Vocab Test Terms

abstemious

restrained

acrimoniously

bitterly spoken

adonis

handsome man

adroitly

expertly/using hands

altruist

one with an unselfish regard for the interests of others

animadvert

speak out against

animosity

strong hostility

anticlimax

expected more but got nothing

antipathy

aversion/hatred

banal

common, lacking in originality

benediction

blessing

benefactor

well doer

braggadocio

boasting

cadaverous

resembling a corpse

carte blanche

unconditional authority

catholic

universal

chauvinist

extreme patriotism

chicanery

mean trickery

chimerical

impossible to achieve

Circe

man eater

circumspectly

carefully

clairvoyant

can see unseen things

complacent

content/self-satisfied

compunction

remorseful feeling

concomitantly

at the same time

Diffident

shy and self-concious

dilettante

many interests

Dipsomania

drinking addiction

Docile

ready to accept control

Dogmatic

self-centered aggression

Effete

worn out/barren

Egocentric

focused on oneself

Electra Complex

girl who hates mom, loves dad

enervated

exhausted

ennui

weariness from boredom

epic

a great work (poem/legend)

Epicurean

most pleasure, least pain

epigram

clever saying

epilogue

section at the end of a book

equanimity

equal spirit/mind (composure)

Erudite

scholarly/learned

esoteric

for only a few people

etymology

study of words

expiate

make amends for

facet

one side of something many sided

facilitate

make easier

Fatalist

believes everything is predetermined

fetish

object of worship

fiasco

miserable failure

gesticulate

make gestures while speaking

connoisseur

expert in taste

Coquette

flirts for fun

cursorily

done carelessly

Demogogue

leader who creates social discontent

desultory

passing from one to another

didactically

intended to teach something

imbroglio

embarrassing situation

impunity

without consequence

incongruous

unsuitable

indefatigable

tireless

insatiable

impossible to satisfy

intelligentsia

intelligent class

Jingoism

violent foreign policy

Judas

traitor

Kleptomaniac

addicted to stealing

lethargy

state of indifference

liberalism

pro change

Loquacious

very talkative

macabre

gruesome

magnanimous

of large spirit

Magnate

important business person

magniloquent

speaking fancily

magnum

large bottle of wine

magnum opus

a large and important work of art, music, or literature

malinger

faking sick

manias

mental illnesses

glibly

smoothly but shallowly

gregarious

liking to be with other people

gullible

easily fooled

hypochondria

thinking you’re sick

iconoclastic

traditional beliefs

idiosyncrasy

characteristic perculiarity

non sequitur

inconsistent statement

nymphomania

excessive sexual desire

obsequious

attentive to an excessive degree

Oedipus complex

boy hates dad, loves mom

ominously

foreboding/evil

omniscient

all knowing

ostracize

exclude/ban

panacea

cure all

pander

appeal to emotions

paranoia

delusions of persecution

pariah

outcast

parsimonious

stingy

peccadillo

slight sin

penury

poverty

phlegmatic

indifferent/calm

plebian

common/inferior

poignant

saddening

pompous

assumed importance