Carnie - Week 1-12 Vocab

Good luck on the Midterm :)

Abase

degrade

Malign

slander

Overt

unconcealed

Debonair

carefree

Insolvent

bankrupt

Respite

pause

Rotund

plump

Hovel

hut

Indordnate

excessive

Intractable

stubborn

Manifest

apparent

Vertigo

dizziness

Conducive

favorable

Disconcert

unsettle

Infuse

fill

ab-

away

ac-

to, toward

act

do

aud

hear

-able

capable of

cold shoulder

to disregard or to ignore

without rhyme or reason

to not make sense

swan song

final or lost

to get the sack

to be fired

Acquiesce

To agree; go along

Acrimonious

Bitter; sharp; stinging; biting

Adversity

Misfortune; disaster

Cogitate

Ponder; think; meditate

Copious

Plentiful; a lot

Corpulent

Fat; obese

Derisive

Mocking; ridiculing; scoffing

Disconsolate

Heartbroken, depressed

Furtive

Stealthy; secretive; sneaky

Harbinger

Forerunner; herald; precursor

Inclement

Stormy; harsh; severe

Portent

Omen; sign

Predisposed

Inclined; susceptible

Reprove

To rebuke; scold; reprimand

Subterfuge

A deception

Ivory tower

Isolated from life; not in touch with life’s problems

To feather one’s nest

To enrich oneself at the sly or at every opportunity

The writing is on the wall

An incident or event that shows what will happen in the future

On the bandwagon

Joining with the majoring; going along with the trend

ad-/af-

To, toward

Capt/capit

Captain

Cause/cuse

Cause

-al

Of or relating

-ance

State or quality of

Affray

brawl

Antipathy

aversion

Aspect

feature

Contrition

pressure

Exacerbate

aggravate

Felicity

happiness

Impudent

shameless

Indolent

lazy

Interloper

intruder

Mileau

surroundings

Nebulous

hazy

Oblivious

unaware

Odious

repulsive

Repast

meal

Squalor

filthiness

To hit the nail on the head

to state or guess something correctly

On the dot

exactly on time

To take under one’s wing

to become responsible for

Out of one’s depth

in a situation that is too difficult to handle

ag-. al-

to, toward

ceive, cept, ceit

take

chron

time

-ar

adjective ending

-ation

action, process of

Ascribe

attribute

Auspicious

favorable

Glower

scowl

Guile

trickiness

Obdurate

stubborn

Parity

equality

Paucity

scarcity

Transgress

violate

Travail

toil

Wan

sickly

Commiserate

sympathy

Discern

notice

Ponderous

heavy

Shiftless

lazy

Amity

friendship

To take a leaf out of someone’s book

to imitate or to follow the example

brass tracks

the real problem or situation

hook, line, and sinker

completely; all the way

lily-livered

cowardly

an-

to, toward

anti-

against

civi

people

clude. cius

shut

-cian

person

-dom

state of being

Germane

relevant, related

Gibe

jeer, taunt; a mocking remark

Inimitable

matchless or unique; impossible to copy