Vocab Quiz Set 4

Candor (n.)

The quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness.

Idiosyncrasy (n.)

A mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.

Profound (adj.)

(of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense.(of a person or statement) having or showing great knowledge or insight.

Abiding (adj.)

(of a feeling or memory) lasting a long time; enduring.

Consolation (n.)

The comfort received by a person after a loss or disappointment.

Dispel (v.)

make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear.

Ambivalent (Adjective)

Having mixed/uncertain feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

Degrade (Verb)

Treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect.

Vindicate (Verb)

Clear (someone) of blame or suspicion.

Exultation (Noun)

A feeling of triumphant elation or jubilation; rejoicing

Surly (Adjective)

Bad-tempered and unfriendly.

Exigency

An urgent need or demand.

Remiss

Lacking care or attention to duty; negligent.

Insensate

Lacking physical sensation.
Lacking sympathy or compassion; unfeeling.
Completely lacking sense or reason.

Draconian

(of laws or their application) excessively harsh and severe.

Aberration

A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome.

Fastidious

Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.

Enmity (n.)

A feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.

Hiatus (n.)

A break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.

Furtive (adj.)

Sly; shifty

Gesticulated (v.)

To make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.

Ebullience (n.)

high spirits; exhilaration; exuberance.

Contrived (adj.)

Deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.
Created or arranged in a way that seems artificial and unrealistic.

Interminable (adj.)

Endless (often used hyperbolically).

Dissemble (v.)

Conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs.

Sanction (v.)

Give official permission or approval for (an action).
Impose a sanction or penalty on.

Disdainful (adj.)

Showing contempt or lack of respect.

Prosaic (adj.)

Having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty.

Stratagem (n.)

A plan or scheme, especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve an end.

Despot (n.)

A ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way.

Hedonistic (adj.)

Engaged in the pursuit of pleasure; sensually self-indulgent

Prostrate (adj.)

Lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downward.
Lay oneself flat on the ground face downward, especially in reverence or submission.
(of distress, exhaustion, or illness) reduce (someone) to extreme physical weakness.

Sententious (adj.)

Given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner.

Recrudescence (n.)

The recurrence of an undesirable condition.

Invocation (n.) Invoke (v.)

The action of invoking something or someone for assistance or as an authority.

Ineluctable (adj.)

Unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable.

Preternatural (adj.)

Beyond what is normal or natural.

Palter (v.)

To act insincerely or deceitfully

Fatalist (n.)

Someone who feels that no matter what he or she does, the outcome will be the same because it's predetermined.

Pittance (n.)

A very small or inadequate amount of money paid to someone as an allowance or wage.

Posterity (n.)

All future generations of people.

Promulgate (v.)

Promote or make widely known (an idea or cause).

Susceptible (adj.)

Likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.

Aggregate (n.)

A whole formed by combining several (typically disparate) elements.

Intuitive (adj.)

Using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning; instinctive.