Lecture Notes Review: Vocabulary (Pages 1-3)

Vocabulary flashcards covering terms and definitions from three pages of lecture notes.

Sanguine

optimistic

Recalcitrant

uncooperative

Misanthropic

hatred for humankind

Earnest

genuine

Stymie

hinder

Concede

admit

Waive

refrain from insisting

Circumvent

avoid

Renunciation

the act of rejecting or abandoning

Discernible

perceived

Tenuous

lacking substance

Nuanced

subtle

Repudiate

reject

Recant

withdraw previous belief (take something back)

Preclude

stop or prevent happening

Dogmatic

believe that their principles/opinions are true

Refinement

improve (process or result)

Negating

making invalid

Entrenching

solidifying

Substantiating

supporting with proof

Accessible

easy to understand (when talking about a thing)

Subversive

disruptive and revolutionary

Endure

tolerate

Prescribed

laid down as rules

Interject

suddenly inserted

Discernable

perceptible

Corroboration

evidence to prove something

Obscure

concealed/not well known

Erroneous

incorrect

Commonplace

ordinary/unremarkable

Arcane

known by very few/mysterious

Beneficiary

person who derives advantage from something

Catalog

a complete list of items

Defunct

no longer existing/functioning

Scrutinize

inspect closely/thoroughly

Refute

disprove

Reckoning

process of calculating something

Reform

improve something

Advertently

act in an intentional way

Redress

compensate for

Innocuous

harmless

Perceptual

relating to perception

Reductive

overly simplistic

Smoulder

burn slowly

Vigilant

watch out for danger

Contempt

disgust

Anthropogenic

from human activity

Conflate

blend two or more things

Conspicuous

easily noticed

Corroborate

confirm/give support to something

Confound

confuse or perplex

Constituent

a component of something/ a citizen represented by an elected official

Supplant

to take the place of something

Subvert

to undermine the power of a system or institution

Surmise

to suppose something is true without evidence

Denigrate

disparage

Offhand

without preparation/in an informal manner

Pragmatic

dealing with things sensibly and practically

Sanction

official permission/threatened penalty

Preeminent

surpassing all others/distinguished

Emanate

to originate from

Emote

to express emotion; to display emotion

Frivolous

not having any serious value

Irreducible

cannot be reduced/simplified farther

Infraction

violation of a rule

Irrespective

regardless

Desultory

no plan/purpose

Spurious

false

Veritable

real or true

Demarcated

separated

Arduous

hard

Contentious

controversial

Contrive

create through trickery

Apprised of

informed about something

Incensed by

angered

Endorse

openly approve/recommend

Adorn

decorate or enhance appearance

Mediated by

influenced

Transposed

switch

Antecedent

prior

Narrative

a story that follows a sequence of events and creates interest and suspense for the reader; provides a separate, additional claim

Supposition

to believe something not yet proven

Synopsis

summary/outline

Conducive

making something possible

Contingent

subject to chance

Beguile

charm someone in a deceiving way

Buttress

a structure built against a wall for support

Corollary

a natural consequence / a proposition that follows from one already proved

Efface

erase; make oneself inconspicuous; conduct oneself modestly

Guile

sly cunning intelligence; craftiness

Demarcate

set limits on something

Superseded

surpass something

Protracted

drag out for a long time

Curtailed

cut short

Obviated

made unnecessary

Insurmountable

impossible to overcome

Opaque

difficult to understand

Facile

superficial

Engendering

producing/causing to exist

Appraising

Assessing the value or significance of something