Studying for Mid-terms

adumbrate: report or represent in outline.
° I have to write my essay in adumbrate form.
apotheosis: highest point in the development of something.
° The climax is an example of apotheosis.
ascetic- a characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline.
° Boot camp is an example of ascetic.
bauble- a small, showy trinket or decoration.
° My key chain has bauble on it.
beguile- help time pass pleasantly.
° Playing candy crush beguile when I'm waiting to see the doctor.
burgeon- begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.
°Once the rose received some water they burgeon.
complement- a thing that completes or brings to perfection.
° The cherry complements the banana split.
contumacious- stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.
° There are some people who are contumacious.
curmudgeon- a bad tempered or surly person.
° My mom has a curmudgeon.
didactic- intended to teach.
° The new teacher didactic.
disingenuous- not candid or sincere.
° Jandie  was disingenuous about my grandparents death.
exculpate- show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing.
°The child exculpate to his parents.
faux pas- an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in social situation.
° A lot of children face faux pas.
fulminate- express vehement protest.
° A lot of people fulminate about closed campus.
fustian- pompous or pretentious speech or writing.
°Dr. Preston does a fustian everyday.
hauteur- disdainful pride.
° Some people have too much hauteur.
inhibit- restrain or prevent.
°My parent try to inhibit for me to make bad choices.
jeremiad- a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes.
° My neighbors jeremiad to the police because we like to park on our lawns.
opportunist- a person who exploits circumstances to gain immediate advantage rather than being guided by consistent principles or plans.
°Dr. Preston is an opportunist.
unconscionable- not right or reasonable.
°It is unconscionable to be rude to someone else.

ACCOUTREMENTS: Addition item of dress or equipment.
- The professional soccer player was missing part of her ACCOUTREMENTS.
APOGEE: Highest point; climax.
- The APOGEE is the best part in the movies and the book.
APROPOS: Reference to concerning.
- The doctor was APROPOS to the patient because he had some bad news.
BICKER: Argue about petty trivial matter.
- The Chumash casino BICKER to the government.
COALESCE: Come together.
- Everyone had to COALESCE to work on their final project.
CONTRETEMPS: Unexpected occurrence.
- We had plans to go to the water park but a CONTRETEMPS had happen which ruined our plans.
CONVOLUTION: coil or twist.
- The hose was all CONVOLUTION.
CULL: Select from a large quantity.
- The little girl was CULL to go up on stage and sing along.
DISPARATE: Essentially different in kind.
-  Some people are more DISPARATE then others.
DOGMATIC: inclined to lay down principles as in controvertibly true/
- Polices officers are people who DOGMATIC others.
LICENTIOUS: quality of being lewd and lascivious.
METE: dispense or a lot justice a punishment harsh treatment.
- If you break the law you suffer METE.
NOXIOUS: harmful, poisonous or very unpleasant strong verbal or written attack.
- There are a lot of warning signs for NOXIOUS products to keep away from.
POLEMIC: on someone or something.
- I saw the spider POLEMIC from a far.
POPULOUS: having large population.
- Santa Marie is starting to be POPULOUS.
PROBITY: moral principles.
- Most people have PROBITY.
REPARTEE: witty comments or replies.
- The teacher said something REPARTEE to a student who was late.
SUPERVENE: event that typically in such away as to change the situation.
- The rain SUPERVENE for us to go to the water slides.
TRUNCATE: shorten(something) by cutting off the top or the end.
- I asked my grandma to TRUNCATE my pants because I am really short.
UNIMPEACHABLE: entirely trust worthy.
- My best friend LaNaya is UNIMPEACHABLE.

