General Vocabulary

emaciated

unnaturally thin; Example: she was so emaciated she could hardly stand. (Emma (daughter of ross and rachel) is emaciated.)

remission

improvement or absence of signs of disease

inscrutability

inability to understand

adroitly

skillfully; cleverly; expertly; (Able to coax a palpable sense of menace from the bucolic backwaters of her native Missouri, Micheaux adroitly shows us, in her latest book, that a surface of idyllic charm can belie a roiling underbelly of intrigue, corruption, and murder.)

inclement

(adj.) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action (adj.) - stormy, bad, severe

assurance

(n.) a pledge; freedom from doubt, self-confidence; a British term for some kinds of insurance;

bequeath

(v.) to pass on, give (Jon's father bequeathed his entire estate to his mother.)

contrive

(v.) to plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan. (artificially done)

depict

(v.) to portray; to represent or show in the form of a picture

precipitation

Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface.

precarious

Dangerous; risky; lacking in security or stability

Inimical

Hostile, unfriendly. adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful; unfriendly; hostile. Example: Scientists have learned to be cautious when discussing conditions on other planets that might seem inimical to life; more than once microbes have popped up in the most inhospitable parts of our own planet.

trope

The generic name for a figure of speech such as image, symbol, simile, and metaphor.

paucity

an insufficient quantity or number; scarcity

incensed

angered at something unjust or wrong; Refusing tomoderate his vituperative words, the ambassador only further incensed members of the multinational committee.

raconteur

a person skilled at telling stories

enmity

a state of deep-seated ill-will;

menace

a threat or the act of threatening; (Able to coax a palpable sense of menace from the bucolic backwaters of her native Missouri, Micheaux adroitly shows us, in her latest book, that a surface of idyllic charm can belie a roiling underbelly of intrigue, corruption, and murder.)

vituperative

abusive; scolding; Example: Refusing tomoderate his vituperative words, the ambassador only further incensed members of the multinational committee.

palatable

acceptable to the taste or mind

backwaters

areas of water that are connected to a river but are not affected by its current. (Able to coax a palpable sense of menace from the bucolic backwaters of her native Missouri, Micheaux adroitly shows us, in her latest book, that a surface of idyllic charm can belie a roiling underbelly of intrigue, corruption, and murder.)

advent

arrival. Example: The conception of time as parcelled out in discrete intervals did not begin with the advent of the clock; as such we must have a biological predisposition to not conceive of time as simply an amorphous succession of moments.

rudimentary

basic; elementary; in the earliest stages of development; basic; not refined or well developed; (sound like RUDE+MEN so rude men never developed becoz they are lacking of elementary or fundamental principals.....hope it helps...)

prolixity

boring verbosity

palpable

capable of being touched or felt; (Able to coax a palpable sense of menace from the bucolic backwaters of her native Missouri, Micheaux adroitly shows us, in her latest book, that a surface of idyllic charm can belie a roiling underbelly of intrigue, corruption, and murder.)

incendiary

combustible, flammable, burning easily

denouement

conclusion; resolution; the falling action of a story after its climax;

profound

deep; not superficial; complete

inscrutable

difficult to understand

interminable

endless, so long as to seem endless

canard

false; deliberately misleading story;

disenchantment

freeing from false belief or illusions;

transcendent

going beyond the limits of ordinary experience

eminence

high station, rank, or repute

indiscernible

impossible to see or clearly distinguish

esoteric

intended for or understood by only a small group

vehement

intense, forceful, powerful example: The columnist was so vehement in his opposition to the divisive issue of fracking that even when he moderated his comments his piece was too incendiary for publication.

prescient

knowing things before they occur

superficial

lacking in depth (adj.) on or near the surface; concerned with or understanding only what is on the surface, shallow

fleeting

lasting for a very short time

tarnish

lose or cause to lose luster; discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation;

intrigue

make secret plans; plot; arouse the curiosity of; N: secret scheme; plot; secret love affair; (Able to coax a palpable sense of menace from the bucolic backwaters of her native Missouri, Micheaux adroitly shows us, in her latest book, that a surface of idyllic charm can belie a roiling underbelly of intrigue, corruption, and murder.)

pedantic

marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects. Example: The professor repelled many students with his pedantic asides, often droning on about some trivial academic point

understated

mildly suggested; unstressed;

underbelly

n. a hidden unpleasant or criminal part of society. (Able to coax a palpable sense of menace from the bucolic backwaters of her native Missouri, Micheaux adroitly shows us, in her latest book, that a surface of idyllic charm can belie a roiling underbelly of intrigue, corruption, and murder.)

eponym

n. a person after whom a place, people, disease, etc. is named

idyllic

naturally peaceful (Able to coax a palpable sense of menace from the bucolic backwaters of her native Missouri, Micheaux adroitly shows us, in her latest book, that a surface of idyllic charm can belie a roiling underbelly of intrigue, corruption, and murder.)

diminutive

noun - a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness adjective - very small

coax

persuade (convincing someone) by flattery; (Able to coax a palpable sense of menace from the bucolic backwaters of her native Missouri, Micheaux adroitly shows us, in her latest book, that a surface of idyllic charm can belie a roiling underbelly of intrigue, corruption, and murder.)

precipitous

rapid, uncontrolled

riparian

relating to a river or the area along a river

contemptuous

showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful

astute

shrewd; clever

maverick

someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

equivocation

speaking ambiguously

preeminent

standing out above others; superior

conducive

supportive; encouraging; helping to bring about

predisposition

tendency, inclination Example: The conception of time as parcelled out in discrete intervals did not begin with the advent of the clock; as such we must have a biological predisposition to not conceive of time as simply an amorphous succession of moments.

embellishment

the act of adding extraneous decorations to something

verisimilitude

the appearance of truth

fracking

the pumping of water at high pressure to break apart rocks in order to release natural gas. example: The columnist was so vehement in his opposition to the divisive issue of fracking that even when he moderated his comments his piece was too incendiary for publication.

notoriety

the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality

perpetuate

to cause to continue

subvert

to corrupt or undermine; to turn against established authority

repel

to drive or force back; to drive off

regale

to entertain

roiling

to stir up (Able to coax a palpable sense of menace from the bucolic backwaters of her native Missouri, Micheaux adroitly shows us, in her latest book, that a surface of idyllic charm can belie a roiling underbelly of intrigue, corruption, and murder.)

swelter

to suffer from or to be overcome by great heat; to be uncomfortably hot

edification

uplifting enlightenment

meandering

winding back and forth; rambling

legwork

work that involves much travelling about to collect information, especially when such work is difficult but boring. Example: "why don't we just hire a flunky and get him to do the legwork for us?" Example-2: In kubernetes, If you're not on GCE (like many of us), you need to do a little extra legwork to get load balancing working.