Golden Compass Vocabulary
Aeronautics: the science or art of flight.
The aeronaut used aeronautics to get his hot-air-balloon into the air.
Agog: highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation, etc.
The man was agog when he learned he won a great prize.
Desultory: lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful
The pattern seemed to not be a pattern at all because it showed great desultory.
Disdainful: full of or showing disdain scornful.
You are such a miserable disdainful man!
Dirigible: an airship.
The dirigible flew high above our heads as it drifted through the sky.
Divagations: to wander; stray.
The children made divagations from their home as they played hide-and-go-seek.
Copiously: large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful
The playground filled copiously with children after the recess bell rang.
Despondency: state of being despondent depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope; dejection.
The woman was filled with despondency when she discovered she was not hired for the job.
Desolate: barren or laid waste; devastated
We dragged on through the desolate desert in search of water.
Equilibrium: a state of rest or balance due to the equal action of opposing forces.
The cell found equilibrium when both substances evened out.
Incessant: continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending
It seemed the concert was incessant even though I wanted to leave so badly.
Ignorance: the state or fact of being ignorant lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
The ignorance of some people these days is disgustful.
Dowdy: not stylish; drab; old-fashioned
The dowdy old woman was tangled in the cord when she answered her phone.
Enmity: a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
The crowd was filled with enmity when they discovered the terrible truth.
Incredulity: the quality or state of being incredulous inability or unwillingness to believe.
The man was incredulity confused at the sight of the murder scene.
Infernal: hellish; fiendish; diabolical
The infernal man laughed as he saw the boy being hit by the bus.
Innocuous: not harmful or injurious; harmless
The plan seemed quite innocuous at first but once they were sitting in the principal’s office she thought otherwise.
Insolent: boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting
That racist joke seemed insolent to me.
Inveigle: to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by )
The team made an inveigle in order to con their enemies.
Meticulous: taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough
The meticulous duty of a seamstress is important in order to make the perfect stitch.
Pedantic: ostentatious in one's learning.
The pedantic boy was disrupting the whole class once again.
Perennial: lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring
The speech seemed perennial but it only lasted 20 minutes.
Permutations: the act of permuting or permutating; alteration; transformation.
The couple made many permutations to their relationship after couple’s therapy.
Perplexing: to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally
The whole conversation about the universe was quite perplexing if you ask me.
Piecemeal: piece by piece; one piece at a time; gradually
The piecemeal strategy was slow but necessary.
Plausible: having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable
The story seemed plausible enough so I decided to believe it.
Propitiate: to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
It is a vision of tribes who worship together, propitiate the gods together,and die together
Ragamuffin: a ragged, disreputable person; tatterdemalion.
The poor ragamuffin had holes in his socks and patches in his pants.
Sanguine: cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident
The sanguine man shined with confidence as he walked through the door.
Sardonic: characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering
The comedian made a very sardonic remark while he was up on stage.
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The aeronaut used aeronautics to get his hot-air-balloon into the air.
Agog: highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation, etc.
The man was agog when he learned he won a great prize.
Desultory: lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful
The pattern seemed to not be a pattern at all because it showed great desultory.
Disdainful: full of or showing disdain scornful.
You are such a miserable disdainful man!
Dirigible: an airship.
The dirigible flew high above our heads as it drifted through the sky.
Divagations: to wander; stray.
The children made divagations from their home as they played hide-and-go-seek.
Copiously: large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful
The playground filled copiously with children after the recess bell rang.
Despondency: state of being despondent depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope; dejection.
The woman was filled with despondency when she discovered she was not hired for the job.
Desolate: barren or laid waste; devastated
We dragged on through the desolate desert in search of water.
Equilibrium: a state of rest or balance due to the equal action of opposing forces.
The cell found equilibrium when both substances evened out.
Incessant: continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending
It seemed the concert was incessant even though I wanted to leave so badly.
Ignorance: the state or fact of being ignorant lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
The ignorance of some people these days is disgustful.
Dowdy: not stylish; drab; old-fashioned
The dowdy old woman was tangled in the cord when she answered her phone.
Enmity: a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
The crowd was filled with enmity when they discovered the terrible truth.
Incredulity: the quality or state of being incredulous inability or unwillingness to believe.
The man was incredulity confused at the sight of the murder scene.
Infernal: hellish; fiendish; diabolical
The infernal man laughed as he saw the boy being hit by the bus.
Innocuous: not harmful or injurious; harmless
The plan seemed quite innocuous at first but once they were sitting in the principal’s office she thought otherwise.
Insolent: boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting
That racist joke seemed insolent to me.
Inveigle: to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by )
The team made an inveigle in order to con their enemies.
Meticulous: taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough
The meticulous duty of a seamstress is important in order to make the perfect stitch.
Pedantic: ostentatious in one's learning.
The pedantic boy was disrupting the whole class once again.
Perennial: lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring
The speech seemed perennial but it only lasted 20 minutes.
Permutations: the act of permuting or permutating; alteration; transformation.
The couple made many permutations to their relationship after couple’s therapy.
Perplexing: to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally
The whole conversation about the universe was quite perplexing if you ask me.
Piecemeal: piece by piece; one piece at a time; gradually
The piecemeal strategy was slow but necessary.
Plausible: having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable
The story seemed plausible enough so I decided to believe it.
Propitiate: to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
It is a vision of tribes who worship together, propitiate the gods together,and die together
Ragamuffin: a ragged, disreputable person; tatterdemalion.
The poor ragamuffin had holes in his socks and patches in his pants.
Sanguine: cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident
The sanguine man shined with confidence as he walked through the door.
Sardonic: characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering
The comedian made a very sardonic remark while he was up on stage.
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