| word |
|
meaning |
| ambivalent |
adj |
coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings or uncertainty or indecisiveness as to which course to follow |
| anathema |
n |
an imprecation; a curse; a malediction. often by ecclesiastical authority |
| anomaly |
n |
one that is peculiar, irregular, abnormal, or difficult to classify angular deviation, as observed from the sun, of a planet from its perihelion |
| antinomian |
adj |
opposed to, denying, the fixed meaning or obligation of moral law |
| apoplectic |
adj |
sudden impairment of neurological function or effusion of blood into tissue.
a fit of extreme anger or rage |
| bilious |
adj |
of, relating to, or containing bile - a peevish disposition; ill-humored |
| chthonic |
adj |
of or relating to the underworld |
| copasetic |
adj |
very satisfactory or acceptable |
| crapulous |
adj |
marked by gross intemperance; esp drinking. |
| cunctation |
n |
procrastination; delay |
| curmudgeon |
n |
avaricious grasping fellow, a miser, a churl. person who is stubborn and resentful (esp of change). |
| decipher |
|
read, interpret, decode, make meaning of obscure or unintelligle matter |
| defunct |
adj |
having ceased to exist or live |
| deprecate |
tr.v |
to express disapproval of, deplore, belittle; depreciate to seek to avert by prayer; to desire the removal of; to seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for |
| discontinuity |
n |
lack of continuity, logical sequence, or cohesion surface at which seismic wave velocities change |
| dissipate |
|
disperse; expend, especially recklessly; exhaust |
| distortion |
|
undesired change in signal as a result of imperfections in the transmission medium |
| ecstatic |
adj |
elightful beyond measure, rapturous, ravishing, bliss or joy |
| erudite |
adj |
learned; having or showing profound knowledge |
| excoriate |
tr v |
strip or wear skin off. to abrade, gall, censure strongly, denounce. |
| exquisite |
adj |
characterized by intricate and beautiful design or execution of such flawless beauty or delicacy as to arouse intense delight acutely perceptive or discriminating |
| fey |
adj |
having or displaying an otherworldly, magical, or fairylike aspect or quality |
| flaunt |
tr.v |
to exhibit ostentatiously or shamelessly |
| forsake |
tr.v |
to give up, abadon, renounce |
| fungible |
adj |
interchangable |
| grok |
tr.v |
to understand profoundly through intuition or empathy. |
| hajnal |
magyar |
dawn |
| idiolect |
n |
the speech of an individual, considered as a linguistic pattern unique among speakers |
| impunity |
n |
exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| inconspicuous |
adj |
not prominent or readily noticeable |
| interstice |
n |
A space, especially a small or narrow one, between things or parts |
| ken |
n |
perception; understanding |
| klepto |
sl |
a person who has a compulsion to steal |
| mandatory |
adj |
required by rule, commanded by authority; obligatory |
| mediocre |
adj |
of middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary |
| melange |
n |
a motley assortment of things |
| mendacious |
adj |
given to deception or falsehood |
| mephitis |
n |
noxious, pestilential, foul smelling exhalations from decomposition or pollutants
zool: genus of mammals, including the skunks |
| misocainea |
n |
hatred of new ideas |
| morpheme |
n |
smallest meaningful unit in grammar, can be a full word, a syllable or just the letter 's' marking plurality |
| naive |
adj |
simple and guileless; artless, unsuspecting or credulous |
| nefarious |
adj |
infamous by way of being extremely wicked. |
| neophyte |
n |
a recent convert to a belief; a proselyte, a novice, tyro. |
| noisome |
adj |
noxious, harmful, offensive to the smell or other senses, disgusting |
| obsolete |
adj |
no longer in use, outmoded in style, design or construction |
| osculate |
vtr |
to kiss, to touch closely
mathematics; to have 3 or more coincident points |
| pedestrian |
adj |
going on foot. undistinguished, ordinary; pedestrian prose, dull |
| pernicious |
adj |
causing great harm; destructive |
| plebian |
adj |
of the plebs; roman common people, vulgar, coarse, crude |
| prosaic |
adj |
characteristic of prose. matter-of-fact, lacking imagination, dull, straightforward |
| pyro |
sl |
a person who has a compulsion to set fires |
| rakehell |
n |
an immoral or dissolute person; a libertine |
| reverberate |
|
resound in a succession of echoes; repeatedly reflected, have a prolonged or continuing effect, drive or force back; repel |
| segue (segway) |
v |
move smoothly and unhesitatingly from one state or situation to another |
| sentient |
adj |
endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness |
| singularity |
n |
a point in space-time at which gravitational forces cause matter to have infinite density and infinitesimal volume, space-time is infinitely distorted a point at which the derivative
does not exist for a given function but every neighbor of which contain |
| snatch |
n |
a quick grasp or grab, a small amount of time, the vulva |
| tergiversation |
intr v |
to use evasions or ambiguities; equivocate. |
| torque |
n |
the moment of a force; the measure of a force's tendency to produce torsion and rotation about an axis,
equal to the vector product of the radius vector from the axis of rotation to the point of application of the force and the force vector. |
| ubiquitous |
adj |
being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent |
| unequivocal |
adj |
admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; clear and unambiguous |
| vernacular |
n |
the everyday language, dialect or idiom of a particular people or profession |
| widget |
n |
a meta-thing. used to stand for a real object in didactic examples |
| zeitgeist |
deutsch |
spirit of the times |
