Vocab Set 6A

Front 1

Abstemious

Back 1

avoiding extremes, especially in eating or drinking
--> abstain--> to resist--> to resist extremes of eating or drinking.

Front 2

Affluent

Back 2

Wealthy
--> ??

Front 3

Ascetic
(Asceticism)

Back 3

one who refuses bodily pleasures
without luxury
extreme self-denial, especially
of bodily pleasures
--> emily is ascetic because she refuses to have sex or anything else for that matter, with me.

Front 4

Assiduous

Back 4

hard-working
--> sid from skins--> not a hard-working character--> opposite--> always stressed and not doing anything.

Front 5

Audit
(Auditor)

Back 5

to examine officially, as in financial records
one who examines financial
and tax records
--> ??

Front 6

Austere

Back 6

strict; harsh
not luxurious; extremely plain
--> tere--> tear--> one might cry if someone is strict or harsh to you.

Front 7

Avarice
(Avaricious)

Back 7

greed
greedy
--> rice--> in olden times rice was sometimes used as money, if someone had a lot of rice and wouldnt share they were greedy.

Front 8

Bonanza

Back 8

huge, unexpected profit
--> ??

Front 9

Bourgeois
(Bourgeoisie)

Back 9

middle-class; conformist and materialistic
the middle class
-->??

Front 10

Coddle

Back 10

to spoil; to pamper
--> coddle--> poodle--> dog lovers tend to have poodles in which they spoil for their beauty.

Front 11

Coffer

Back 11

box for storing valuables
--> coffer--> coffin--> for storing dead bodies--> for storing valuables.

Front 12

Commodity

Back 12

a sellable product; a useful thing
--> consumer commodity--> a useful thing to a consumer.

Front 13

Consortium

Back 13

association; business partnership
--> ??

Front 14

Corporate

Back 14

involving a business corporation
united
--> In + Coporate--> to bring in--> united.

Front 15

Cosmopolitan

Back 15

sophisticated; worldly
--> Cosmopolitan magazine is a "sophisticated" magazine but really it talks about materialistic things.

Front 16

Cosset

Back 16

to pamper; to spoil
--> Cosset--> cost--> it costs a lot of money to spoil someone/something.

Front 17

Cupidity

Back 17

greed
--> cupid--> shoots arrows of love--> people get greedy when it comes to sharing loved ones--> greed.

Front 18

Debase

Back 18

to lower in value or rank
--> De + Base--> to take off its standing point--> to lower in rank or value.

Front 19

Decadent
(Decay)

Back 19

excessively self-indulgent
decaying or deteriorating
to rot
--> deca--> decay--> decaying/rotting.

Front 20

Destitute

Back 20

very poor
--> ??

Front 21

Disburse
(Disbursement)

Back 21

to pay out money
spending
--> disperse--> to send out all around--> disburse--> to pay out.

Front 22

Drudgery

Back 22

boring work
-->??

Front 23

Economy
(Economical)

Back 23

careful spending; using as little as possible
system of making, buying, and selling goods
thrifty; careful with money
-->??

Front 24

Emporium

Back 24

a large store
--> empor--> emlpoyee--> a lot of employees work at a emporium because its a large store.

Front 25

Endow

Back 25

to give a talent; quality or money
--> En Dow--> to owe--> if a higher being, like god, exsists and he owes humans something he might give them a talent

Front 26

Enterprise
(Enterprising)

Back 26

an undertaking or business
willing to take on new things
--> a new business enterprise--> a new undertaking

Front 27

Entrepreneur

Back 27

one who starts and runs a business
--> Marketing entrepreneur--> someone who starts a business out of selling specific goods

Front 28

Exorbitant

Back 28

excessive; wasteful
--> exorbitant spending--> wasteful.

Front 29

Fanciful

Back 29

imaginative; not realistic
--> Fan--> fans might imagine kissing their favorite pop star but its not realistic.

Front 30

Fanfare

Back 30

showy public display
--> Fan + Fare--> fans might show their public affection for pop stars at a concert.

Front 31

Fiscal

Back 31

financial
-->??

Front 32

Florid

Back 32

flowery; heavily decorated
having a rosy color
--> flor--> flower--> flowery.

Front 33

Frugal

Back 33

not wasteful; thrifty
--> ??

Front 34

Gallant
(Gallantry)

Back 34

noble; gentlemenly; stylish
courage; nobility; gentlemanly
behavior
--> a gallant knight--> noble knight--> noble.

Front 35

Garnish

Back 35

to embellish; to decorate
a decoration
--> garnish a food dish--> decorate with other good looking food to make the whole piece look more appetizing.

Front 36

Gaudy

Back 36

tastelessly showy; flashy
--> Gaud--> if you were god at something you would act flashy about it.

Front 37

Genteel
(Gentility, Gentry)

Back 37

upper-class; elegant; polite
good manners; elegance
upper class
-->??

Front 38

Grand
(Grandeur, Grandiose)

Back 38

impressive in scale
magnificence
showy; unnecessarily fancy
-->Grand--> large--> impressive in scale.

Front 39

Gratis

Back 39

free of charge
--> grat--> gratuity--> tip--> free of charge

Front 40

Gratuitous

Back 40

uncalled for; unnecessary
--> grat--> gracious--> giving--> receiving something overly generous--> uncalled for.

Front 41

Haughty

Back 41

arrogant; acting superior
--> haught--> hot--> if your a hot guy/girl you might act arrogant

Front 42

Hedonist

Back 42

one who loves physical pleasures
--> hed--> head--> one who loves to get head--> loves physical pleasures

Front 43

Hubris

Back 43

excessive pride; arrogance
--> ??

Front 44

Ignominious
(Ignominy)

Back 44

dishonorable
dishonor
--> ??

Front 45

Indigent

Back 45

extremely poor
--> indig--> indigenous tribes--> very poor.

Front 46

Industry
(Industrious, Industrial)

Back 46

hard work
business or manufacturing activity
hard-working
relating to the manufacturing
of goods
--> ??

Front 47

Influential

Back 47

powerful
--> if one is influential they have power--> powerful.

Front 48

Invest
(Investiture, Divest)

Back 48

to put money, effort, or time into
to give power or ability to
process of giving a rank,
office,or title
to take away possessions or
power
--> invest money.

Front 49

Invoice

Back 49

itemized bill
--> ??

Front 50

Layperson

Back 50

one who is not a priest or a nun
one who is not of a particular profession or field
--> lay--> lazy--> one who has no job.

Front 51

Ledger

Back 51

a book recording business transactions
-->??

Front 52

Licentiousness

Back 52

ignoring moral restrictions; self-indulgence
--> licent--> decent--> ignoring moral restrictions.

Front 53

Lionize

Back 53

to treat as very important; to turn into a celebrity
--> lion--> king of jungle i.e very important--> to treat as very important,.

Front 54

Livelihood

Back 54

a way to make money
--> take away one's livelihood is to take away their way of making money.

Front 55

Lucrative

Back 55

profitable
--> ??

Front 56

Luxuriant
(Luxuriate)

Back 56

richly decorated
growing abundantly
to enjoy luxury or pleasure
--> luxury--> very rich--> richly decorated

Front 57

Magnanimous
(Magnanimity)

Back 57

generous; noble
extreme generosity
--> mag--> magnificent--> amazing--> generous,

Front 58

Magnate

Back 58

powerful person, especially in business
--> mag--> magazine--> director of magazine is usually a powerful person in business.