Vocab B1

Front 1

draconian (adj)

Back 1

1. of or relating to a specific set of strict laws framed by _____
2. Cruel: strict :severe

Front 2

abject (adj)
(-ly)
(-ness)

Back 2

1. sunk to or existing in a low state or condition
2. cast down in spirit: servile, spiritless, showing hopelessness or resignation
3. expressing or offered in a humble and often ingratiated spirit

Front 3

progeny (noun)

Back 3

1. descendants, children, offspring of plants or animals
2. a body of followers, disciples, or sucessors,
3. outcome or product

Front 4

brutish (adj)
(-ly)
(-ness)

Back 4

1. resembling, befitting, or typical of a brute or beast
2. strongly and grossly sensual, showing little intelligence or sensibility

Front 5

impudent (adj)
(-ly)

Back 5

1. lacking modesty
2. marked by contemptuous or cokcy boldness or disreguard of others: insolent

Front 6

bauble (noun)

Back 6

1. something of trifling appeal
2. a fool's scepter
3. trinket, minor art object

Front 7

platitude (noun)

Back 7

1. the quality or state of being insipid
2. a banal, trite, or stale remark
3. a saying worn to ineffectivness by overfamiliarity

Front 8

spurious (adj)

Back 8

1. of illegitimate birth
2. outwardly similar or correspong to something without faving its genuine qualites
3. of a falsified or erroniously attributed origin: forged, of a deceitful nature or quality
serving as cheap or inauthentic

Front 9

retinue (noun)

Back 9

group of retainers or attendants,
those who accompany an important person

Front 10

matriculate (v)
matriculant (n)
matriculation (n)

Back 10

to enroll as a memver of a body and esp. of a college or university

Front 11

axiom (n)
axiomatic (adj)
axiomatically (adv)

Back 11

1. a maxim widely accepted on its intrinsic merit
2. a statement accepted as true as the basis for an argument or inference: postulate
3. established rule or principle or a self-evident truth, perhaps taken for granted

Front 12

aberrant (adj)
abberrance (n)
abberancy (n)

Back 12

1. straying from the right or normal way
2. deviating from the usual or natural type: atypical

Front 13

aphorism (n)
aphorist (n)
aphoristic (n)
aphoristically (n)

Back 13

1. a concise statement of a principle
2. a terse formulation of a truth or sentiment : adage
3. a pithy standard observation

Front 14

inveterate (adj)
inverterately (adv)

Back 14

1. firmly established by long persistence
2. confirmed in a habit: habitual, practially eradicalbe or unaterable in habit
3. not yeilding to ones efforts at betterment

Front 15

placate (v)
placater (n)
placation (n)
placative (adj)
placatory (adj)

Back 15

to soothe or mollify, esp by concessions: appease, pacify