Bombastic Words for Spm Essay

BOMBASTIC WORDS FOR SPM ESSAY

Accolade

praise

Allusion

indirect reference

Ambivalence Ambivalent Analogy Anecdote

uncertainty; having 'mixed' feelings unable to decide comparison short account of something interesting; story

Anomalous

odd; not fitting the pattern

Apparition

ghost; something that 'appears'

Aspersion

negative feeling; damaging remark

Belligerence Bombastic Candid

aggression too elaborate; exaggerated truthful

Capricious

changeable; fickle

Cherished

cared for; firmly-held

Cliche

over-used expression

Conception

1. idea; view. 2. beginning of pregnancy

Convoluted

complicated or long-winded

Credence Cryptic

belief hidden

Currency

1. widespread acceptance, 2. money

Decorous

good and correct (used of behavior)

Denunciation Derailed

act of speaking out against thrown off course

Derivative

unoriginal

Despotic

acting like a tyrant

Detritus Diaphanous Dictum

rubbish very thin and transparent often-used saying

Dilettante

person who dabbles in the arts

Disdained

showed contempt for

Dispassionate

unbiased; fair

Dowager

an elderly woman of elevate social status

Dubious

doubtful

Egalitarian Elicit Elliptical

equal; believer in equality draw out (used mainly for information or feelings) 1. shaped like an ellipse, 2. indirect

Epitomizes

acts as a typical example of

Equivocate

speak ambiguously/vaguely

Evasiveness

trying to avoid something

Explicitly

very clear; nothing hidden

Foraging

searching for food

Hypothetical Iconoclast

based on guesswork; not proven person who goes against accepted authority

Idiosyncratic

quirky; unique to an individual

Imponderable

cannot be understood

Indecorous Indigence Inept

not well-behaved; lacking in dignity extreme poverty clumsy

Inherent

inbuilt; genetic

Intricate

complicated

Irrefutable

cannot be proved wrong

Jingoism Jubilant Judicious

using words to stir up exaggerated patriotism  joyful fair and equal

Lament

express regret over something

Loquacious

talkative; using too many words

Mendicancy

begging

Metaphorical

not literal; figurative

Milieu

environment; surroundings

Mitigated

made less severe

Nascent

 just begun; in an early stage of developm ent

Nostalgia

longing for the past

Obtrusive

easily seen

Orthographical Ossified Ostentatious Palpable

concerned with writing and spelling become fixed and rigid showy can be felt 1. concerned with the countryside, 2. concerned with the

Pastoral Pedestrian Perfidy

care a pastor gives to someone 1. boring (adj), 2. person who walks (n) treachery; betrayal

Profligacy

wasteful and immoral behavior

Prohibitive

very expensive

Prudence

wisdom; caution

Pugnacious Purveyor Resonance Respite

aggressive one who sells something or causes something to spread echo break (from work etc.)

Resurgence Sparse Stringent

revival thin; not thick strict

Succumbing

giving in to; falling under the influence of

Supercilious

arrogant

Tenacity

firmness of purpose

Transcend

go beyond a limit

Variegated

multi colored

Venerable

worthy of respect

Viable Visceral

workable; able to live or grow concerned with the 'guts'; physical rather than mental