S1 ENGL111 VOCAB FINAL REVIEW

Only the vocab words I won't remember

maintenance

the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community

taciturn

habitually reserved and uncommunicative

conclave

a confidential or secret meeting

circumstance

formal ceremony about important occasions

carp

raise trivial objections

corporeal

having material or physical form or substance; affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit

prejudice

a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation; influence (somebody’s) opinion in advance; disadvantage by prejudice

conjecture

reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence; a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence; verb to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

denigrate

charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; cause to seem less serious; play down

derelict

failing in what duty requires; in deplorable condition; forsaken by owner or keeper; worn and broken down by hard use; noun a person unable to support himself

morose

showing a brooding ill humor

genesis

a coming into being

arbitrary

based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse

extrapolate

estimate the value of; draw from specific cases for more general cases

serendipitous

lucky in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries

ubiquitous

being present everywhere at once

inconsequential

not following logically as a consequence; lacking worth or importance

interpolate

insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby; estimate the value of