jae's super fun vocab

agog

Full of excitement; eager

overweening

(adj.) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate

aphorism

A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.

superjacent

lying above or upon; overlying

satiety

feeling of fullness, contentedness

Bildungsroman

A coming of age story, growth of main character

osculate

to kiss

quadrennial

happening every four years

flavedo

the colored outer layer of the rind of a citrus fruit

castigate

(v.) to punish severely; to criticize severely

sempiternal

everlasting, eternal

vernissage

opening, private showing or preview

hibernaculum

a shelter occupied during the winter by a dormant animal

snaffle

to obtain especially by devious or irregular means

officinal

tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain : medicinal

tortuous

(adj.) winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious

rugose

wrinkled

Garrison finish

a finish in which the winner comes from behind at the end

adulate

To flatter or admire excessively; to idolize

Zeitgeber

a stimulus (usually the light of dawn) that resets the biological clock that is responsible for circadian rhythms

Crural

relating to the leg

impudicity

immodesty, shamelessness

Daedal

skillful, artistic

deglutition

the act of swallowing

Panglossian

blind optimism

ramose

having many branches

heliolatry

worship of the sun

evitable

avoidable

pied-a-terre

part-time dwelling

anent

about; concerning; in respect to

turophile

cheese lover

conventicle

A secret or unlawful religious meeting, typically of people with nonconformist views

forfend

protect and preserve/to ward off

comestible

fit to be eaten

redux

brought back; revived.

convival

festive, sociable, having fun together, genial

backsheesh

payment (as a bribe or tip) to expidite service

de rigueur

prescribed or required by fashion, etiquette, or custom: proper

callow

lacking adult sophistication/immature

effigy

image or representation of a person, esp crude figure repping hated person

archipelago

expanse of water with many scattered islands

splenetic

bad temper, malevolence, or spite

yellow-dog

relating to opposition of trade unions

eleemosynary

of, relating to, or supported by charity

star-chamber

secrecy, often irresponsibly arbitrary and oppressive

egregious

conspicuous, especially conspicuously bad

elegiac

of, relating to, or suggestive of an elegy (poem or song expressing grief)

aegis

protection/control or guidance

sidereal

in relation to the stars, astral

diapause

period of physiologically enforced dormancy between periods of activity

stygian

of or relating to the river Styx, dark and gloomy

belvedere

a structure designed to command a view

pluvial

of or relating to rain, abundant rain

emollient

something that softens or soothes

quantal

have two experimental options - all or none; dead or alive