Vocab
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- Vernacular
- (adj) native or indigenous, as in language
- Contingency
- (noun) an event that may occur but that is not likely or intended; a possibility
- Exigencies
- (noun) the state or quality of requiring much effort or immediate action often refers to office
- Indolent
- (adj) having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; lazy
- Hyperbolical
- (adj) having the nature of exaggeration
- Prophesied
- (verb) prefigured; foreshadowed
- Ramification
- (noun) the act or process of branching out or dividing into branches
- Besmirches
- (verb) stains
- Garrulous
- (adj) excessively talkative, loquacious
- Affectation
- (noun) an artificial trait or expression or action
- Palpitating
- (verb) beating irregularly
- Delirium
- (noun) a state of violence, excitement, or emotion
- Peremptory
- (adj) expecting to be obeyed, and unwilling to tolerate obedience, expressing urgency
- Remunerative
- (adj) profitable
- Consternation
- (noun) a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion
- apt
- especially suited to the circumstances
- Transcendent
- (adj) beyond or above the range of physical human experience
- Confound
- (verb) to cause a confusing situation to become even more confusing
- Dignitary
- (noun) somebody who holds a high rank or position; notable
- Countenance
- (n) face or expression; outward appearance; to tolerate or approve something. - "Cleared his fine countenance from the furnace"
- Insipid
- (adj) without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities
- Superfluous
- (adj) being more than is sufficient or required; excessive
- Conjecture
- (n) the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof- (pg 58)
- Sedulous
- (adj) diligent in application or attention; carefully maintained
- Repugnance
- (n) strong, distaste, aversion, objection
- Ignominy
- (noun) disgrace, dishonor, public contempt
- Conflagration
- (n) disastrous fire
- Unseemly
- (adj) unfitting, inappropriate
- Inured
- (adj) accustomed/habituated, accept or become hardened to.
- Anathema
- (n) a person or thing that is loathed
- Ostentation
- (noun) the act or showing or displaying
- Defunct
- (adj) no longer living, existing, or functioning
- Vex
- (v) to irritate, annoy
- Recondite
- (adj) requiring a high degree of scholarship or specialist knowledge to be understood
- Abrogation
- (v) cancellation, abolition, by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal
- Breadth
- (noun) distance from side to side; width
- Effigy
- (noun) an image or representation especially of a person
- Ephemeral
- (adj) lasting a short time- "The trip was short and ephemeral"
- Exhort
- (v) to advise or caution
- tarry
- to delay
- Cognizance
- An awareness, a realization
- Modicum
- (noun) a small amount, especially something abstract such as quantity
- Scruples
- concern arising from conscience
- Domicile
- (noun) a place of residence; a home or house
- Loquacity
- (noun) talkativeness or loquacious flow of talk
- Infinitesimal
- (adj) immeasurably small; less than an assignable quantity
- Pedantic
- (adj) overly concerned with minute details and/or formalisms, especially teaching.
