Vocabulary Flashcards

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Elicit

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Definition: To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person). Synonyms: Call forth, evoke, extract. Antonyms: Repress, quash, stifle. Example: My attempt to elicit information over the phone was met with a barrage of irrelevant recordings.

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Hiatus

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Definition: A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing). Synonyms: Pause. Antonyms: Continuation. Example: Summer vacation is a wonderful hiatus from school for both students and teachers.

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Intercede

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Definition: (v.) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a go-between in a disagreement Synonyms: intervene, mediate Example: She will intercede in the dispute between the two children, and soon they will be playing happily again.

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Transcend

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Definition: To rise above or beyond, exceed Synonyms: Surpass Example: A great work of art may be said to transcend time, and it is remembered for decades, or even centuries.

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Unctuous

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Definition: (adj.) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of sincerity Synonyms: servile, fawning Antonyms: gruff, blunt Example: Her constant inquiring about the health of my family at first seemed friendly, later merely unctuous.

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Interloper

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(n.) one who moves in where he is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder

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Intrinsic

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(adj.) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent

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Inveigh

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(v.) to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval

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Millennium

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A period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

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Permeate

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To spread through, penetrate, soak through