AVELOF Vocab List

Dejected

adj. affected or marked by low spirits

Vulgar

adj. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; of or associated with the great masses of people; lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

Beatific

adj. experiencing or bestowing celestial joy; marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint

Superlative

adj. highest in quality; noun the superlative form of an adjective; an exaggerated expression (usually of praise); the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

Insatiable

adj. impossible to satisfy

Invasive

adj. marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue; relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision; gradually intrusive without right or permission; involving invasion or aggressive attack

Geriatric

adj. of or relating to or practicing geriatrics; of or relating to the aged

Mediocre

adj. poor to middling in quality; moderate to inferior in quality; lacking exceptional quality or ability

Noncommittal

adj. refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like

Interim

adj. serving during an intermediate interval of time; noun the time between one event, process, or period and another

Reminiscent

adj. serving to bring to mind

Volatile

adj. tending to vary often or widely; evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures; marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; liable to lead to sudden change or violence; noun a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor

Fathom

noun (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore; a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth; verb measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line; come to understand

Panopticon

noun a circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791; an area where everything is visible

Samovar

noun a metal urn with a spigot at the base; used in Russia to boil water for tea

Falter

noun the act of pausing uncertainly; verb move hesitatingly, as if about to give way; be unsure or weak; speak haltingly; walk unsteadily

Threshold

noun the smallest detectable sensation; the starting point for a new state or experience; the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway; the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; a region marking a boundary

Exertion

noun use of physical or mental energy; hard work

Amass

verb collect or gather; get or gather together

Blanch

verb cook (vegetables) briefly; turn pale, as if in fear

Constitute

verb form or compose; set up or lay the groundwork for; create and charge with a task or function; to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"

Avert

verb turn away or aside; prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening