Charles Harrington Elster - Verbal Advantage (Disc 11)

Ebullience when jack won the lottery he cannot contain his ebullience.

The quality of being cheerful and full of energy; exuberance: the ebullience of happy children.
ebullience n 1: overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval [syn: exuberance, enthusiasm, ebullience Joviality, enthusiasm, Liveliness, happiness, cheerfulness, Bounciness, jolliness

jovial |jvl|
adjective cheerful and friendly: she was in a jovial mood.

bouncy |bouns|
adjective ( bouncier , bounciest ) bouncing well: a bouncy ball. resilient; springy: that bouncy artificial grass. (of a person) confident and lively: she was still the girl he remembered, bouncy and full of life. (of music) having a jaunty rhythm: the bouncy cheerfulness of polka. (of the hair) in good condition; having bounce: hair with shiny, bouncy curls.

Impervious: mpervious \Im*per"vi*ous\, a. [L. impervius; pref. im- not + per through + via way. See Voyage.] Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through; as, a substance impervious to water or air. [1913 Webster] This gulf impassable, impervious. [1913 Webster] --Milton.

The minds of these zealots were absolutely impervious. --Macaulay.

Syn: Impassable; pathless; impenetrable; imperviable; impermeable. -- Im*per"vi*ous*ly, adv. -Im*per"vi*ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster] Impermeable, resistance, waterproof, water-resistant, invulnerable, rainproof, water tight.

impervious |imprvs|
adjective not allowing fluid to pass through: an impervious layer of basaltic clay. [ predic. ] (impervious to) unable to be affected by: he worked, apparently impervious to the heat.

Remonstrate |rimnstrt, remn-|

verb [ no obj. ] make a forcefully reproachful protest: he turned angrily to remonstrate with Tommy | [ with direct speech ] : You don't mean that, she remonstrated. verb 1 I'm not a child! he remonstrated: protest, complain, expostulate; argue with, take issue with. 2 we remonstrated against this proposal: object strongly to, complain vociferously about, protest against, argue against, oppose strongly, make a fuss about, challenge; deplore, condemn, denounce, criticize; informal kick up a fuss/stink about. Argue, protest , object, oppose, complain , dispute , gripe : noun 1 informal a complaint, esp. a trivial one: his biggest gripe is that he has lost his sense of privacy. Squabble: squabble noun there was a squabble over which way they should go: quarrel, disagreement, argument, contretemps, falling-out, dispute, clash, blowup, altercation, shouting match, row, exchange, war of

words; informal tiff, set-to, run-in, spat, scrap, rhubarb. verb the boys were squabbling over a ball: quarrel, argue, bicker, fall out, disagree, have words, dispute, spar, cross swords, lock horns, be at loggerheads; informal scrap.

efface |ifs|
verb [ with obj. ] 1 erase (a mark) from a surface: with time, the words are effaced by the frost and the rain | figurative : his anger was effaced when he stepped into the open air. 2 (efface oneself) make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous.
Obliterate, eradicate, destroy, erode, delete, wipe out, wear away , rub out, rub away , smooth away , smooth out cancel out , remove without a trace.

Incorrigible: adjective (of a person or their tendencies) not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed: she's an incorrigible flirt.
One who is incorrigible; a person whose persistent bad behaviour cannot be changed; especially, a hardened criminal; as, the perpetual imprisonment of incorrigibles; incorrigible and disruptive children need to be placed in a separate classroom. Irredeemable, habitual, inveterate, persistent, incurable.

Juxtapose: place or deal with close together for contrasting effect: black-and-white photos of slums were starkly juxtaposed with color images.
Contrast, compare, put next to, put side by side, put together, place along side, set against.

Conversant

adjective familiar with or knowledgeable about something: many ladies are conversant with the merits of drill-eyed needles. The students are conversant with a wide range of math skills: familiar with, acquainted with, au fait with, au courant with, at home with, well versed in, well-informed about, knowledgeable about, informed about, abreast of, up-to-date on; informal up to speed on, in the loop about; formal cognizant of.

Esoteric adjective:
Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest: esoteric philosophical debates. in attendance were more than 50 antiques dealers brimming with esoteric knowledge: abstruse, obscure, arcane, recherch, rarefied, recondite, abstract; enigmatic, inscrutable, cryptic, Delphic; complex, complicated, incomprehensible, opaque, impenetrable, mysterious. 1. Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiate alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; interior aromatic -- said of discussions of technical topics and of the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed to exoteric.

Auspicious adjective
Thanks for joining us on this auspicious occasion: favorable, propitious, promising, rosy, good, encouraging; opportune, timely, lucky, fortunate, providential, felicitous, advantageous. 1. Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving Promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning.

Succumb |skm|

verb [ no obj. ]fail to resist (pressure, temptation, or some other negative force): he has become the latest to succumb to the strain. die from the effect of a disease or injury.Succumbing. 1 she succumbed to temptation: yield, give in/way, submit, surrender, capitulate, cave in. ANTONYMS resist. 2 he succumbed to the disease: die from/of; catch, develop, contract, fall ill with; informal come down with. ANTONYMS withstand.

despondency |dispndns|
noun a state of low spirits caused by loss of hope or courage: he hinted at his own deep despondency. noun the despondency of the refugees was captured in this documentary: hopelessness, despair, discouragement, low spirits, wretchedness; melancholy, gloom, misery, desolation, disappointment, disheartenment, dejection, sadness, unhappiness; informal blues, heartache.

Itinerant : adjective
traveling from place to place: itinerant traders. noun a person who travels from place to place.
DERIVATIVES

itineracy |-rs|noun, itinerancy noun, itinerantly adverb itinerant traders: traveling, peripatetic, wandering, roving, roaming, touring, saddlebag, nomadic, gypsy, migrant, vagrant, vagabond, of no fixed address.

cull |kl|
verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be culled) select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources: anecdotes culled from Greek and Roman history. reduce the population of (a wild animal) by selective slaughter: he sees culling deer as a necessity | (as noun culling) : kangaroo culling. send (an inferior or surplus animal on a farm) to be slaughtered. literary pick (flowers or fruit): (as adj. culled) : fresh culled daffodils.

promulgate |prmlgt, prml-|

verb [ with obj. ] promote or make widely known (an idea or cause): these objectives have to be promulgated within the organization. put (a law or decree) into effect by official proclamation: in January 1852, the new constitution was

verb 1 they promulgated their own views: make known, make public, publicize, spread, communicate, propagate, disseminate, broadcast, promote, preach; literary bruit abroad. 2 the law was promulgated in 1942: put into effect, enact, implement, enforce.

Gratuitous adjective
there was one moment of nudity in the movie, and it was ridiculously gratuitous: unjustified, uncalled for, unwarranted, unprovoked, undue; indefensible, unjustifiable; needless, unnecessary, inessential, unmerited, groundless, senseless, wanton, indiscriminate; excessive, immoderate, inordinate, inappropriate. ANTONYMS necessary.

nomenclature |nmnklCHr|
noun the devising or choosing of names for things, esp. in a science or other discipline. the body or system of such names in a particular field: the nomenclature of chemical compounds. formal the term or terms applied to someone or something: customers was preferred to the original nomenclature passengers.

susceptible |sseptbl|
adjective 1 likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing: patients with liver disease may be susceptible to infection. (of a person) easily influenced by feelings or emotions; sensitive: they only do it to tease himhe's too susceptible. 2 [ predic. ] (susceptible of) capable or admitting of: the problem is not susceptible of a simple solution.

susceptible
adjective 1 susceptible children: impressionable, credulous, gullible, innocent, ingenuous, naive, easily led; defenseless, vulnerable; persuadable, tractable; sensitive, responsive, thin-skinned. ANTONYMS skeptical, streetwise. 2 people susceptible to blackmail: open to, receptive to, vulnerable to; an easy target for. 3 he is susceptible to ulcers: liable to, prone to, subject to, inclined to, predisposed to, disposed to, given to, at risk of. ANTONYMS immune, resistant.

