Vocab Words 1-4

Vocab words Humanities 1

Detriment - Noun Example: Fast Food can be a detriment to your health.

A disadvantage

Dexterous - Adjective Example: She has the strong, dexterous hands of a surgeon.

Skilled

Discretion - Noun Example: When watching movies, use good discretion to find the ones you will like.

Good Sense

Facetious - Adjective Example: They laughed in a very facetious manner.

Funny (sarcastic)

Gregarious - Adjective Example: The people at my school are so gregarious!

Outgoing

Optimum - Adjective Example: I work out to be at the optimum health.

Ideal

Ostentatious - Adjective Example: Many people I know are very ostentatious.

Showy

Scrupulous - Adjective Example: My professor works to be very scrupulous.

Ethical

Sensory - Adjective Example: People on the autistic spectrum often get sensory overload.

Of the Senses

Vicarious - Adjective Example: Even if you are an urban dweller who has never experienced anything but big city living, you can still enjoy the vicarious experience of living in a virtual Farm Town.

Indirect

Bi Example: Bilingual

Two

Circum Example: Circumnavigate

Around

Com, con Example: Communicate

Together

Dis Example: Disappear

Away

Equi Example: Equilibrium

Equal

Collaborate - Verb Example: When people collaborate, they can get a lot of work done.

To act as a team

Despondent - Adjective Example: He looked very despondent walking through the halls.

Depressed

Instigate - Verb Example: People who instigate can get others in trouble.

To cause

Resilient - Adjective Example: Cockroaches are a very resilient species; they have lived longer than us.

Quick to recover

Retrospect - Noun Example: In retrospect, I should have studied harder for the quiz.

Looking back

Rudimentary - Adjective Example: Cavemen had very rudimentary technology.

Basic

Scoff - Verb Example: It is easy to scoff at people when they say something wrong; it's hard to help them learn from their mistakes.

To laugh at

Squelch - Verb Example: Nothing will squelch all your hard work like a stack of invitations returned because they were low on postage.

To hold back

Venerate - Verb Example: They venerate the spirits of their ancestors.

To honor

Zealot - Noun Example: My father is a zealot when it comes to eating with utensils, but I would rather eat with my hands because it is easier and more sanitary.

An extremist

Pre Example: Precaution

Before

Semi Example: Semicircle

Half

Sub Example: Submarine

Under

Super Example: Superior

Over

Tri Example: Triangle

Three

Ambiguous - Adjective Example: It was an ambiguous sentence that could be taken in two ways.

Unclear

Dissident - Noun Example: At the small assemblies, dissident workers were prevented from speaking against the plan.

A rebel

Embellish - Verb Example: Add fresh flowers or small tree ornaments to embellish the wreath for a party.

To decorate

Fritter - Verb Example: I seem to fritter my time away at coffee mornings.

To waste

Inadvertent - Adjective Example: An inadvertent administrative error occurred that resulted in an overpayment.

Not intended

Inane - Adjective Example: That last sentence is so inane you wonder whether he realizes what he's saying.

Silly

Juxtapose - Verb Example: It is interesting to juxtapose the lifestyle of today's teenage generation with their grandparents' generation.

To put aside

Lethargy - Noun Example: He needs some new hobby to shake him out of his lethargy.

Weariness

Sporadic - Adjective Example: There are still sporadic outbreaks of violence in the town.

Irregular

Subsidize - Verb Example: The government helped to subsidize agriculture.

To pay for

Inter Example: Intersection

Between

Intra Example: Intravenously

Within

Intro Example: Introduce

Into

Mal, mis Examples: Malfunction, Mistake

Bad

Post Example: Postapocalypse

After

Berate - Verb Example: I was berated for having a 40 in English.

To scold angrily

Estrange - Verb Example: He is estranged from his father but has a close relationship with his uncle.

To drive away

Euphoric - Adjective Example: Another of the emotional benefits of exercise is the euphoric state resulting from working out.

Very happy

Impetuous - Adjective Example: She smiled, gave him a quick impetuous hug, and ran out of the room.

Impulsive

Infallible - Adjective Example: I have never been mistaken before, but even I am not infallible.

Perfect

Maudlin - Adjective Example: I don't want my work to be thought of as maudlin or overly sentimental.

Overly Emotional

Regress - Verb Example: The tendency of rational progress to become irrational regress arises much earlier.

To go backward

Relinquish - Verb Example: He was reluctant to relinquish control of the business.

To give up

Ubiquitous - Adjective Example: They were concerned about the ubiquitous presence of closed-circuit TV.

Found everywhere

Zenith - Noun Example:

Highest point

In Example: Incapable

Not

Ard Example: Coward

Always

Ician Example: Electrician

Specialist

Itis Example: Tendonitis

Inflammation

Aqua Example: Aquanaut

Water