apostate: a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.
- Hitler killed a lot of Jews for their APOSTATE.
effusive: expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.
- I am EFFUSIVE after this vocab test. impasse: a situation in which no progress is possible, esp. because of disagreement; a deadlock.
- Sometimes there are IMPASSE.
euphoria: a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.
- I was EUPHORIA when I passed my drivers test.
lugubrious: looking or sounding sad and dismal.
- My boyfriend can always tell when I am LUGUBRIOUS.
bravado: a bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate.
- The girl was BRAVADO when she went on stage to preform.
 consensus: general agreement.
- My parents had CONSENSUS about my living arrangements.
dichotomy: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.
- The teacher told the students to tell the DICHOTOMY between the characters in the story.
 constrict: make narrower, esp. by encircling pressure.
- The workers had to start all over to CONSTRICT the hall ways at school.
Gothic: of or in the style of architecture prevalent in western Europe in the 12th–16th centuries, characterized by pointed arches, rib vaults, and flying buttresses, together with large windows and elaborate tracery.
-They're some people who represent GOTHIC.
punctilio: a fine or petty point of conduct or procedure.
-My mom had to do PUNCTILIO on early Monday morning.
metamorphosis: (in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.
- The worm goes through METAMORPHOSIS when it changes to a butterfly.
raconteur: a person who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way.
- One of our subs was raconteur.
sine qua non: an essential condition; a thing that is absolutely necessary.
- When you have asthma an inhaler is SINE QUA NON.
quixotic: exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
- Most movies are QUIXOTIC.
vendetta: a blood feud in which the family of a murdered person seeks vengeance on the murderer or the murderer's family.
- VENDETTA was the main problem in Romeo and Juliet.
non sequitur: a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement.
- I cant stand when people NON SEQUITUR.
mystique: a fascinating aura of mystery, awe, and power surrounding someone or something.
- Old antique stores always have MYSTIQUE things.
quagmire: a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot.
- Swamps are known for QUAGMIRE.
parlous: full of danger or uncertainty; precarious.
- I always get a rush when I do stuff that are PARLOUS.

Accolade-  an award or privilege.

- Last year I got an ACCOLADE for having a 3.0 and higher GPA.

Acerbity-  sharp.

-My mom told me the knife was ACERBITY but I didn't listen.

Attrition-  action of gradually reducing in size.

- Exercising everyday was my ATTRITION to losing weight.

Bromide-  unoriginal remark or idea.  

- Mostly everything is BROMIDE.

Chauvinists-  a person who believes one gender is superior to the other.

-I know some guys who they think they are CHAUVINISTS.
 Chronic- constant.

- My mom was CHRONICALLY yelling at me about everything.
 Expound-  to explain or interpret. 

- Dr. Preston does a good job at EXPOUND when you don't understand something.

Factionalism-  relating or belonging to a faction.
 Immaculate-  perfectly clean or neat.

- My friend is OCD and everything has to be IMMACULATE to her.
 Imprecation-  a spoken curse.

- In the movie the Mummy there is an IMPRECATION.
 Ineluctable-  unable to be avoided.

- When your in trouble you know its INELUCTABLE to avoid your parents.
 Mercurial- sudden change in mood or mind.

- I am bi-polar so I am MERCURIAL.
 Palliate- make less severe.

- There are safety equipment for sports so it is PALLIATE.
 Resplendent-  impressively colorful.

- The rainbow is REPLENDENT.
 Stigmatize-regard as worthy of disgrace.
 Sub Rosa- confidently, secretly.

- A lot of people are SUB ROSA about their life.
 Vainglory- excessive vanity.
 Vestige- trace or visible evidence.

-At a crime scene investigators look for VESTIGE.
 Volition- power of using one's will.

- Some times I use my dad's VOLITION against my mom's.

obsequious: obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.

beatitude: supreme blessedness.

bete noire: a person or thing that one particularly dislikes.

bode: be an omen of a particular outcome.

dank: disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold.

ecumenical: representing a number of different Christian churches.

fervid: intensely enthusiastic or passionate, esp. to an excessive degree.

fetid: smelling extremely unpleasant.

gargantuan: enormous

heyday: the period of a person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, or vigor.

incubus: a male demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women.

infrastructure: the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.

inveigle: persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery.

lagniappe: something given as a bonus or extra gift.

prolix: (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.

protege: a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.

prototype: a first, typical or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied.

sycophant: a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.

tautology: the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style (e.g., they arrived one after the other in succession ).

truckle: a small barrel-shaped cheese, esp. cheddar.