- Vie
- (verb) to strive in competition against another
- Assiduous
- (adj) constant; working diligently, constant focus
- Decorous
- (adj) characterized by good manners, character and appearance
- Irreverently
- (adv) meaning without respect
- Stigmatized
- (verb) marked with infamy; severely censored
- Inveteracy
- (adj) the quality of being strong or deep seated from long persistence, prejudice, hostility; hatred
- Disparagement
- (noun) the lowering of honor/value; dishonor, disgrace that which causes loss of dignity
- Deference
- (noun) Respectful submission or yielding to another
- Valorous
- (adj) possessing personal bravery, valiant
- Euphonious
- (adj) pleasant in sound, agreeable to the ear
- Tremulous
- (adj) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness
- Magnanimous
- (adj) very generous, kind, or forgiving
- Augured
- (verb) predicted, especially from signs or omens
- Replete
- (adjective) abundantly supplied; full, not tangible
- Elegiac
- (adj) expressing sorrow or lamentation
- Mendaciously
- (adv) in a lying manner
- Inextricable
- (adj) impossible to get away from
- Inauspicious
- (adj) not a favorable sign
- Incongruous
- (adj) not harmonious, disagreeing
- Pervades
- (verb) to be present throughout
- Vicissitude
- (noun) variability; unexpected change especially in someone's fortunes, changes that are perceived to come, negative "vicissitudes of life"
- Irrevocably
- (adv) not to be revoked or recalled
- Remonstrance
- (n) a protest, demonstration against a cause
- Vilify
- (verb) to speak ill of, defame, slander
- Sentinel
- (noun) a person or thing that watches and stands, as if watching
- Obstreperous
- (adj) resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner
- Salutary
- (adj) healthful; favorable to health
- Perverse
- (adj) willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary, turned away from or rejecting, what is right, good, or proper, wicked or corrupt
- Intrinsic
- (adj) belonging to a thing by its very nature
- Effusive
- (adj) extravagant, excessive expression of feelings in speech or writing
- Paragon
- (noun) a model or pattern of excellence
- Penury
- (noun) a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (as money)
- Antipathy
- (noun) a natural or basic repugnance or aversion:
- Sagacious
- (adj) having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment, shrewd
- Fop
- (noun) a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners
- Stigmatized
- (verb) marked with infamy; severely censored
- Cozenage
- (noun) a fraudulent business scheme
- Edify
- (verb) to instruct or benefit, uplift
- Gregarious
- (adj) fond of the company of others; sociable
- Imperious
- (adj) domineering in a haughty manner
- Enervated
- (verb) deprived of force or strength; weakened
- Deleterious
- ) having a harmful or damaging effect on somebody or something
- Inscrutable
- (adj) incapable of being analyzed investigated or scrutinized
- Frugal
- (Adj) characterized by or reflecting economy in the use of resources
- Fastidious
- (adj) critical or demanding, hard to please
- Talisman
- (noun) something believed to have magical powers
- Amiable
- (adj) having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities, affable
- Deluge
- (noun) a large flood
- Abate
- (verb) to lessen or make something lessen gradually; to reduce in strength
- Heterodox
- (adj) not in accordance with current opinions/doctrines, used mostly in theology
- Execrable
- (adj) utterly detestable; abominable
- Candor
- (noun) the state or quality of being overly frank
- Caprice
- (noun) a sudden change, as of one's mind or the weather (capricious)
- Restive
- (adj) impatient of resting, control restraint or delay as persons, restless, uneasy
- Surmise
- (verb) a conjecture, a guess
- Solicitude
- (noun) anxiety or concern
- Proselytes
- a new convert to a faith/politcal cause
- Staid
- (adj) marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restrain
- Equivocal
- (adj) ambiguous; of a doubtful and uncertain nature/character
- Acclivity
- (noun) an ascending slope as of a hill
- Erudition
- (noun) knowledge acquired by study/research
- Edifice
- (noun) a building especially a large imposing one
- Faction
- (noun) a group that is a minority within a larger group
- Sanguine
- (adj) cheerfully optimistic, hopeful or confident
- Indubitably
- (adv) not to be doubted
- Odious
- (adj) highly offensive, repugnant, disgusting,
- Irreverently
- (adv) meaning without respect
- Commodious
- (adj) pleasantly spacious
- Inviolate
- (adj) unaltered, pure, virginal, not violated
- Chafed
- (adj) rubbed, angered
- Scurrilous
- (adj) grossly or obscenely abusive, vulgar comments or remarks
- Spasmodically
- (adv) occasionally, fleetingly
- Reproach
- (verb) to find fault with a person or a group; blame; censure
- Belie
- (verb) to disguise the true nature of something, to show that something is not true
- Sordidness
- (noun) filthy in a moralist sense, sleazy
- Docile
- (adj) quiet and easy to control, unlikely to cause trouble
- Inimical
- (adj) unfriendly, hostile, unfavorable, harmful