All Vocab

Circuitous

Roundabout; indirect

Circumspect

Cautious and watchful; prudent

Circumference

The outer boundary of a circle; the perimeter

Orbit

1. Path of one body as it revolves around another body

2. A sphere of influence; a range of action or experience

Orb

1. A sphere; anything spherical in shape (for example, a planet, an eye).

2. A globe carried by a monarch as a symbol of office.

Configuration

a shape or outline; a method of arrangement

Figurative

using figures of speech; symbolic, not literal

Cyclic

occurring or moving in cycles

Encyclopedic

possessing information about many subjects or intensively about one subject

Feign

to pretend

Feint

1. A misleading movement or pretended attack

2. A pretense; a scheme to mislead

Effigy

a sculpture or model of a person

Ideology

the main ideas of a class, group, or movement

Idyll, idyl

1. A short description of a peaceful or romantic scene, usually of country life

2. A peaceful or romantic scene or incident

Rote

1. By memory without thought of the meaning

2. Mechanical routine

Rotunda

A circular domed building or hall

Rotund

Plump; rounded

Cavernous

1. Like a large cave in size or darkness

2. Filled with caves or cavities

Concave

Curved like the inner surface of a ball

Excavate

To dig out; to make a hole by digging

Procrastinate

To put off doing something; to delay needlessly.

Prodigal

1. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant

2. Profuse; lavish

Prodigy

A person with exceptional talent or powers.

Profane

1. Showing disrespect towards God or sacred things

2. Nonreligious in subject, form, or use

Profuse

Plentiful, prodigal, overflowing; giving abundantly

Jeopardy

Danger; peril

Jocular

Joking; avoiding seriousness

Assuage

To soothe; to make less severe; to satisfy

Suave

Smooth in a social manner

Festoon

1. A decorative chain of flowers, leaves, or ribbons hung in a curve

2. To decorate with hanging ornaments

Fete

1. A party or festival, especially one held out of doors

2. To give a party in someone's honor

Condole

To express sympathy

Doleful

Mournful; sad

Irascible

Irritable; hot tempered

Irate

Angry; enraged

Ire

Anger; rage

Malevolent

Wishing harm to others; malicious

Volition

A conscious choice; use of ones will to make a decision

Zeal

Passionate devotion to a cause; ardor

Zealot

A zealous person; a fanatic

Ad hoc

For a specific purpose or situation

Admonish

1. To scold gently but firmly

2. To caution, to warn

Assimilate

1. To take in and make a part of the body; to digest

2. To cause to become similar or part of a whole

Olfactory

Pertaining to the sense of smell

Redolent

1. Smelling strongly

2. Full of memories

Resonate

To produce or show sound vibrations; to echo or resound

Sonic

Pertaining to sound waves or audible sounds

Advocate

To speak in favor of something; to recommend (can also be a person)

Evoke

1. to summon or call forth; to inspire

2. to produce a reaction or response

Provocative

Exciting; stimulating

Assent

To consent; to express agreement

Dissent

To have or express a different opinion

Presentiment

A sense of something about to happen

Sensuous

Appealing to the senses, especially aesthetically

Sentinel

A sentry; one who keeps watch

Contiguous

Adjoining; sharing a boundary

Tangible

1. Perceptible by sense of touch

2. Clear and definite; real; concrete

Tactile

Pertaining to or using the sense of touch; tangible

Tangent

1. Touching

2. Irrelevant; off the subject

1. A straight line that ouches the outside of a curve but does not cross it

2. A sudden change of direction "to go off on a tangent"

vociferous

making an outcry; characterized by loudness, especially in protest

Refute

To prove a statement or person to be incorrect; to disprove

Reiterate

To say over again

Repartee

1. A quick, witty reply

2. Conversation characterized by such remarks

Repertoire

1. The stock of plays, stories, songs, or other pieces that a player or company is prepared to perform

2. The skills or accomplishments of a particular person or group

Repose

A rest; a peaceful state

Reticent

Of a silent nature; reserved in a manner

Ostensible

Pretended; given as an excuse, to conceal the real reason

Ostentatious

Showy; intended to impress people

Improvise

1. To make up something without preparation

2. To make or provide from materials on hand

Visionary

1. Existing only in imagination; fanciful; not practical

2. Characterized by vision or forethought

Auspicious

Showing signs that promise success

Introspection

Examination of one's own thoughts and feelings

Retrospect

A survey of past times or events

Specimen

A single thing that is taken as an example of a whole category

Specter

1. A ghost

2. A haunting fear of future trouble

Spectrum

1. The distribution of characteristics of a physical system, especially bands of colors seen as a rainbow or bands of differing sound waves