2016 Vocabulary #16 – Period 1
1.
phantasmagoric [fan-taz-muh-gawr-ee-uh, -gohr-]
–noun
1. a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a
dream or as created by the imagination.
2. a changing scene made up of many elements.
Origin: 1795–1805; < F
2.
contumely [kon-too-muh-lee,
–noun,
1. insulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or
humiliating treatment.
2. a humiliating insult.
Origin: 1350–1400; ME
3.
edifice
[ed-uh-fis]
–noun
1. a building, esp. one of large size or imposing appearance.
Origin: 1350–1400; ME
4.
inauspicious
[in-aw-spish-uh s]
–adjective
not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
Origin: 1585–95
5.
mien
meen]
noun
1.air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.: a man of
noble mien.
Origin: 1505-1515
6.
indubitably
adjective
in-doo-bi-tuh-buh l, -dyoo-]
that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain; unquestionable.
Origin: 1615–25; < Latin
sepulchre
7.
[sep-uh l-ker]
–noun
1. a tomb, grave, or burial place.
Origin: 1150–1200; ME
8.
behoof
[bi-hoof]
use; advantage; benefit: The money was spent for his own behoof.
Origin: bef. 1000; ME
augur
[aw-ger]
–verb (used with object)
9.
3. to divine or predict, as from omens; prognosticate.
4. to serve as an omen or promise of; foreshadow; betoken: Mounting sales
augur a profitable year.
Origin: 1540–50; < L
10. physiognomy [fiz-ee-og-nuh-mee, -on-uh-mee]
–noun,
1. the face or countenance, esp. when considered as an index to the
character: a fierce physiognomy.
2.
3.
Also called anthroposcopy. the art of determining character or
personal characteristics from the form or features of the body, esp. of
the face.
the outward appearance of anything, taken as offering some insight into
its character: the physiognomy of a nation.
Origin: 1350–1400