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;
147 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
ABERRANT
|
DEVIATING FROM THE NORM
|
|
|
ABSCOND
|
TO DEPART CLANDESTINELY; TO STEAL OFF AND HIDE
|
|
|
ALACRITY
|
EAGER AND ENTHUSIASTIC WILLINGNESS
|
|
|
ANOMALY
|
DEVIATION FROM THE NORMAL ORDER, FORM, OR RULE; ABNORMALITY
|
|
|
APPROBATION
|
AN EXPRESSION OF APPROVAL OR PRAISE
|
|
|
ARDUOUS
|
STRENUOUS; TAXING; REQIRING SIGNIFICANT EFFORT
|
|
|
ASSUAGE
|
TO EASE OR LESSEN; TO APPEASE OR PACIFY
|
|
|
AUDACIOUS
|
DARING AND FEARLESS; RECKLESSLY BOLD
|
|
|
AUSTERE
|
WITHOUT ADORNMENT; BARE; SEVERELY SIMPLE; ASCETIC
|
|
|
AXIOMATIC
|
TAKEN AS A GIVEN;POSSESSING SELF-EVIDENT TRUTH
|
|
|
CANONICAL
|
FOLLOWING OR IN AGREEMENT WITH ACCEPTED, TRADITIONAL STANDARDS
|
|
|
CAPRICIOUS
|
INCLINED TO CHANGE ONE'S MIND IMPULSIVELY; ERRATIC; UNPREDICTABLE
|
|
|
CENSURE
|
TO CRITICIZE SEVERELY;TO OFFICIALLY REBUKE
|
|
|
CHICANERY
|
TRICKERY OR SUBTERFUGE
|
|
|
CONNOISSEUR
|
AN INFORMED AND ASTUTE JUDGE IN MATTERS OF TASTE; EXPERT
|
|
|
CONVOLUTED
|
COMPLEX OR COMPLICATED
|
|
|
DISABUSE
|
TO UNDECEIVE; TO SET RIGHT
|
|
|
DISCORDANT
|
CONFLICTING; DISSONANT OR HARSH IN SOUND
|
|
|
DISPARATE
|
FUNDAMENTALLY DISTINCT OR DISSIMILAR
|
|
|
EFFRONTERY
|
EXTREME BOLDNESS;
PRESUMPTUOUSNESS |
|
|
ELOQUENT
|
WELL SPOKEN; EXPRESSIVE; ARTICULATE
|
|
|
ENERVATE
|
TO WEAKEN; TO REDUCE IN VITALITY
|
|
|
ENNUI
|
DISSATISFACTION AND RESTLESSNESS RESULTING FROM BOREDOM OR APATHY
|
|
|
EQUIVOCATE
|
TO USE AMBIGUOUS LANGUAGE WITH A DECEPTIVE INTENT
|
|
|
ERUDITE
|
VERY LEARNED; SCHOLARLY
|
|
|
EXIGENT
|
URGENT; PRESSING; REQIRING IMMEDIATE ACTION OR ATTENTION
|
|
|
EXTEMPORANEOUS
|
IMPROVISED; DONE WITHOUT PREPARATION
|
|
|
FILIBUSTER
|
INTENTIONAL OBSTRUCTION, ESP. USING PROLONGED SPEECHMAKING TO DELAY LEGISLATIVE ACTION
|
|
|
FULMINATE
|
TO LOUDLY ATTACK DENOUNCE
|
|
|
INGENUOUS
|
ARTLESS;FRANK AND CANDID; LACKING IN SOPHISTICATION
|
|
|
INURED
|
ACCUSTOMED TO ACCEPTING SOMETHING UNDESIRABLE
|
|
|
IRASCIBLE
|
EASILY ANGERED; PRONE TO TEMPERAMENTAL OUTBURSTS
|
|
|
LAUD
|
TO PRAISE HIGHLY
|
|
|
LUCID
|
CLEAR; EASILY UNDERSTOOD
|
|
|
MAGNANIMITY
|
THE QUALITY OF BEING GENEROUSLY NOBLE IN MIND AND HEART, ESP. IN FORGIVING
|
|
|
MARTIAL
|
ASSOCIATE WITH WAR AND THE ARMED FORCES
|
|
|
MNDANE
|
