(Unfinished) Vocabulary List F - Love

Vocabulary flashcards created from lecture notes.

generic

shared by, including, or typical of a whole group of things; not specific.

vestige

a small part of something that still exists after the rest of it has stopped existing; a trace.

raconteur

a person who is good at telling stories in an interesting and amusing way.

disclaim

to publicly deny knowledge of or responsibility for something.

languish

1) to be forced to stay somewhere or suffer something unpleasant for a long time 2) to become weaker or fail to make progress.

amenity

a feature that makes a place pleasant, comfortable, or easy to live in.

syllabus

a list of the topics, books, etc. that students should study in a particular subject at school or college.

culminate

to end with a particular result, or at a particular point.

adage

a well-known phrase expressing a general truth about people or the world.

vitriolic

full of anger and hatred.

insomnia

the condition of being unable to sleep.

atrophy

to decrease in size, especially from lack of use; to wither away.

exterminate

to kill all the members of a group of people or animals.

palpable

easily noticed by the mind or the senses.

beseech

to ask for something in an anxious way because one wants or needs it very much; to beg.

obstreperous

noisy and difficult to control.

omnipresent

present everywhere.

bequeath

1) to leave something to someone in a will 2) to leave the results of one's work, knowledge, etc. for other people.

perverse

showing deliberate determination to behave in a way that most people think is wrong, unacceptable, or unreasonable.

deport

to force someone to leave a country by a legal process.

capitulate

to surrender.

resplendent

brightly and impressively colored.

beneficent

showing kindness; generous.

defame

to harm someone by saying or writing bad or false things about him or her.

callow

young and without experience.

combustible

able to begin burning easily.

dissemble

to hide one's real feelings or intentions, often by pretending to have different ones.

sovereign

1) (of power) without limit; highest.

hapless

(of a person) unfortunate.

boisterous

noisy and full of life and energy.

forlorn

1) appearing lonely and unhappy.

taper

1) to become gradually narrower; to narrow.

effective

2) very effective; excellent.

neglected

2) not cared for and with no people in it.

diminish

2) to make or become gradually less in number, amount.

acquire

to obtain or gain something.