vocab

gender vocab

Relating to the fact of taking care of or nurturing or ability to do so in both physical and emotional manner

Nurturant-(adj)

a small savory dish, typically one served as an appetizer at the beginning of a meal.

hors d'oeuvre-(n)

attachment or commitment to a person, cause, or belief; quality/process of sticking fast to an object/surface

Adherence-(n)

Waste or debris of any kind — gravel, sand, or other material produced by erosion, organic matter produced by the decomposition of organisms

Detritus-(n)

Relating to/ believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal Ishtar and opportunities a person who advocates or supports egalitarian

Egalitarian-(Adj, n)

(of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to seem almost tangible.; able to be touched or felt

Palpable-(Adj)

To give up the enjoyment or advantage of something

To forego-(V)

A difference in level or treatment, especially one that is seen as unfair

Disparity-(N)

the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style

Tautology-(N)

An action or remark that causes outrage/offense; offend the modesty or values of

Affront-(n, v)

the state or condition of being equal, especially regarding status or pay; (of a number) the fact of being even or odd

Parity

move in a slow, heavy, awkward way

To lumber-(v)

Struggle to surmount (a difficulty or danger); assert something as a position in an arguement

To contend-(v)

saturated with liquid, especially water; soaked through; saturate (something) with water

Sodden-(Adj, v)

work extremely hard or incessantly; (noun) exhausting physical labor

To toil-(verb)

having great power, influence, or effect

Potent-(adj)

Provide and drink, typically at social events and in a professional capacity

To cater-(V)

the state of being tedious

Tedium-(N)

an emphasis on male strength and dominance; strong or aggressive masculine pride

Machismo-(N)

\-(Adj) changing frequently, especially as regards one's loyalties, interests, or affection.

Fickle-(Adj)

a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts

discrepancy-(N)

very old or old-fashioned: (of a word/style of language) no longer in everyday use but sometimes used to impart an old-fashioned flavor

Archaic-(Adj)

secretly allow (something considered immoral, illegal, wrong, or harmful) to occur.

To connive-(V)

wave or flourish (something, especially a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement.

To brandish-(V)

behaving in such a way as to suggest a playful sexual attraction; flirtatious

Coquettish-(Adj)

(Of quality/state ) existing but not yet deceived or manifest: hidden or concealed

Latent-(Adj)

an uncouth and aggressive man or boy

Lout-(N)

\-(Adj) practicing or affecting strict religious or moral behavior

Puritanical-(Adj)

lacking in, hostile to, or smugly indifferent to cultural and artistic values or refinements; (n.)person who is hostile and indifferent to culture and the arts (or has no understanding of them)

Philistine-(adj.)

departing from an accepted standard; diverging from the normal type

Aberrant-(Adj)

\-having a quarrelsome or combative nature

Pugnacity

absolute certainty or conviction that something is the case; something that someone firmly believes is true

Certitude-(N)

\-(Adj) inborn; natural

Innate-

\-(Adj) (of an action or situation) likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others; (of a comparison or distinction) unfairly discriminating; unjust.

Invidious

\-(Adj) (of a person or process) diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details; very concerned to avoid doing wrong.

Scrupulous

\-(N) a spoken curse; something rude or hostile said or about someone

Imprecations

\-(V) criticize unfairly; disparage

Denigrate

\-(N) an act or instance of summarizing and restating the main points of something. BIOLOGY
the repetition of an evolutionary or other; MUSIC
a part of a movement (especially one in sonata form) in which themes from the exposition are restated.

Recapitulation

\-(Adj) relating to or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.

egalitarian

\-(N) a person's hairstyle, typically an elaborate one

Coiffure

\-(n) the scientific study of language and its structure, including the study of morphology, syntax, phonetics, and semantics. Specific branches of linguistics include sociolinguistics, dialectology, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, historical-comparative linguistics, and applied linguistics.

Linguistics

\-(Adj) not having any serious purpose or value; (of a person) carefree and not serious

Frivolous

\-(Adj) not embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

Unabashed

\-(Adj) lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics; (n) a nondescript person or thing

Nondescript

\-(n) a countless or extremely great number; (chiefly in classical history) a unit of ten thousand.

Myriad

\-Asexual reproduction in which females produce offspring from unfertilized eggs; a form of reproduction in which an egg can develop into an embryo without being fertilized by a sperm.

Parthenogenesis

\-(Adj) (of farmland) plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period in order to restore its fertility as part of a crop rotation or to avoid surplus production., (of a period of time) characterized by inaction; unproductive. (N)a piece of fallow or uncultivated land.. (v) to leave land fallow

Fallow

\-(adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles

Depraved

\-(n.) a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring; a part of a river not reached by the current, where the water is stagnant; an isolated or peaceful place.

Backwater

be extremely and uncritically fond of; be silly or feeble minded as a result of old age

To dote-(V)

create difficulties for (someone or something), resulting in delay or obstruction.

To hinder-(V)

having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

Ambivalent-(Adj)

a same or title; action of giving a name to a person or thing

Appellations

faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support; the degree of exactness with which something is copied or reproduced.

Fidelity

\-(Adj) relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.; (n) a person advocating a totalitarian system of government.

Totalitarian

\-(Adj) intensely irritating and frustrating

Exasperating

\-(N) rapid increase in numbers; large number of something; rapid reproduction of a cell, part, or oragnism

Proliferation

\-(N) spun thread used for knitting, weaving, or sewing; a long or rambling story, especially one that is implausible. (V). To tell a long or unreasonable story.

Yarn

\-(Adj) difficult to carry or move because of its size, shape, or weight; (of a system or bureaucracy) too big or badly organized to function efficiently.

Unwieldy

(N) a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.; a distinctive or peculiar feature or characteristic of a place or thing.

Idiosyncrasy.