Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
76 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Abscond
|
(verb) to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
|
|
|
Aberrant
|
(adj.) deviating from the norm
(noun form: aberration) |
|
|
Alacrity
|
(noun) eager and enthusiastic willingness
|
|
|
Anomaly
|
(noun) deviation from the normal order, form or rule; abnormality
(adj. form: anomalous) |
|
|
Approbation
|
(noun) an expression of approval of praise
|
|
|
Arduous
|
(adj.) requiring significant effort
|
|
|
Assuage
|
(verb) to ease or lessen; to appease of pacify
|
|
|
Audacious
|
(adj.) daring and fearless; recklessly bold
|
|
|
Austere
|
(adj.) without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
(noun form: austerity) |
|
|
Axiomatic
|
(adj.) possessing self-evident truth
(noun form: axiom) |
|
|
Canonical
|
(adj.) following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
(noun form: canon) |
|
|
Capricious
|
(adj.) inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable
|
|
|
Censure
|
(verb) to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
|
|
|
Chicanery
|
(noun) trickery or subterfuge
|
|
|
Connoisseur
|
(noun) expert
|
|
|
Convoluted
|
(adj.) complex or complicated
|
|
|
Disabuse
|
(verb) to undeceive; to set right
|
|
|
Discordant
|
(adj.) conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
|
|
|
Disparate
|
(adj.) fundamentally distant or dissimilar
|
|
|
Effrontery
|
(noun) extreme boldness; presumptuousness
|
|
|
Eloquent
|
(adj.) well-spoken, expressive, articulate
|
|
|
Enervate
|
(verb) to weaken; to reduce in vitality
|
|
|
Ennui
|
(noun) dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
|
|
|
Equivocate
|
(verb) to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
|
|
|
Erudite
|
(adj.) very learned; scholarly
(noun form: erudition) |
|
|
Exculpate
|
(verb) exonerate; to clear of blame
|
|
|
Exigent
|
(adj.) urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
|
|
|
Extemporaneous
|
(adj.) improvised; done with preparation
|
|
|
Filibuster
|
(noun) longed speechmaking to delay legislative action
|
|
|
Fulminate
|
(verb) to loudly attack or denounce
|
|
|
Ingenuous
|
(adj.) artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
|
|
|
Inured
|
(adj.) accustomed to accepting something undesirable
|
|
|
Irascible
|
(adj.) easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
|
|
|
Laud
|
(verb) to praise highly
(adj. form: laudatory) |
|
|
Lucid
|
(adj.) clear; easily understood
|
|
|
Magnanimity
|
(noun) the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving
|
|
|
Martial
|
(adj.) associated with war and the armed forces
|
|
|
Mundane
|
(adj.) of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
|
|
|
Nascent
|
(adj.) coming into being; in early developmental stages
|
|
|
Nebulous
|
(adj.) vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
|
|
|
Neologism
|
(noun) a new word, expression, or usage
|
|
|
Noxious
|
(adj.) harmful; injurious
|
|
|
Obtuse
|
(adj.) lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
|
|
|
Obviate
|
(verb) to anticipate and make unnecessary
|
|
|
Onerous
|
(adj.) troubling; burdensome
|
|
|
Paean
|
(noun) a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
|
|
|
Parody
|
(noun) a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect
|
|
|
Perennial
|
(adj.) recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
|
|
|
Perfidy
|
(noun) intentional breach of faith; treachery
|
|
|
Perfunctory
|
(adj.) cursory; done without care or interest
|
|
|
Perspicacious
|
(adj.) acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
|
|
|
Prattle
|
(verb) to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
|
|
|
Precipitate
|
(verb) to cause or happen before anticipated or required
|
|
|
Predilection
|
(noun) a disposition in favor of something; preference
|
|
|
Prescience
|
(noun) foreknowledge of events
(adj. form: prescient) |
|
|
Prevaricate
|
(verb) to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
|
|
|
Qualms
|
(noun) misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
|
|
|
Recant
|
(verb) to retract
|
|
|
Refute
|
(verb) to disprove; to successfully argue against
|
|
|
Relegate
|
(verb) to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
|
|
|
Reticent
|
(adj.) quiet,reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
|
|
|
Solicitous
|
(adj.) concerned and attentive; eager
|
|
|
Sordid
|
(adj.) characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
|
|
|
Sporadic
|
(adj.) occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
|
|
|
Squander
|
(verb) to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
|
|
|
Static
|
(adj.) not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
|
|
|
Stupefy
|
(verb) to stun, baffle, or amaze
|
|
|
Stymie
|
(verb) to block; to thwart
|
|
|
Synthesis
|
(noun) the combination of parts to make a whole
|
|
|
Torque
|
(noun) a force that causes rotation
|
|
|
Tortuous
|
(adj.) winding; twisting; excessively complicated
|
|
|
Truculent
|
(adj.) fierce and cruel; eager to fight
|
|
|
Veracity
|
(adj.) truthfulness, honesty
|
|
|
Virulent
|
(adj.) extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
|
|
|
Voracious
|
(adj.) having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
|
|
|
Waver
|
(verb) to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
|