OF THE WORLD; TYPICAL OF OR CONCERNED WITH THE ORDINARY
|
|
|
NASCENT
|
COMING INTO BEING; IN EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES
|
|
|
NEBULOUS
|
VAGUE; CLOUDY; LACKING CLEARLY DEFINED FORM
|
|
|
NEOLOGISM
|
A NEW WORD, EXPRESSION, OR USAGE; THE CREATION OR USE OF NEW WORDS OR SENSES
|
|
|
NOXIOUS
|
HARMFUL; INJURIOUS
|
|
|
OBTUSE
|
LACKING SHARPNESS OF INTELLECT; NOT CLEAR OR PRECISE IN THOUGHT OR EXPRESSION
|
|
|
OBVIATE
|
TO ANTICIPATE AND MAKE UNECESSARY
|
|
|
ONEROUS
|
TROUBLING; BURDENSOME
|
|
|
PAEAN
|
A SONG OR HYMN OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING
|
|
|
PARODY
|
A HUMOROUS IMITATION INTENDED FOR RIDICULE OR COMIC EFFECT, ESP. IN LITERATURE AND ART
|
|
|
PERENNIAL
|
RECURRENT THROUGH THE YEAR OR MANY YEARS; HAPPENING REPEATEDLY
|
|
|
PERFIDY
|
INTENTIONAL BREACH OF FAITH; TREACHERY
|
|
|
PERSPICACIOUS
|
ACCURATELY PERCEPTIVE; HAVING KEEN DISCERNMENT
|
|
|
PERFUNCTORY
|
CURSORY; DONE WITHOUT CARE OR INTEREST
|
|
|
PRATTLE
|
TO BABBLE MEANINGLESSLY; TO TALK IN AN EMPTY AND IDLE MANNER
|
|
|
PRECIPITATE
|
ACTING WITH EXCESSIVE HATE OR IMPULSE
|
|
|
PREDILECTION
|
A DISPOSITION IN FAVOR OF SOMETHING; PREFERENCE
|
|
|
PRESCIENCE
|
FOREKNOWLEDGE OF EVENTS; KNOWING OF EVENTS PRIOR TO THEIR OCCURRING
|
|
|
PREVARICATE
|
TO DELIVERATELY AVOID THE TRUTH; TO MISLEAD
|
|
|
QUALMS
|
MISGIVINGS; RESERVATIONS; CAUSES FOR HESITANCY
|
|
|
RECANT
|
TO RETRACT, ESP. THE PREVIOUSLY HELD BELIEF
|
|
|
REFUTE
|
TO DISPROVE; TO SUCCESSFULLY ARGUE AGANIST
|
|
|
REGULATE
|
TO FORCEFULLY ASSIGN, ESP. TO A LOWER PLACE OR POSITION
|
|
|
McCune-Albright syndrome
|
multiple unilateral bone lesions, endocrine abnormalities (precocious puberty), and unilateral pigmented skin lesions (cafe-au-lait spots/"coast of Maine" spots)
|
|
|
SOLICITOUS
|
CONCERNED AND ATTENTIVE; EAGER
|
|
|
SORDID
|
CHARACTERIZED BY FILTH, GRIME, OR SQUALOR; FOUL
|
|
|
SPORADIC
|
OCCURRING ONLY OCCASIONALLY, OR IN SCATTERED INSTANCES
|
|
|
SQUANDER
|
TO WASTE BY SPENDING OR USING IRRESPPONSIBLY
|
|
|
STATIC
|
NOT MOVING, ACTIVE, OR IN MOTION; AT REST
|
|
|
STUPEFY
|
TO STUN, BAFFLE, OR AMAZE
|
|
|
STYMIE
|
TO BLOCK; THWART
|
|
|
SYNTHESIS
|
THE COMBIMATION OF PARTS TO MAKE A WHOLE
(SYNTHESIZE) |
|
|
TORQUE
|
A FORCE THAT CAUSES ROTATION
|
|
|
TORTUOUS
|
