Vocab Test Flashcards
(23 cards)
apotheosis
(noun) the highest point of developing something; culmination or climax
innocuous
(adjective) not harmful or injurious; harmless
profound
(adjective) deep; existing far beneath the surface
viviparous
(adjective) bringing forth living young rather than eggs, as do most mammals and some reptiles and fishes
maudlin
(adjective) tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental
callow
(adjective) inexperienced and inmature
pneumatic
(adjective) 1) containing or operated by gas or air under pressure; relating to the spirt 2) rounded, bouncy, voluptuous
squalid
(adjective) extremely dirty, poor and unpleasant
solecism
(noun) an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence; a blunder in speech
repose
(noun) peace, tranquility and calm
pullulation
(noun) breeding, swarming or teeming
(verb) multiply or spread
abstemious
(adjective) sparing or moderate (as in diet or other actions)
undulate
(verb) move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
flagellation
(noun) the beating or whipping usually as apart of religious ceremony
multitudinous
(adjective) multitude (noun) countless, infinite, innumerable and myriad; you couldn’t count it you tried
solipsism
(noun) the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist
mollify
(verb) to cause, to be more favorably inclined; appease the anger or anxiety of someone
ennui
(noun) a feeling that is a combination of tiredness and boredom; boredom and dissatisfaction with life
brachycephalic
(adjective) having a relatively broad, short skull
atonement
(noun) the taking of action to make up for a wrongdoing, reparation or reconciliation for sin
propitiate
(verb) win or regain the favor of (a god, spirt or person) by doing something that pleases them; make peace with
