User:Danielwang/voc

okay, Dan. You got a long list of vocabulary on your computer. When are you gonna learn them?

Imaginative work...is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners.... But when the web is pulled askew, hooked up at the edge, torn in the middle, one remembers that these webs are not spun in midair by incorporeal creatures, but are the work of suffering, human beings, and are attached to the grossly material things, like health and money and the houses we live in. &mdahs; Verginia Wolf

 melancholysad importunate making persistent or pressing requests alms (pl. hist.) charitable donations of money or food to the poor prodigious marvelous or amazing </dd>deplorable</dt> exceedingly bad</dd> commonwealth</dt> an independent sate or community, esp. a democratic republic</dd> dam</dt>mother of esp. a mammal</dd> rear</dt> to bring up and educate</dd> devour</dt> eat hungrily or greedily</dd> prolific</dt> producing many offspring or much output</dd> squire</dt>a country gentleman, esp. the chief landowner of a district</dd> thrifty</dt>1. economical, frugal. 2. thriving, prosperous</dd> <dt>ceteris paribus</dt><dd> all things considered</dd> <dt>milieu</dt><dd> one’s environment or social surroundings</dd> <dt>zeitgeist</dt><dd> the spirit of the times</dd> <dt>preternatural</dt><dd> outside the ordinary course; supernatural</dd> <dt>aplomb</dt><dd> assurance; self-confidence</dd> <dt>sustenance</dt><dd> nourishment, food</dd> <dt>connoisseur</dt><dd> an expert judge in matters of taste</dd> <dt>vignette</dt> <dd><ol style="padding: 0em;"><li>a. a short descriptive essay or character sketch. b. a short evocative episode in a play, film, etc.</li><li>an illustration or decorative design.</li>a photograph or portrait showing only the head and shoulders with the background gradually shaded off.</ol> </dd> <dt>endeavour</dt><dd>effort directed towards a goal; an earnest attempt</dd> <dt>heed</dt><dd>attend to; take notice of. n. careful attention</dd> <dt>tenuous</dt><dd>slight, of little substance</dd> <dt>art nouveau</dt><dd> n. a European arts tyle of the lat 19th c. characterized by flowing lines and natural organic forms.</dd> <dt>repudiate</dt><dd> a. disown; disavow; reject b. refuse dalings with c. deny</dd> <dt>charisma</dt><dd> the ability to inspire followers with devotion and enthusiasm</dd> <dt>vanity</dt><dd> conceit and desire for admiration of one's attainments or attractions</dd> <dt>quintessence</dt><dd> the purest and most perfect form, manifestation, or emobodiment of some quality or class</dd> <dt>virulent</dt><dd>1. marked by a rapid, severe, and malignant course 2. full of malice</dd> <dt>pan</dt><dd> <ol style="padding: 0em;"><li>all: completely &lt;panchromatic&gt;</li><li>a. involving all of a (specified) group &lt;Pan-American&gt; b. advocating or involving the union of a (specified) group &lt;Pan-Slavism&gt;</li><li>whole: general &lt;panleukopenia&gt;</li></ol></dd> <dt>ramify</dt><dd>to split up into branches or constituent parts</dd> <dt>sanguine</dt><dd>bloodred</dd> <dt>bourgeois</dt><dt>aristocratics</dt> <dt>syndicalism </dt><dd>a revolutionary doctrine by which workers seize control of the economy and the government by direct means (as a general strike)</dd> <dt>fervor</dt><dd> intensity of feeling or expression</dd> <dt>antipode</dt><dd> the parts of the earth diametrically opposite — usually used in plural; often used of Australia and New Zealand</dd> <dt>antipodean</dt><dd>(adj)</dd> <dt>hocus-pocus</dt><dd> deception; trickery</dd> <dt>tsunami</dt><dd> a long high sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake or other disturbance.</dd> <dt>confection</dt><dd> a dish or delicacy made with swet ingredients</dd> <dt>confectionary</dt><dd> sweets and other confections</dd> <dt>adumbrate</dt><dd> indicate faintly</dd> <dt>adulation</dt><dd> </dd> <dt>polemic</dt><dd>a controversial discussion</dd> <dt>verbatim</dt><dd>(adj. adv) in exactly the same words</dd> <dt>epithet</dt><dd>an adjective or other descriptive word expressing a quality or attribute</dd> <dt>apposite</dt><dd> (adj) apt; well chosen</dd> <dt>noetic</dt><dd> (adj) of, relating to, or based on the intellect</dd> <dt>eclectic</dt><dd> (adj) deriving ideas, styles, etc. from various sources</dd> <dt>gnomic</dt><dd> (adj) of, consisting of, or using aphorisms; sententious</dd> <dt>aphorism</dt><dd> (n) a short pithy maxim</dd> <dt>pithy</dt><dd> (adj.) (of style, speech, etc.) condensed, terse, and forcible</dd> <dt>oracular</dt><dd> </dd> <dt>glib</dt><dd> (adj) fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow</dd> </dl>