or plead in protest.
kind of like staging a “demonstration”.
exonerate
to clear of accusation.
“He was exonerated from the crime through a presidential pardon”.
skein
resembling a coil, twisty.
The hairs on the floor were skeins of mine.
ineluctable
unavoidable, inescapable.
“Although death is ineluctable, we must not allow our natural fear of oblivion to prevent us from having an enjoyable, productive life.”
you cannot “elect” another option.
contravention
a violation, or an infringement.
contra = against
lampoon
to publicly criticize or satirize.
Sounds like “harpoon”.
National Lampoon = satire of college.
vitiate
To spoil or corrupt. To make worse.
Like “mitigate”.
Sound like “vicious”.
itinerant
travelling from place to place, mobile.
Like “itinerary” for travelers.
surfeit
to overindulge to excess, to overdo.
Hawaiians are fat, all they do is SURF and EAT to excess.
ardent
strong enthusiasm or devotion.
doctrinaire
A person attached to one theory.
Trying to INDOCTRINATE people with it.
corroborate
confirm or give support to.
The evidence corroborated the claim that Henry was the murdered. He was pissed.
Sounds like a Chinese man saying “Collaborate”. Someone needs to CONFIRM that that’s what he’s saying. Racist mnemonics are the best mnemonics.
