Tuesday, February 18, 2014

MY VOCABULARY #2

1) Astral (adj) -pertaining to or proceeding from the stars, stellar, star-shaped
2) Cognitive (adj) -of or pertaining to the mental process of perception, memory, judgment, and     reasoning; contrasted with emotional processes
3) Exuberant (adj) -effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic; lavishly abundant 
4) Immersive (adj) -pertaining to digital technology or images that deeply involve one's senses and may create an altered state of mind
5) Profane (adj) -not devoted to holy or religious purposes


6) Altruism (n) -the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others; opposed to egoism
7) Assertion (n) -a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason
8) Derision (n) -ridicule; mockery
9) Fickle (adj) -likely to change, especially due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; casually changeable
10) Oblique (adj) -neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping

11) Alleged (adj) -declared or stated to be as described ; doubtful, suspect
12) Filial (adj) -of or pertaining to a son or daughter 
13) Introverts (n) -a person characterized by concern primarily with his or her own thoughts and feelings; shy person
14) Mediocre (adj) -of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad 
15) Wast (v) -second person singular indicative or be


16) Abhor (v) -to regard with extreme repugnance or disgust; detest utterly, loathe 
17) Compensate (v) -to counterbalance, offset, be equivalent to
18) Engendered (v)  -to produce, cause or give rise to; procreate
19) Reciprocate (v) -to give and receive, feel, to cause to move alternately backward and froward
20) Taboo (adj) -proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable 

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