Vocab Notebook (1-4) Q1

Stoic

• adj

• Note affected by or showing passion or feeling.

Patronizes

Verb

To treat in a way that is kind of helpful but that betrays a feeling of superiority.

Denote

• verb

• To serve as an indication of. 

Gracious 

• adj

• Marked by kindness and courtesy.

Exalted

adj

Elevated in rank,power or character.

Paupers

noun

Very poor people.

exigencies

• noun

• An urgent need or demand. 

nominal

• adj

• Of a role or status, existing in name only.

Guffaw

• noun

• A loud and boisterous laugh.

Panacea

noun

A solution or remedy for all difficulties.

Philanthropy

• noun

• The desire to promote the welfare of others expressed by the generous donation of money to a good cause.

Peculiar

• adj

• Strange or odd; unusual.

Quandry

• noun

• A state of uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation.

Peonage

• noun

• The use of laborers bound in servitude because of debt. 

Meriment

• noun

• Lighthearted gaiety or fun.

Paranoia

• noun

• Unjustified suspicion & mistrust of other ppl or their actions.

Puritans

noun

English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify that church of England. 

Havoc

• n

• Widespread destruction. 

Tormenting

• adj

• Inflicting severe physical or mental suffering. 

Afflicted

• v

• To cause pain or suffering to; affect or trouble. 

Testimony

• noun

• A formal written spoken statement, especially one given in court. 

Dubious

• adj

• Not to be relied upon ; suspect. 

Objectivity

• n

• Lack of bias, judgement, or prejudice. 

Amended

• v

• Make minor changes to make  more fair,accurate, or up-to-date.

Scapegoating

• v

• The act of blaming a person or group for something bad that has happened or that someone has done. 

Diminish

• v

• Make or become less. 

Sublimely

• adverb

• Completely; in a lofty and exalted manner. (awe-inspiring)

Truculent

• adj

• Quick to argue or oppose; aggressively defiant. 

Treasonous

• adj

• Involving or guilty of the crime of betraying one’s country. 

Practitioners

• noun

• Ppl who actively engaged in an art, discipline, or profession. 

Enormities

• n

• Extreme scale or extent of things percieved as bad or morally wrong. 

Gauge

• verb

• Estimate or determine the magnitude,or volume of. 

Merest

• adj

• The smallest or slightest. 

Onslaught

• n

• A fierce or destructive attack.

Vacant

• adj

• Having no fixtures,furniture, or inhabitants;empty. 

Licentious

• adj

• Disregrading accepted rules or conventions. 

Enraptured

• verb

• Give intense pleasure or joy to.

Quakers

• noun

• Members of the religious society of friends.they reject formal ministry and all set forms of worship. 

Pious

• adj

• A devoutly religious person. 

Pallor

• noun

• An unhealthy place appearance.