Vocabulary

#26

2011 year vocabulary

With additional

words from week 7 !

Clandestine

secret (usually illegal or immoral)

Covert

Not openly recognized or displayed / acknowledged

You dirty girl ! RIGHT IN FRONT OF COACH :DSuppose to be covert !

Furtive

Attempting not to be noticed due to feeling guilty

Shame on you !

Inconspicuous

Not noticable The art of makeup & tanning spray paint

Sly

Cleverly sneaky

The craigslist killer had one of these Gun holster books! How rudely clever

Craiglist killer

Stealth

Avoid being seen or heard.

The thought the coast was clear !

Surreptitious

Kept a secret / kept private

I would love to have a secret room !

Unobtrusive

Not to attract attention

Sheesh lady ! How dark do you want them

Advocate

Recommends , Push / Support for something.

I guess they weren’t ashamed to stand up For equality ! :D All camped out & stuff !

Artisan

Skilled manual worker , a craftsman !

My Favorite Nick at Nick Show

Ascetic

Enforces self discipline, denies self of certain freedoms.

synonymsAbstinent

Frugal

Austere

Charlatan

A pretender, posing to be something your not. Being fake !

What a creepy transformation !

Hedonist

Life devoted to sinful pleasurable things

Orator

Delivers a speech/oration

I remember this by the letters ORA – that’s how oral starts off an oral speech !

January 21st ! Day of birth !

Adversary

An opponent or enemy

Raconteur

A great teller of stories & anecdotes

Virtuoso

Specifically skilled at something. A talented person.

Synonyms

expert

genious

musician

Extraneous

Unrelated to topic, irrelevant.

Definitely Incorrect !

Frivolous

No serious purpose or value

Whoops I guess its trash now !

Incidental

Not a major part of something.

Totally edible Not so much ! |||

synonyms

minor

secondary

accompanyinig

Inconsequential

Not important or significant !

Irrelevant

Unrelated to something What ??synonyms

inappropriate

unrelated

Beside the point

Negligible

Not to be worth considering, & small.

Peripheral

Situated/ Pertaining to the edge of an area.

Petty

Of little importance.

Petty Crime Locked Up For No Reason

Superficial

Pertaining to the surface

Ewww !!

Trifling

Small value/cost.

V.S

Trivial

Matter or things of unimportance.

I paid $3.00 for this !

SynonymsMinor

Insignificant

Slight

Acute

sharp or severe in effect; intense

Sheesh contractions !

Ouch !

Astute

Clever and perceptive.

Discerning

Showing good judgment

Erudite

Showing great knowledge.

Incisive

Straight to the point, and blunt.

So mean !

Ingenious

Clever and origninal

Judicious

Done with excellent judgment.

Perspicacious

Showing complete understandment.

Prudent

Showing concern for the future.

Savvy

Practical Knowledge

Get the meaning of something

Acrid

Extremely sharp or bitter

In taste, action, or emotion !

Arid

Extremely dry !Ahh ! Moisturizer is much needed!

Aesthetic

Acknowledging beauty.

Atheistic

Pertaining to atheist.

Ambiguous

More than one meaning .. Can be perceived in many ways

Ambivalent

Having mixed feelings about something or towards something.

Coalesce

Merge .. Come together .. combine

Convalesce

Restore health … Rest ..

Recover

Delusion

A false belief.

a fixed false belief that is resistant to reason or confrontation

Allusion

Direct reference.

synonyms

reference

mention

hint

Illusion

Deceptive appearance

Stare at the plus sign ! Watch the dots disappear

Wow !

Imprudent

Unwise and reckless

synonyms

Rash

hasty

unwise

Impudent

Rude & Disrespectful.

Sha-Nay-Nay

Indigenous

Belonging to a natural place.

Indigent

Extremely poor and needy

Indignant

Angry at unfairness.Translation if can’t speak spanishNo racism !

Intimate

Close, Private, Cozy and Personal.

 Obscure

 

hard to understand, indistinct

Obtuse

dull-witted, simple-minded, imperceptive

synonyms

Dull witted

Simple minded

Thickheaded

DUH !DUH

!

Ponderable

consider carefully / something that is important - mental

$ $ $

Ponderous

heavy looking, moving heavily, weighty - physical

EWW !

AbridgeTo shorten, to reduce.

Accessible

Easy of access or approach

of egress shall comply with this section

Antidote

A remedy or other agent used to neutralize or counteract

Aspire

To desire with eagerness ; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant

Hu

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Autonomous

Self governing .. Able to choose Self sufficient

Bolster

Encourage something through support.. Keep something raised.

Candor

Frankness or sincerity of expression

Cynical

Distrustful of human nature .. Sarcastic

Fastidious

Difficult to please; delicate to a fault ; suited with difficulty; squeamish

SynonymsFinickyHard to please

Difficult

Gratify

To please .. Full desire

synonyms

satisfy

fill

oblige