Fall Vocabulary 1 Flashcards

A collection of vocabulary terms, parts of speech, and definitions based on the provided lecture notes.

Slacken

(v) to make or become less active or intense

Apparatus

(n) a complex instrument or machine designed for a particular purpose

Tumultuous

(adj) excited or emotional; full of disorder or chaos

Savor

(v) to experience through smell or taste, especially with pleasure

Automaticity

(n) the fact or quality of starting or operating independently

Psychologist

(n) a specialist in the science of the mind or of mental states and processes

Absurd

(adj) utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false

Clinical

(adj) extremely objective and realistic; unemotionally critical

Jaunt

(n) a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure

Sedative

(n) a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure

Emanate

(v) to flow out, as from a source or origin; come forth

Subside

(v) to become quiet; to sink to a low or lower level

Contraption

(n) a mechanical device, usually seen as improvised or overly complication

Illusion

(n) something that tricks you by creating a false or misleading impression of reality

Relish

(v) to take pleasure in; like; enjoy

Tamper

(v) to meddle; to make changes in something that corrupt it

Impart

(v) to make known; to give; to grant