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;
19 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
1. Aberration (n
|
a deviation from expected course
|
|
|
2. Abhor (v.)
|
to hate, loathe
|
|
|
3. Aggregate (v.)
|
to gather, amass
|
|
|
4. Anomaly (n.)
|
something that does not fit the normal order
|
|
|
5. Aphorism (n.)
|
a short saying
|
|
|
6. Atone (v.)
|
to apologize, make amends
|
|
|
7. Audacious (adj.)
|
excessively bold
|
|
|
9. Benevolent (adj.)
|
– kind, good, caring
|
|
|
10. Benign (adj.)
|
-threatening, innocuous
|
|
|
11. Bourgeois (adj.)
|
middle-class
|
|
|
12. Capricious (adj.)
|
– impulsive, unpredictable, subject to whim
|
|
|
13. Cliché (n.)
|
a trite, overused expression
|
|
|
14. Cogent (adj.)
|
intelligent, viable
|
|
|
15. Complicit (adj.)
|
– being an accomplice in a wrongful act
|
|
|
16. Conciliatory (adj.)
|
agreeable, friendly
|
|
|
17. Connotation (n.)
|
meaning or association suggested by a word beyond its definition
|
|
|
18. Copious (adj.)
|
abundant, plentiful
|
|
|
19. Desolate (adj.)
|
deserted, lifeless
|
|
|
20. Diligent (adj.)
|
careful, showing care
|
