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;
40 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Watching with caution or curiously
|
surreptitiously
|
|
|
Repeat or go over something again
|
reiterate
|
|
|
Tip-toeing or walking with soft steps
|
furtively
|
|
|
Hanging something with loops or draped like leaves
|
festoon
|
|
|
Doubtful or with an uncertain manner
|
dubiously
|
|
|
Doing a job for someone that is authorized
|
proxy
|
|
|
Neutral or complacent
|
placid
|
|
|
To agree of consent
|
acquiesce
|
|
|
Having talent in an area; one's strong point
|
forte
|
|
|
Expressing great concern
|
solicitude
|
|
|
Having a slanted of sloped position
|
obliquely
|
|
|
Showing appropriate respect
|
pious
|
|
|
Bitter or ill-willed toward someone
|
rancour
|
|
|
Being unskilled, not very motivated or active by nature
|
inert
|
|
|
Abrupt of blunt
|
brusquely
|
|
|
Riot or uprising
|
tumult
|
|
|
Not easily stirred or moved mentally
|
stolidly
|
|
|
Expert in use of hands or body - cleverly skillful
|
adroitness
|
|
|
Harmless, not interesting or stimulating
|
innocuous
|
|
|
Lack of energy
|
lassitude
|
|
|
Harsh or rowdy
|
raucous
|
|
|
Insincere talk
|
bunkum
|
|
|
Clever or ingenious
|
astuteness
|
|
|
Soundness of judgment
|
sagacity
|
|
|
Silent
|
tacit
|
|
|
Pretending; a false allegation
|
pretense
|
|
|
A special meeting or gathering
|
conclave
|
|
|
Cumbersome
|
cumbrous
|
|
|
To overspread with
|
suffused
|
|
|
Using few words
|
laconic
|
|
|
To make clear ; to know definitely
|
ascertain
|
|
|
Showing warmth and friendliness
|
affable
|
|
|
To curdle
|
congeal
|
|
|
Thinking about what you are doing
|
conscientiously
|
|
|
Mildly or calmly
|
pacifically
|
|
|
Unheard of or not understanding how that could happen
|
abhorrent
|
|
|
To try to forget
|
assuage
|
|
|
Unbelievable
|
Incongruous
|
|
|
Not to be persuaded
|
inexorable
|
|
|
Tearfully or weakly emotional
|
maudlin
|
