Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Vocab. List #8

Flout: Openly disregard (a rule, law or convention): "these same companies still flout basic ethical practices".


Caveat: A warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations. “Yet it is appropriate to issue certain caveats here”

Blazon: Display prominently or vividly. ”The knights shield displayed an heraldic blazon which identified the knight”


filch: Pilfer or steal (something, esp. a thing of small value) in a casual way “I didn’t have enough money for the headphones, so I filched them.”


fractious: Easily irritated; bad-tempered: "they fight and squabble like fractious children".


Equitable: Fair and impartial. “The tax policies are equitable”


autonomy: A self-governing country or region “America is not a autonomy country”


addendum: An item of additional material, typically omissions, added at the end of a book or other publication. “See addendum to the rics post graduate diploma in property investment prospectus”


Amnesty: An official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses. “I would like to declare an amnesty, in the hope they may be returned”


Axiomatic: Self-evident or unquestionable. “The war in the west that the war was won in the west has become axiomatic”


Extricate: Free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty. “Extricatestill extricating himself out of his parachute so he had no chance to run anywhere.”


Soporific: Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep. “Engine noise is minimal with only a slight and quite soporific vibration.”


Scathing: Witheringly scornful; severely critical: "a scathing attack on the governor".


Unwieldy Difficult to carry or move because of its size, shape, or weight: "the first mechanical clocks were large and unwieldy".


Vapid: Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging: "tuneful but vapid musical comedies".


Prognosticate: Foretell or prophesy. “Prognosticates some great revolution in the land.

Sepulchral: Of or relating to a tomb or interment: "sepulchral monuments".


Salutary: (esp. with reference to something unwelcome or unpleasant) Producing good effects; beneficial.


Straitlaced: priggish: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my plugs".


Scourge: A whip used as an instrument of punishment. “we used to scourge them in the prison.”


Precept: A general rule intended to regulate behavior or thought. “This violates every precept of english law as well as natural justice.”


Transient: Lasting only for a short time; impermanent. “Our relationship was Transient.”

No comments:

Post a Comment