Vocab Week One Flashcards
(20 cards)
Abate
VERB
- become less intense or widespread (of something perceived as hostile, threatening, or negative)
- cause to be smaller or less intense
LAW: lessen, reduce, or remove
Adulation
VERB
- excessive admiration or praise (obsequious flattery)
- excessive devotion to someone
Anathema
NOUN
- something or someone that one vehemently dislikes
- a formal curse b a pope or a council of the church, excommunication of a person or denouncing a doctrine
Astute
ADJECTIVE
- having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to ones advantage
- of keen penetration or discernment
Avarice
NOUN
- extreme greed for wealth or material gain
- insatiable greed for riches
Culpable
ADJECTIVE
- deserving blame
- deserving blame or censure
Dilatory
ADJECTIVE
- slow to act
- intended to cause delay
- tending to delay or procrastinate
Egregious
ADJECTIVE
- outstandingly bad; shocking
- extraordinary in some bad way
Equivocate
VERB
- use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself
- to use ambiguous language or unclear expressions usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead.
Evanescent
ADJECTIVE
- soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing
PHYSICS: denoting a field or wave that extends into a region where it cannot propagate and whose amplitude therefore decreases with distance.
Irresolute
ADJECTIVE
- showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain
- not resolute; doubtful
Nebulous
ADJECTIVE
- in the form of a could or haze
- unclear, vague, or ill-defined
- hazy, vogue, indistinct, or confused
Novice
NOUN
- a person new to or inexperience in a field or situation
- a person who has entered a religious order and is under probation, before taking vows.
Penury
NOUN
- extreme poverty; destitution
- extremely poor; poverty stricken
Pretentious
ADJECTIVE
- attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, than is actually possessed
- characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or underserved
Recapitulate
VERB
- summarize and state again the main points of
BIOLOGY
- repeat during development and growth
Resuscitate
VERB
- revive someone from unconsciousness or apparent death
- make (something such as an idea) active or vigorous again
Slovenly
ADJECTIVE
- messy or dirty; (especially of a person or their appearance)
- careless; excessively casual (especially of a person or action)
Supposition
NOUN
- an uncertain belief
- the act of supposing
- assumption
Torpid
ADJECTIVE
- mentally or physically inactive; lethargic
- dormant, especially during hibernation (of an animal)
- sluggish
