Vocabulary Review - Video Notes (Vocab Flashcards)

A comprehensive set of vocabulary terms and their definitions from the video notes, including roots, prefixes, suffixes, and key terms.

Dogmatize

To express opinions as indisputable facts; assertive or arrogant in belief.

Dormant

At rest; asleep.

Habitual

Done out of habit.

Customary

Done regularly.

Exalted

Placed at a high or powerful level; held in high regard; in a state of extreme happiness.

Tenuous

Weak.

Compromised

An agreement or to be put at risk.

Rhetoric

The art of using language effectively, especially to persuade or influence others.

Transcendental

Supernatural.

Liberate

To set free.

Keen

Acute, sensitive, sharp.

Foresaw

To predict; saw before.

Former

Means what occurred first (comes first).

Latter

Means what occurred after (comes second).

Apprehensive

Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen.

Yield

Surrender; back down.

Eccentric

Someone odd or unconventional.

Rambunctious

Unrestrained, irrepressible, boisterous.

Boisterous

Noisy, energetic, cheerful.

Perpetuate

Make something continue indefinitely.

Innate

Inborn; natural.

Rudimentary

Limited to basic principles.

Innocuous

Mild or unharmful.

Reciprocate

Respond to a gesture.

Buttress

To strengthen or defend.

Realized

Become aware of, or to achieve.

Disparage

Regard or represent something as being of little worth.

Proponents

A person who advocates for a theory or proposal.

Conviction

Guilty, or the noun form of convinced.

Colloquial

Informal, used in ordinary or familiar conversation.

Ambivalent

Uncertainty; mixed feelings on something.

Grilled

To question intensely; or to cook food on a grill.

Tentative

Not certain or fixed; done without confidence.

Distraught

Upset or agitated.

Dubious

Hesitating or doubting.

Disdainful

Showing contempt or lack of respect.

Prudent

Careful and sensible.

Cordially

Politely; with intense feeling.

Overtly

Openly, without concealment.

Inadvertently

Unintentionally.

Ameliorate

Remedy or improve.

Exploit

Make productive use of.

Sanction

Give approval, or enact a penalty.

Inconsequential

Not significant.

Ambivalence

Mixed or controversial feelings over a topic.

Premeditate

Forethought or planning.

Haphazard

Lack of plan or order.

Exhaustive

Thorough.

Precociousness

Exceptional maturity.

Repudiation

Rejection of a proposal or idea.

Manifest

Evident or apparent.

Precluding

Making impossible in advance or preventing.

Epitomizing

Illustrating or making an example.

Redress

Remedy or compensation.

Exacerbate

Make worse or aggravate.

Subsumed

Included in.

Preclude

To prevent.

Buttress

To support.

Innocuous

Harmless.

Vivacious

Lively and animated.

Voluptuous

Attractively curvaceous.

Acuity

Sharpness.

Ambiguous

Having double meaning.

Amble

To stroll.

Ambulant

Able to walk around.

Anachronism

Belonging to a period other than the one in which it exists.

Primitive

Early stage.

Autocratic

Ruler with absolute power.

Belicose

Aggressive; willing to fight.

Benefactor

A person who gives money to help a cause.

Benign

Kind or good.

Benevolent

Kind, good.

Cataclysm

A large-scale natural event.

Recede

To go back or move away.

Cerebral

Part of the brain.

Ascertain

To make sure of.

Chronicle

A written account of historical events in order.

Clamor

Loud and confused noise.

Proclaim

To announce publicly.

Corroborate

To back up with evidence.

Delineate

Describe precisely.

Elucidate

Make clear.

Impede

Slow down or block.

Nuance

Subtle difference.

Refute

Prove wrong.

Vindicate

Clear from blame.

Incognito

Identity is concealed.

Concur

Agree.

Credulous

Gullible.

Euphoria

Excitement or happiness.

Fidelity

Loyalty and support.

Inflect

To affect or alter.

Forebode

Act as a warning of.

Obfuscation

Making something obscure or unintelligible.

Infuscate

To obscure something.

Geriatrics

The medical science of old people.

Digress

Temporarily leave the main subject.

Androgynous

Partly male and partly female in appearance.

Homeopath

To treat 'like with like'.

Pedestrian

Person walking.