week 1-5 test Flashcards by Joanna Marie Kiison

desiring or consuming great quantities

voracious

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choosing at random without careful selection

indiscriminate

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of high reputation, outstanding

eminent

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soaked, drenched, saturated

steeped

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completely filled or supplied with

replete

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to exist in great numbers

abound

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branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science

technology

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to predict or foretell a future event

prognosticate

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a robot, mechanical person

automaton

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an older married woman, a mature woman

matron

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a statement that at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true

paradox

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special field of something or someone, kingdom

realm

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historical records

annals

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to increase or add to

compound

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a trace, smattering, slight degree

tinge

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to peg, nag, annoy persistently

badger

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to plead urgently for aid or mercy

impore

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unpleasant, dull, hard work

drudgery

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unending

interminable

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to understand, know, become aware of

perceive

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to admit your error and apologlize

to eat humble pie

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an item you purchase without having seen

a pig in a poke

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promising at the start but then disappointing

a flash in the pan

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to make peace

to pour oil on troubled waters

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expressing much in a few words

laconic

crowd

throng

brave

intrepid

to approach and speak to

accost

silent, uncommunicative

reticent

secret, stealthy

furtive

a person guilty of a major crime

felon

excess

plethora

unfortunate, unlucky

hapless

angry

irate

an excuse

pretext

to lie, to construct

fabricate

skillful

adroit

move the arms energetically

gestuculate

watchful

vigilant

eager, enthusiastic

avid

to influence or gently urge, coax

cajole

elementary

rudimentary

intensify, to make greater

enhance

slight variation in meaning, tone, etc.

nuance

any imminent danger

a sword of Damocles

a too costly victory

Pyrrhic victory

one who spoils the fun

wet blanket

to visit and oppose a person on his own grouds

beard the lion in his den

to hate, despise

loathe

to show sharp disapproval

reprimand

dull

lackluster

sarcastic

caustic

take by force

wrest

having a bad reputation

infamous

to shove hard

jostle

a person easily tricked

dupe

just beginning to exist

incipient

heedless, not attentive

inadvertent

threatening

ominous

quivering, trembling

tremulous

reject, decline

repudiate

a stopping

cessation

stiffen with fear or anger

bristle

a less offensive term

euphemism

worldly

mundane

inappropriate

incongruous

pity

condolence

to specify a condition

stipulate

in sincere tears

crocodile tears

to win the approval of the majority

to carry the day

disreputable part of the town

Skid Row

to come to no practical result

to go up in smoke

briskness, lively action

alacrity

contempt

disdain

warlike

belligerent

inspire with fear

intimidate

a false attack

feint

eager or quick to fight

pugnacious

to make known officially

promulgate

impudent, impulsive

brash

to sneer at

scoff

to make seem less important

belittle

having actual form

tangible

jagged wound

laceration

to correct by punishing

castigate

dirty, base

sordid

person in their eighties

octogenarian

easing of grief

solace

candidate for high position

aspirant

most worthless part

dregs

wild fit, rage

frenzy

coarse

scurrilous

to challenge someone

to throw down the gauntlet

drunk

feeling no pain

to have no choice at all

Hobson’s choice

to be in charge

to rule the roost

widespread

rampant

foolish

inane

code of principles

ethics

agree, have the same opinions

concur

undercover, secret

clandestine

glaringly bad

flagrant

to warn, advise someone to do something

admonish

force, compulsion

duress

te guilty person

culprit

inflexible, inrelenting

inexorable

remarkably bad

egregious

mentally confused, crazed

distraught

cunning, trickery

duplicity

bitter, angry

acrimonious

scarcity, very little of sth

paucity

to draw forth

elicit

harmful, causing injury

pernicious

to put up with, to bear

tolerate

to infer, to make a deduction

construe

freedom from punishment

impunity

the goods, tools and other things good for a profession

stock in trade

to take down the conceit out of a braggart

to take down a peg

to evade responsibility

to pass the buck

to make a big fuss over someone

to lionize a person