Vocab Set 5A

Front 1

Abstract

Back 1

not concrete
a summary
--> abstract art--> not cleanly messy--> not concrete.

Front 2

Acute

Back 2

sharp, as in intelligble or pain
--> acute angle--> sharp.

Front 3

Alloy
(Unalloyed)

Back 3

a mixture of metals
to mix
unmixed; pure
--> metal alloy in chemistry--> to mix.

Front 4

Allude
(Allusion)

Back 4

to refer indirectly
subtle reference
-->All--> if A Lot of ppl are in a room and you wanna make a comment--> you migth make a subtle one to your friend.

Front 5

Alternate

Back 5

to take turns; to go back and forth
a replacement
--> alternate--> stunt double--> a replacement.

Front 6

Ambiguous
(Ambiguity, Unambiguous)

Back 6

having more then one meaning; unclear
unclear meaning
certain; clear
---> big--> in the movie big there are more then one meaning to the movie.

Front 7

Ambivalent

Back 7

undecided; having opposing feelings
--> bival--> rival--> opposing--> opposing feelings.

Front 8

Anomoly
(Anomalous)

Back 8

unusual event or thing
unusual; out of place
--> scientific anomoly--> an unusual event or thing,

Front 9

Anonymity
(Anonymous)

Back 9

the state of being unknown; nameless
not named; unidentified
---> ??

Front 10

Apparatus

Back 10

a device for specific purpose
--> iphone Apps have each a specific function or purpose for which they're made.

Front 11

Apprehend
(Apprehension, Apprehensive)

Back 11

to understand
to arrest
understanding
fear of future events
worried
--> the apprehending of the criminal was a success--> to arrest--> if your arrested you would be worried.

Front 12

Appropriate
(Appropriation, Expropriate)

Back 12

proper
to set aside for specific use
to seize
reserving for specific use
seizing
to steal
--> ??

Front 13

Arbitrary

Back 13

random
--> arbit--> orbit--> random gum company name.

Front 14

Arid
(Aridity)

Back 14

dry
dryness
--> Arid desert--> dry

Front 15

Atypical

Back 15

unusual
--> typical is usual--> opposite--> unusual.

Front 16

Audacious
(Audacity)

Back 16

daring; bold
nerve; boldness
--> Auda--> Auch--> sam is bold and daring.

Front 17

Brazen

Back 17

shameless; bold
--> Bra--> a guy is bold if he's willing undo a random girl's bra as a dare.

Front 18

Caricature

Back 18

a funny, exaggerated portrait
-->caric--> character--> funny looking portrait.

Front 19

Casual

Back 19

creating an effect; causing
-->Cas--> cause--> causing.

Front 20

Chary

Back 20

careful; wary
--> chary rhymes with wary--> careful.

Front 21

Circumsize

Back 21

to limit
to outline
--> circumsize a baby--> to outline the penis.

Front 22

Cognizant
(Cognitive, Cognition, Recognize, Recognition)

Back 22

aware
relating to thinking, knowledge
and understanding
knowledge; understanding
to identify
to give credit
awareness or
acknowledgement
--> ??

Front 23

Compel
(Compelling, Compulsion, Compulsive, Compulsory)

Back 23

to force; to drive
fascinating; convincing
irresistible urge
feeling strong urges to do
certain things
required
--> to compel to do something--> to drive.

Front 24

Compose
(Composite, Composer)

Back 24

to form, create, or write
made of seperate parts
one who writes music
--> composer--> writes music,

Front 25

Conceive
(Conception, Preconception, Conceptual, Misconception)

Back 25

to think of
to become pregnant
idea
beginning; origin
an early, uninformed opinion
theoretical; not physical
mistaken idea
--> ??

Front 26

Condition
(Conditional, Recondition)

Back 26

to prepare for; to get used to
a limitation
a current state
dependent; not absolute
to restore to good condition
--> ??

Front 27

Conduit

Back 27

a pipe or method for transporting something
--> ??

Front 28

Conjecture

Back 28

to guess
a guess
--> ?

Front 29

Conscience
(Consciousness, Unconscious, Subconscious)

Back 29

sense of right and wrong
careful; ethical
meticulous; thorough
morally shoking; outrageous
---> cons--> to con someone is to trick them--> screwed up sense of right or wrong,

Front 30

Conscious

Back 30

awake; aware
awareness
unaware; not awake
not fully aware
thinking without awareness
--> conscious action--> aware.

Front 31

Contrite
(Contrition)

Back 31

sorry
sincere remorse
--> trite--> triste--> sad--> feel sorry for someone who is sad.

Front 32

Deadpan

Back 32

without emotion or expression
--> Dead--> no emotion when dead.

