Humanities Vocab 2
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- astute
- adj, showing practical wisdom, shrewd, crafty, clever
- culpaple
- adj, deserving of blame, worthy of condemnation
- dilatory
- adj, not on time,not prompt, late
- egregious
- adj, standing out from the rest, conspicious
- evanescent
- adj, soon passing away, vanishing
- irresolute
- adj, unable to make up one's mind, hesitant
- adulation
- n, praise or flattery that is excessive
- anathema
- n, an object of intense dislike, curse, denunciation
- avarice
- n, a greedy desire particularly for money
- abate
- v, to make less in amount or degree
- equivocate
- v, to speak in a way that allows for more than one intepretation, to be deliberately vague
- covert
- adj, concealed, hidden, secret
- equanimity
- n, quality or characteristic of being calm and even tempered
- accrue
- v, to come to someone or something as a gain, increase, or increment; to increase or accumulate
- antediluvian
- adj, belonging to the era before the flood, very old, atiquated, primitive (my grandmother)
- jist
- n, central idea or an argument or speech, essence
- dun
- v, to importune a debtor consistently for payment
- annotation
- n, a critical or explanatory note, commentary
- bedlam
- n, any place or situation of noisy uproar and confusion
- fortuitous
- adj, happening by accident or chance, unplanned
- debonair
- adj, happening by acident or chance, unplanned
- efficacious
- adj, capable of producing the desired effect, effective
- specious
- adj, decptive, apparently good or valid, but lacking real merit
- perceptive
- adj, having sympathetic insight or understanding, capble of keen appreciation, persepicacious
- palpable
- adj, capable of being touched or felt, easily seen, heard, or recongnized, tangible, corporeal
- satiate
- v, to satisfy completely, to fill to excess, sate, gorge, cloy
- gauche
- adj, awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy, borrish uncouth
- inculcate
- v, to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly, instill, indoctrinate
- sear
- v, to make become dry and withered, to char or scorch the surface
- heresy
- n, an opinion different form the accepted belief
- pernicious
- adj, extemely harmful, deadly, fatal, baneful, ruinous, virulent
- quail
- v, to shrink back in fear, lose heart in a difficult/dangerous situation, cower, flinch
- salient
- adj, prominent, standing out, conspicuous
- adenizen
- n, one who frequents a place, a "regular," an inhapbitan, resident
- contingint
- adj, likely but not certain to happen, dependent on certain event or condition, provisional, possible
- foist
- v, to impose by fraud, pass off as worthy or genuine, misrepresent or falsify
- corroborate
- v, to make certain, confirm
- abstemious
- adj, characterized by abstinence and self discipline, moderate, sparing in eating and drinking
- disseminate
- v, to scatter widely
- florid
- v, Matt (jk) highly colored or reddish, excessively ornate over decorated
- censurable
- adj, deserving blame or correction, infamous
- discursive
- adj, passing aimlessly from one subject to another, rambling
- dowdy
- adj, poorly dressed, shabby, frumpish
- accentuate
- v, to emphasize or place stess on, accent
- nonplused
- adj, puzzled, not knowing what to do
- prolific
- adj, abundantly fruitful, bountiful, fertile
- opportune
- adj, suitable or convenient
- incontrovertible
- adj, unquestionable, beyond dispute, irrefutable
- grisly
- adj, frightful horrible, ghastly
- rejoinder
- n, a reply to a reply, especially from a defendent in a legal suit
- predilection
- n, liking, preference
- magniloquent (wtf?)
- adj, expressed in lofty or high flowing lagnuage
- inauspicious
- adj, unfavorable, unlucky, ill-fated, hapless
- impassive
- adj, showing no feeling or emotion, phlegmatic, stoical
- herculean
- adj, characterized by great strength, titanic
- slovenly
- adj, careless about one's appearence, untidy
- supposition
- n, something which is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence
- recapitulate
- v, to review a series of facts, to sum up in an orderly way
- nebulous
- adj, vague, confused indistinct
- torpid
- adj, inactive, sluggish, dull, indolent, languid
- resuscitate
- v, to revive
- novice
- n, one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skills and experience, neophyte
- penury
- n, extreme poverty, barrenness
- modicum
- n, small or moderate amount
- prententious
- adj, done for show, striving to make a big impression, claiming unjutifiable merit, pompous, grandiloquent
- provacative
- adj, tending to produce a strong feeling or responce
- sedentary
- adj, characterized by continued sitting, remaining in one place
- imperious
- adj, seeking to dominate, overbearing
- gratuitous
- v, freely given, not called for by the circumstances, unwarrented
- procrastinate
- v, to delay, defer, or put off unill later
- recondite
- adj, exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding, profound abstruse
- munificent
- adj, extemely generous, lavish, prodigal
- inimical
- adj, unfriendly, hostile, harmful, rancorous
- motley
- adj, showing great diversity or variety, composed of many different elements or many colors
- invective
- n, a strong denunceiation, condemnation, abusive language
- reprobate
- n, a depraved, vicous, unprincipled person
- clangor
- n, a loud ringing sound
- deleterious
- adj, harmful, injurious, detrimental
- absolve
- v, to clear from blame
- enhance
- v, to raise to a higher degree, to increase the value
- caricature
- n, a representation in which a subjects features are deliberately exaggerated
- extenuate
- v, to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making a partial excuse
- contiguous
- adj, side by side, touching
- exude
- v, to ooze out, discharge through the pores
- implicit
- adj, implied or understood though unexpressed, without doubt or reservations, tacit
- cupidity
- n, an eager desire for something, greed, avarice
- enthrall
- v, to captivate, charm, hold spellbound
- scintillating
- adj, sparkling, twinkling
- redundant
- adj, more than is needed
- winsome
- adj, charming, attractive
- preeminent
- adj, superior, outstanding
- paragon
- n, a model of excellecne or perfection
- politic
- adj, prudent, shrewed, judicious
- sanctimonious
- adj, showy virtuousness or righteousness, hypocritical moralism, unctuous
- incisive
- adj, sharp, keen, penetrating, acute
- prosaic
- adj, dull, ordinary, lacking distinction
- paraphrase
- v, to restate in other words
- ostentatious
- adj, marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, flamboyant
- Succinct
- adj, expressed briefly and clearly, concise, pithy