• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/118

Click to flip

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;

118 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back

arboreal

living or connected with trees

asperity

harshness

aberration

departure from usual

approbation

approval

amenable

responsive, responsible to

abstinence

restraint in drinking or eating

ambivalent

with conflicting emotions

abector

cattle thief

apiarian

of bees

abash

embarrass

abdicate

give up right to throne

abortive

fruitless

abstemious

moderate in eating or drinking

aquiline

of eagle, curved, hooked

agnostic

sceptical about the existence of god

adventitious

accidental

accolade

award

abrogate

annu, abolish

amnesia

loss of memory

apex

summit, peak

awry

go wrong

avuncular

of uncle

axiomatic

needing no proof

anathema

curse, detested thing

accomplice

partner in crime

abettor

one who incites or encourage esp. in crime activity

aplomb

poise

annals

historical records

avid

voracious

apostate

one who gives up religious/ political faith

ambience

surrounding, environment

avow

declare

asinine

of ass

austere

stern/severe

assiduous

diligent

auctorial

of author/pen

arraign

bring a criminal charge against a person

animus

hostile intent

apropos

properly, concerning

abate

lessen intensity

assimilate

absorb

apocalypse

revelation about future

apocryphal

of doubtful author

archetype

an important example, an ideal form

abnegation

Self-sacrifice, repudiation

abysmal

bottomless or dismal

advent

arrival

advertent

intentional

aegis

sponsorship, patronage

aphasia

loss of speech

abject

miserable low

ablution

purification, cleansing

acquiesce

accept unwillingly

ambush

surprised attack

artefacts

objects of primitive culture

augury

prophecy, omen

aver

state confidently

abeyance

in suspended state

appellation

title

accrue

increase by addition

arrant

thorough, sheer

attrition

gradual wearing down

assail

assault

aspersion

slanderous remark

acronym

full form

allaise

assume name

asylum

refugeee

ambit

bound extent of power

affinity

similarity, liking

adumberate

foreshadow

apt

suitable

auspicious

auspices

help or favour of somebody

allegiance

loyalty faithfulness

adaption

of something

assailiant

one who attacks

auricular

of ear confession in ear

asphyxia

suffocation due to lack of air

albeit

although

archaic

historica

avian

concerning birds

aura

quality surrounding a person

besotted

infatuated

beautitude

happiness

bibulous

fond of drinking

burgeon

grow forth

bonhomie

pleasantness of manners

bathos

anticlimax

belabour

beat soundly

baroque

florid

beleaguer

surround

bucolic

rustic

blithe

joyous

bare

naked. scanty

blend

mild

buttress

support with prop

baleful

threatning, harming

boisterous

noisy

bulwark

strong defence

bicameral

having two chambers

blandishment

flattery o pursuade

bountiful

generous

bristle

irritate

balmy

fragrant, mild, soothing

beneign

kind, charitable

beholden

obliged

balk

foil, frustrate

buxom

well built

bludgeon

club with heavy weapon

brace

support to strengthen

behest

orders of somebody elese

barge

rush into

brook

tolerate, a stream

belligerent

nation wagging war, bellicose

brigand

robberer

blaze

burn with flames

..

..

....

....