Week 5 Flashcards
Erudite
Learned, knowledgeable, or scholarly
Diffident
Lacking self-conidence; shy, timid
Eschew
To shun, avoid, or abstain from
Malleable
Capable of being shaped or moded, as by a hammer or pressure
Susceptible to control or outside influence
Adaptable to changing conditions
Savant
Learned person, scholar, sage, an idiot savant
Sedulous
Diligent or persevering in effort or application
Done or achieved through perseverance
Hallmark
an outstanding or distinguishing feature; a mark indication quality or excellence
Hapless
Unfortunate or unlucky
Sinecure
A paid position or office requiring little or no work
Harrow
To disturb or torment
To prepare ground of planting with a harrow, a tool designed to break up and even out plowed land
Exhaustive
Thorough; not leaving anything out
Tending to exhaust, exhausting
Haven
A place of comfort or rest, a sanctuary
A port or harbor
Clinch
Grab, hold; secure a goal (to “clinch the win”)
Stymie
To block, thwart, or stand in the way of
Enigma
A puzzling or inscrutable person, occurrence, or situation
A puzzling or obscure text or speech
Welter
A conused jumble or mass
To become deeply involved or embroiled in something
To roll, writhe, or heave
Supplicate
To ask humbly of (someone); to beseech
To ask for something humbly, to pray for
Zealous
Fervent, filled with or motivated by passionate or excessive enthusiasm
Hyperbole
Extreme exaggeration, often used for effect as a figure of speech
Torrid
Parched, burning, intensely hot
Passionate, ardent
Fast, hurried
Idyll
A poem, either a short description o an idealized rural scene or a narrative dealing with romantic or heroic themes
carefree, lighthearted experience or period, a romantic interlude
Travesty
A distorted, debased, grotesque, or inferior imitation or likeness
An exaggerated burlesque or imitation of a serious literary work, usually. grotesquely incongruous
Turpitude
Depravity, baseness, or vileness
A corrupt act
Fervor
Intensity or warmth of emotion
Intense heat