blasphemy |blasfm|
noun ( pl. blasphemies ) the act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk: he was detained on charges of blasphemy | screaming incomprehensible blasphemies.

blasphemy
noun the nuns would punish me at least three times a week for my blasphemy: profanity, sacrilege, irreligion, irreverence, taking the Lord's name in vain, swearing, curse, cursing, impiety, desecration; archaic execration. ANTONYMS reverence.

pilgrim |pilgrm|
noun a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons. (usu. Pilgrim )a member of a group of English Puritans fleeing religious persecution who sailed in the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620. a person who travels on long journeys.

pilgrim
noun the destination of these weary pilgrims: worshiper, devotee, believer; traveler, crusader; literary wayfarer; historical palmer.

plurality
noun 1 a plurality of theories: wide variety, diversity, range, lot, multitude, multiplicity, galaxy, wealth, profusion, abundance,

host; informal load, stack, heap, mass. 2 in the plurality of cases: preponderance, bulk, largest number; majority.

conclave |knklv|
noun a private meeting. (in the Roman Catholic Church) the assembly of cardinals for the election of a pope. the meeting place for such an assembly.

conclave
noun a conclave of American and Japanese business leaders: (private) meeting, gathering, assembly, conference, council, summit; informal parley, powwow, get-together.

droll |drl|
adjective curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement: his unique brand of droll self-mockery.

droll
adjective a droll remark that started everyone laughing: funny, humorous, amusing, comic, comical, mirthful, hilarious; clownish, farcical, zany, quirky; jocular, lighthearted, whimsical, facetious, witty, clever, wry, tongue-in-cheek; informal waggish, wacky, side-splitting, rib-tickling. ANTONYMS serious.

insatiable |insSHbl|
adjective (of an appetite or desire) impossible to satisfy: an insatiable hunger for success. (of a person) having an insatiable appetite or desire for something, esp. sex.

insatiable
adjective an insatiable appetite for expensive jewelry: unquenchable, unappeasable, uncontrollable; voracious, gluttonous, greedy, hungry, ravenous, wolfish; avid, eager, keen; informal piggy; literary insatiate.

beguile |bigl|
verb [ with obj. ] 1 charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way: every prominent American artist has been beguiled by Maine | (as adj. beguiling) : a beguiling smile. trick (someone) into doing something: they were beguiled into signing a peace treaty. 2 dated help (time) pass pleasantly: to beguile some of the time they went to the movie theater.

beguile
verb 1 she was beguiled by his beauty: charm, attract, enchant, entrance, win over, woo, captivate, bewitch, spellbind, dazzle, hypnotize, mesmerize, seduce. ANTONYMS repel. 2 the program has been beguiling children for years: entertain, amuse, delight, please, occupy, absorb, engage, distract, divert, fascinate, enthrall, engross. ANTONYMS bore.

vindictive |vindiktiv|
adjective having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge: the criticism was both vindictive and personalized.

vindictive
adjective in her memoirs she revealed that Drake had been a vindictive ex-lover: vengeful, revengeful, unforgiving, resentful, acrimonious, bitter; spiteful, mean, rancorous, venomous, malicious, malevolent, nasty, mean-spirited, cruel, unkind; informal catty. ANTONYMS forgiving.

replete |riplt|
adjective [ predic. ] filled or well-supplied with something: sensational popular fiction, replete with adultery and sudden death. very full of or sated by food: I went out into the sun-drenched streets again, replete and relaxed.

replete
adjective 1 the guests were replete: well-fed, sated, satiated, full, full up; glutted, gorged; informal stuffed. 2 a sumptuous environment replete with antiques: filled, full, well-stocked, well-supplied, crammed, packed, jammed, teeming, overflowing, bursting; informal jam-packed, chockablock, chock-full.