1984 Vocab List #4

Sententious

Given to excessive moralizing

Sever

To cut or to separate

Spontaneous

Having no external cause, acting on impulse

Sporadic

Occasionally occurring

Stagnant

Not flowing, foul from not moving

Stratum

A horizontal layer

Superfluous

Beyond what is needed or required, an overflow

Synthetic

Artificial

Tacit

Understood, silent, not spoken, implicit

Tenet

A doctrine or principle held as being true

Tinge

To add a bit of color, to affect slightly; a slight coloration

Torpid

Sluggish, inactive, dull

Uproarious

Making great noise (not necessarily negative)

Urbane

Having a refined manner, suave, elegant

Utopian

Having the characteristics of an ideally perfect place

Venerate

To honor, to revere

Vilify

To malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements against

Virtuoso

One skilled in there fine arts as an accomplished musician, a servant

Vista

A distant view seen through an opening

Voluptuous

Pleasurable to the senses; sensuous

Wheedle

To try to convince by flattery, to coax, to cajole

Wispy

Small in amount, fragile, or slight

Witticism

A clever and witty remark

Zeal

Enthusiasm, fervor

Zealot

One who embraces a cause and supports it with vigor