Vocab List #8

Flout- to show disdainful disregard
-Despite repeated warnings, they have continued to flout the law.
Caveat- a warning as in business dealings
-His investment advice comes with a caveat: that the stock market is impossible to predict with absolute accuracy.
Blazon- to display conspicuously
-The government was blazoned after the new law.
Filch- to steal something of small value
- He filched a pack of gum when no one was looking.
Fractious- peevishly quarrelsome
- The fractious crowd grew violent.
Equitable- having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned
-They reached an equitable settlement of their dispute.
Autonomy- a self-governing state
-The territory has been granted autonomy.
Addendum- a thing added : addition
- The letters are included as an addendum to the biography.
Amnesty- the act of an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals
-The government gave amnesty to all political prisoners.
Axiomatic- taken for granted
- It is axiomatic that good athletes have a strong mental attitude.
Extricate- to distinguish from a related thing
- Several survivors were extricated from the wreckage.
Soporific- tending to dull awareness or alertness
- This medication is soporific, so do not drive after taking it.
Scathing- bitterly severe
- There was a scathing review of the book.
Unwieldy- not easily managed, handled, or used
- The system is outdated and unwieldy.
Vapid- lacking liveliness, tang, briskness, or force
- The song had vapid lyrics.
Prognosticate- to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict
- By using current trends to prognosticate what the workplace of the future will be like.
Sepulchral- hollow or deep
- The decrepit mansion had a sepulchral tone that gave everyone a chill.
Salutary- producing a beneficial effect
- The accident should be a salutary lesson to be more careful.
Straitlaced- excessively strict in manners, morals, or opinion
- A very straitlaced old lady who believed that cleavage was something that should be shown by rock crystals, not respectable women.
Scourge- an instrument of punishment or criticism
- The disease continues to be a scourge in the developing world.
Precept- a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action
- The basic precepts of a religion
Transient- passing through or by a place with only a brief stay
- He had transient thoughts of suicide but never acted upon them.