Eng. 2A: Vocab #14

Beatific

blissful; rendering or making blessed

Behemoth

a creature of enormous size, power, or appearance

Blandishment

anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet talk

Cacophonous

harsh-sounding, discordant, dissonant

Chicanery

trickery, deceptive practices or tactics; double-dealing

Consign

to give another’s care, charge, or control; to entrust, deliver; to set apart for special use

Coup

a highly successful act or plan or stratagem; a sudden takeover of power or leadership

Euphemism

a mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one; a substitute

Febrile

feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic

Gainsay

to deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose

Imminent

about to happen, threatening

Innate

natural, inborn, inherent; built-in

Loath

unwilling, reluctant, disinclined

Manifest

clear, evident to the eyes or mind

Minutiae

(plural noun) small or trivial details trifling matters

Moratorium

a suspension of activity; an official waiting period; an authorized period of delay

Nostrum

an alleged cure-all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness

Pariah

one who is rejected by a social group or organization

Visionary

one given to far-fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight

Wizened

dry, shrunken, wrinkled (often as the result of aging)