Front 33

Debunk

Back 33

to expose as false
--> take off their high horse--> to expose as false.

Front 34

Deduce

Back 34

to draw a logical conclusion
--> Well deduced Watson--> sherlock holmes--> drawing a logical conclusion.

Front 35

Defer
(Deference, Deferential, Deferment)

Back 35

to give in another's wish or opinion
to postpone
extreme respect
extremely respectful
delay; postponement
--> to defer from college--> to postpone.

Front 36

Deliberate
(Deliberation)

Back 36

to consider carefully
carefully planned; slow
careful consideration
--> Deliberatly--> considering carefully.

Front 37

Delineate

Back 37

to outline
--> line--> out LINE.

Front 38

Demeanor

Back 38

behavior; facial expression
--> criminal demeanor--> criminal behavior.

Front 39

Depict
(Pictorial)

Back 39

to represent in words or pictures
relating to pictures
-->??

Front 40

Determine
(Predetermined, Determinate, Indetermminate)

Back 40

to decide or figure out
to decide ahead of time
definite; limited
not definite; incertain
--> determined--> certain and full of vigor to find something out.

Front 41

Dilettante

Back 41

one who does an activity just for fun; amateur
superficial; not professional
--> ??

Front 42

Discern
(Discernment, Discernible)

Back 42

to perceive; to recognize
to distinguish between things
perception
good judgement
able to be perceived
-->disc--> can be used so that a TV can recognize the data that needs to be displayed.

Front 43

Dispassionate

Back 43

neutral; objective
--> dis passionate--> no passion--> neutral.

Front 44

Dispose
(Disposed, Disposition, Predispose)

Back 44

to throw away
inclined
mood; temperament
to have a preference in advance
--> sweet disposition--> sweet mood-->

Front 45

Eccentric

Back 45

strange; unusual in an interesting way
-->eccentric children--> unusual but interestingly unusual.

Front 46

Eclipse

Back 46

to darken; to hide
to surpass
--> solar eclipse--> darkens the sky.

Front 47

Effigy

Back 47

a statue or image of a person
--> Effy--> from skins--> should be a statue of her for how gorgeous she is.

Front 48

Elicit

Back 48

to bring out
--> Elicit drugs--> to bring in drugs--> "elicit in drugs from mexico."

Front 49

Emblem
(Emblematic)

Back 49

symbol
symbolic
--> Guild emblem--> symbol.

Front 50

Embody
(Embodiment)

Back 50

to express; to give concrete form to
a concrete representation of an
abstract concept
-->Em Body--> to put into a body--> to give a concrete form.

Front 51

Empiricism
(Empirical)

Back 51

practice of relying on observation and experience
based on experiment and
observation rather than theory
-->empirical data in chemistry--> data that is based on info received in the experiment.

Front 52

Escapable
(Escapist)

Back 52

avoidable
a dreamer
avoiding reality through
entertainment
--> Escape--> to avoid--> avoidable--> avoiding reality.

Front 53

Evoke
(Evocative, Evocation)

Back 53

to call up; to suggest; to produce
bringing out a reaction;
stimulating
an act of calling up; suggestion
--> evocation in WOW--> act of calling up mana--> also to evoke an emotion--> to produce an emotion

Front 54

Exert
(Exertion)

Back 54

to apply to exercise; to make an effort
a lot of effort
--> Exert your maximum strength--> to put your best effort into into it.

Front 55

Extrapolate

Back 55

to estimate based on known information; to predict
--> trap--> if an animal is clever they can predict where hunter traps might be based on past knowledge.

Front 56

Fabricate

Back 56

to create
to fib
--> Fab--> fib

Front 57

Facade

Back 57

the front of a building
surface appearance
--> Faca--> face--> the front of a building.

Front 58

Fathom
(Unfathomable)

Back 58

a measure of depth in the ocean
to understand
to measure depth
difficult or impossible to
understand
-->??

Front 59

Fluctuate

Back 59

to change; to rise and fall
-->??

Front 60

Formulaic

Back 60

structured like a formula; conventional
--> formula--> structured like one.

Front 61

Gauge

Back 61

instrument used for measuring
to measure
--> pressure gauge--> instrument used for measuring.

Front 62

Genetic
(Genetics)

Back 62

passed down through genes in families; hereditary
biological study of heredity
-->??

Front 63

Genre

Back 63

type
--> movie genre--> movie type.

Front 64

Gesture
(Gesticulate)

Back 64

expressive motion
to express through movement
--> hand gesture--> expresses motion.

Front 65

Herculean

Back 65

powerful; difficult
--> hercules was extremely powerful and stubborn--> powerful.