English Vocab

Front 1

emulate

Back 1

to strive to be equal to; to imitate

Front 2

evoke

Back 2

to summon forth

Front 3

inane

Back 3

without sense or meaning; silly

Front 4

impeccable

Back 4

faultless; without sin or blemish

Front 5

unctuous

Back 5

exaggeratedly or insincerely polite

Front 6

heinous

Back 6

hatefully or shockingly evil

Front 7

inscrutable

Back 7

not easily understood; hard to fathom

Front 8

balk

Back 8

to refuse stubbornly or abruptly; to stop short and refuse to go on

Front 9

acrimony

Back 9

ill-natured bitter hostility

Front 10

dour

Back 10

stern and ill humored

Front 11

exult

Back 11

to rejoice

Front 12

omniscient

Back 12

having unlimited knowledge

Front 13

feasible

Back 13

reasonable

Front 14

metier

Back 14

the work that one is especially suited for

Front 15

harry

Back 15

to annoy

Front 16

lethargy

Back 16

lazy

Front 17

epistle

Back 17

a letter

Front 18

avid

Back 18

intrusted

Front 19

gadfly

Back 19

persistant person

Front 20

humility

Back 20

humble

Front 21

arduous

Back 21

difficult

Front 22

grandiloquent

Back 22

pompous (proud)

Front 23

agrarian

Back 23

farms

Front 24

harangue

Back 24

long speech

Front 25

formidle

Back 25

fear

Front 26

sycophant

Back 26

trys to gain favor from people

Front 27

explicit

Back 27

clearly and openly stated

Front 28

lexicon

Back 28

a dictionary

Front 29

galvanize

Back 29

to startle

Front 30

sanction

Back 30

permission

Front 31

hyperbole

Back 31

extreme exaggeration

Front 32

ominous

Back 32

evil

Front 33

evince

Back 33

to demonstrate clearly

Front 34

implacable

Back 34

unable to appease

Front 35

exhort

Back 35

to urge on

Front 36

incarerate

Back 36

to put in prison

Front 37

incisive

Back 37

sharp

Front 38

expedient

Back 38

practical

Front 39

pertinent

Back 39

having to do with the subject

Front 40

inert

Back 40

unable to act or move

Front 41

circimvent

Back 41

to get around or by pass

Front 42

clandestine

Back 42

secret

Front 43

acquit

Back 43

to fine not guility

Front 44

deprecate

Back 44

to express stron disapprovely of

Front 45

barrister

Back 45

english lawyer

Front 46

adulation

Back 46

praise

Front 47

bawdy

Back 47

indecent

Front 48

chastise

Back 48

to punish

Front 49

jocose

Back 49

joking

Front 50

myriad

Back 50

large number

Front 51

latent

Back 51

present but not active

Front 52

pernicious

Back 52

deadly

Front 53

frugal

Back 53

cheap