Vocab Unit 2
Terms
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- aberration
- abnormality, eccentricity
- accrue
- accumulate, build up
- acumen
- keeness of mind
- adjunct
- accessory, addition
- affable
- pleasant (esp. in conversation)
- affiliate
- associate, partner
- affinity
- feeling of closeness, connection
- affluent
- rich, wealthy
- alacrity
- eagerness, readiness
- alienate
- to make unfriendly
- alleviate
- relieve, ease
- ambiguous
- vague, unclear
- amulet
- (lucky) charm
- annotated
- added explanatory notes
- antipathy
- a strong dislike
- aphasia
- loss of ablity to speak/understand
- arbiter
- judge, authority
- archaic
- old, ancient
- ascertain
- to become certain
- assimilated
- taken in, incorporated
- atrocious
- terrible
- avuncular
- characteristics of an uncle
- bauble
- trinket, object of little value
- bedlam
- chaos, pandemonium
- boycott
- refuse, embargo
- brusque
- abrupt, frank
- buffoon
- crude, a stupid person/clown
- cajoled
- coaxed, persuaded
- candor
- frankness, truthfulness
- capricious
- apt to suddenly change
- chastise
- to punish / criticize severely
- circumspect
- careful, cautious
- comestibles
- edibles, food
- compatible
- well matched
- condolences
- expressions of sorrow
- credo
- principle, belief
- cupidity
- desire for wealth, greed
- curator
- guardian, keeper (museum, zoo)
- curmudgeon
- grumpy old man
- dearth
- scarcity, lack
- decimated
- destroyed, annhiliated
- decorum
- good manners
- defile
- to make filthy
- definitive
- ultimate, final solution
- degrade
- humiliate, shame
- demagogue
- person who stirs up bad feelings
- denigrate
- put down, belittle
- desuetude
- no longer used or practiced
- dissipate
- dissolve, disperse
- distaff
- staff for holding wool for spinning
- dogmatic
- opinionated in arrogant manner
- emaciated
- thin, withered
- engener
- reproduce offspring
- enjoin
- direct, command
- epitome
- best, perfect example
- erratic
- eccentric, unpredictable (erratic winds)
- eugenic
- production of good offspring, genes
- expedient
- convenient, suitable
- explicit
- very clear in statement
- extol
- to praise highly
- fabricate
- inven, create
- facetious
- joking, not serious
- fervent
- great feeling, enthusiastic (fervent hope)
- fiasco
- a complete failure, disaster
- gainsay
- to deny
- gregarious
- outgoing, sociable
- hackneyed
- trite, cliched
- heresy
- opinion opposed to general belief
- holocaust
- death by fire
- hustings
- where campaign speeches are made
- idyll
- poetic work about peaceful country life
- imbue
- spread through, permeate
- inadvertent
- not paying attention / unintentional
- inarticulate
- not understandable
- incarnadine
- bloodred, crimson
- incognito
- disguised, concealed
- indomitable
- unconquerable, strong
- infallible
- never wrong
- instigated
- start, ignite
- intrepid
- fearless, bold
- irksome
- annoying, bothersome
- itinerary
- route of a journey
- latitude
- freedom, range
- maladroit
- awkward, clumsy
- manumit
- to set free (from slavery)
- maudlin
- oversensitive (esp. if drunk)
- mentor
- adviser, teacher
- mettle
- character, spirit
- miscegenation
- mix raced relationship
- mollify
- calm, satisfy
- obvlivious
- unaware unconscious
- opportunist
- investor, entrepreneur
- opulence
- wealth, display of wealth
- ornate
- decorated in a fancy way
- oscillate
- to go back and forth, opposite directions
- pallor
- paleness (esp. of the face)
- paltry
- few, lacking, small amount
- paraphrase
- summary
- paucity
- scarcity, lack
- peregrination
- travels
- periphery
- boundary
- phlegmatic
- not easily excited, slow to react
- plaintiff
- complaining party in a lawsuit
- platonic
- non-physical (relationship)
- potable
- drinkable
- prehensile
- ability to grasp
- prelude
- introduction, preface
- pretext
- excuse, ploy
- prevalent
- common, widespread
- pristine
- perfect, ritual condition
- proasic
- dull, uninsteresting
- prolific
- productive, creative
- protege
- person under care or training
- purport
- suggested, hinted / main point of talk
- purveyor
- to supply (usually as a business)
- qualms
- misgivings, doubts
- racuous
- harsh, unpleasant / rough, noisy
- rankled
- irritated, annoyed
- recourse
- option, opportunity
- regimen
- plan, routine, schedule
- rejuvenate
- to make young again
- remiss
- careless in duty (paying bills)
- rift
- break, fracture (lit/fig)
- ruse
- trick, mislead
- rusticated
- gone to country, sojourned
- sacrosanct
- sacred, holy
- sapient
- wise
- secular
- not religious
- sedulous
- hardworking, diligent
- senile
- charactersitic of old age
- serendipity
- accidental discovery
- severance
- division, separation
- shoal
- shallow
- sidereal
- relating to stars
- simian
- relating to monkeys or apes
- slake
- satisfy, quench
- stalwart
- strength of mind, body, or spirit
- subjugate
- conquer, subdue
- tacit
- understood without words
- tarn
- small mountain lake
- utilitarian
- having usefulness
- vaunted
- praised, much talked about
- venerate
- to praise
- verbiage
- excess of words
- verdant
- green with growing plants
- virulent
- marked by deadly course, poisonous
- waive
- surrender, give up
- wrest
- force by violence / gain by force