Vocab list Flashcards

85956176	parsing	figuring out each sentence's syntatic role; verb	0
85956177	craven	cowardly; adj	1
85956178	triangulated	composed of or marked with triangles; to make triangular; to divide into triangles; to connect; adj/verb	2
85956179	fallible	likely to fail or be inaccurate; adj	3
85956180	paragon	a model of excellence or perfection; noun	4
85956181	demagogic	characteristic of a demagogue, a political leader who appeals to prejudice; adj	5
85956182	louche	of questionable taste or morality; adj	6
85956183	portend	indicate by signs; verb	7
85956184	certitude	total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant; noun	8
85956185	encroachment	gradual intrusion; Ex. I resent all these encroachments on my valuable time; V. encroach: take another's possessions or right gradually or stealthily; intrude; Ex. encroach on/upon; noun	9
85956186	ilk	type or kind; noun	10
85956187	democratized	to make democratic; past tense verb	11
85956188	vacillates	to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive; verb	12
85956189	declaims	speak rhetorically; verb	13
85956190	declamatory	pretentiously rhetorical; bombastic; adj	14
85956191	defragments	process in which a hard disk is reorganized so that it improves the speed in which a file can be read/written; noun	15
85957220	sycophant	a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage; noun	16
85958889	quantify	express as a number or measure or quantity; verb	17
100037910	uxurious	fond or submissive to one's wife; adj	18
100037911	defenestration	the act of throwing someone or something out of a window; noun	19
100037912	pleonasm	using more words than necessary; noun	20
100037913	misandry	hatred of males; noun	21
100037914	Brobdingnagian	unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; adj	22
100037915	indefatigable	showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality; adj	23
100037916	forebears	ancestors; noun	24
100037917	asunder	into parts or pieces; adverb	25
100037918	invective	abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will; noun	26
100037919	eradicate	destroy completely, as if down to the roots; verb	27
100037920	coherence	logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; noun	28
100037921	myriad	a large indefinite number; noun	29
100037922	parthenogenesis	process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; noun	30
100037923	affably	in a friendly manner; adverb	31
100037924	musing	thinking; pondering; , a calm lengthy intent consideration; noun	32
100037925	venerable	profoundly honored; adj	33
100037926	bemoaned	to express distress or grief over; lament; verb	34
100037927	plaintively	sorrowfully; adverb	35
100037928	immemorial	reaching back beyond the bounds of memory; extremely old; adj	36
100037929	paradoxically	counter to what one would think; contradictory; adverb	37
100037930	eminently	high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished; adverb	38
100037931	heretical	characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards; adj	39
100037932	epicene	having an ambiguous sexual identity; adj	40
100037933	umbrage	a feeling of anger caused by being offended; noun	41
100037934	exhortation	a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action; noun	42
100037935	guises	general external appearance; An external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the true nature of something	43
100037936	insidious	intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous; adj	44
100037937	virile	manly; having masculine spirit or strength; full of strength; adj	45
100037938	parlance	a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language; noun	46
100037939	fatalism	belief that events are determined by forces beyond one's control; noun	47
100037940	provocative	serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; adj	48
100037941	idioms	words and phrases that mean something different from the literal meanings of the words; adj	49
100037942	exhumed	dug up; verb	50
100037943	beguiles	N. Acts of misleading and charm for persuasion. -The new character in the Office proved to be a great threat to Dunder Mifflen by stealing their clients through beguiles; verb	51
100037944	noxious	injurious to physical or mental health; adj	52
100037945	coquettishness	flirting lightheartedly with men to win their admiration and affection; adj	53
100037946	lexicon	a language user's knowledge of words; noun	54
100037947	libertine	one who acts without moral restraint; noun	55
100037948	pervasive	spreading throughout; adj	56
100037949	protegees	a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career; noun	57
100037950	avant garde	a group active in the invention of new techniques in a given field, especially in the arts; noun	58
100037951	parlaying	Turn an initial stake or winnings from a previous bet into (a greater amount) by gambling; verb	59
100037952	coup	a brilliant and notable success; noun	60
100037953	opprobrium	a state of extreme dishonor; noun	61
100037954	truculent	defiantly aggressive; adj	62
100037955	magnanimous	generous and understanding and tolerant; adj	63
100396516	hobbledehoy	an awkward, gawky young fellow; noun	64
106716553	peruse	to examine carefully; verb	65
106716554	imbroglio	a confused mass, and intricate or complicated situation; noun	66
108622590	moue	a disdainful pouting grimace; noun	67
108622591	sinecure	a position requiring little or no work; an easy job; noun	68
108622592	swathings	wrappings; noun	69
108622593	dusky	naturally having skin of a dark color; adjective	70
108622594	avail	a means of serving; noun	71
108622595	vigor	an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); noun	72
108622596	dyspeptic	irritable as if suffering from indigestion; adj	73
108622597	compunctions	feeling of regret or guilt; noun	74
108622598	analogical	expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy; adj	75
109494177	acolytes	Attendants; faithful followers; noun	76
109494178	resplendent	having great beauty and splendor; adj	77
109494179	cruciform	shaped like a cross; adj	78
109494180	mawkish	Excessively and objectionably sentimental; adj	79
109494413	malevolent	wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; adj	80
109495117	bailiwick	the district within which a baillie or bailiff has jurisdiction; a person's area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work; noun	81
112782164	susurrus	the indistinct sound of people whispering; a whispering or rustling sound; noun	82
112786589	miasma	an unwholesome atmosphere, a noxious or poisonous atmosphere; noun	83
116113543	discursive	proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition; adjective	84
116113544	genial	diffusing warmth and friendliness; adj	85
116113545	grandeur	the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; noun	86
116113546	latent	not presently active; adj	87
116113547	forbearance	a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; noun	88
116113548	viz.	namely; that is; (abbr. of Latin: videlicet); as follows	89