WINDING; TWISTING; EXCESSIVELY COMPLICATED
|
|
|
TRUCULENT
|
FIERCE AND CRUEL; EAGER TO FIGHT
|
|
|
VERACITY
|
TRUTHFULNESS; HONESTY
|
|
|
VIRULENT
|
EXTREMELY HARMFUL OR POISONOUS; BITTERLY HOSTILE OR ANTAGONISTIC
|
|
|
VORACIOUS
|
HAVING AN INSATIABLE APPETITE FOR AN ACTIVITY OR PURSUIT; RAVENOUS
|
|
|
WAVER
|
TO MOVE TO AND FRO; TO BE UNSETTLED IN OPINION
|
|
|
ABATE
|
TO LESSEN IN INTENSITY OR DEGREE
|
|
|
ACCOLADE
|
AN EXPRESSION OF PRAISE
|
|
|
ADULATION
|
EXCESSIVE PRAISE;INTENSE ADORATION
|
|
|
AESTHETIC
|
DEALING WITH, APPRECIATIVE OF, OR RESPONSIVE TO ART OR THE BEAUTIFUL
|
|
|
AMELIORATE
|
TO MAKE BETTER OR MORE TOLERABLE
|
|
|
ASCETIC
|
ONE WHO PRACTICES RIGID SELF-DENIAL, ESP. AS AN ACT OF RELIGIOUS DEVOTION
|
|
|
AVARICE
|
GREED, ESP. FOR WEALTH
|
|
|
AXIOM
|
A UNIVERSALLY RECONGIZED PRINCIPLE
|
|
|
BUCOLIC
|
RUSTIC AND PASTORAL; CHARACTERISTIC OF RURAL AREAS AND THEIR INHABITANTS
|
|
|
BURGEON
|
TO GROW RAPIDLY OR FLOURISH
|
|
|
CACOPHONY
|
HARSH, JARRING, DISCORDANT SOUND; DISSONANCE
|
|
|
CANON
|
AN ESTABLISHED SET OF PRINCIPLES OR CODE OF LAWS, OFTEN RELIGIOUS IN NATURE
|
|
|
CASTIGATION
|
SEVERE CRITICISM OR PUNISHMENT
|
|
|
CATALYST
|
A SUBSTANCE THAT ACCELERATES THE RATE OF A CHEMICAL REACTION WITHOUT ITSELF CHANGING; A PERSON OR THING THAT CAUSES A CHANGE
|
|
|
CAUSTIC
|
BURNING OR STINGING; CAUSING CORROSION OF
|
|
|
CHARY
|
WARY; CAUTIOUS; SPARING
|
|
|
COGENT
|
APPEALING FORCIBLY TO THE MIND OR REASON; CONVINCING
|
|
|
COMPLAISANCE
|
THE WILLINGNESS TO COMPLY WITH THE WISHES OF OTHERS
|
|
|
CONTNTIOUS
|
ARGUMENTATIVE; QUARRELSOME; CAUSING CONTROVERSY OR DISAGREEMENT
|
|
|
CONTRITE
|
REGRETFUL; PENITNET; SEEKING FORGIVENESS
|
|
|
CULPABLE
|
DESERVING BLAME
|
|
|
DEARTH
|
SMALLNESS OF QUANTITY OR NUMBER; SCARCITY; A LACK
|
|
|
DEMUR
|
TO QUESTION OR OPPOSE
|
|
|
DIDACTIC
|
INTENDED TO TEACH OR INSTRUCT
|
|
|
DISCRETION
|
CAUTIOUS RESERVE IN SPEECH; ABILITY TO MAKE RESPONSIBLE DECISION
|
|
|
DISINTERESTED
|
FREE OF BIAS OR SELF-INTEREST; IMPARTIAL
|
|
|
DOGMATIC
|
EXPRESSING A RIGID OPINION BASED ON UNPROVED PRINCIPLES
|
|
|
EBULLIENCE
|
THE QUALITY OF LIVELY OR ENTHUSIASTIC EXPRESSION OF THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS
|
|
|
ECLECTIC
|
COMPOSED OF ELEMENTS DRAWN FROM VARIOUS SOURCES
|
|
|
ELEGY
|
A MOURNFUL POEM,ESP. ONE LAMENTING THE DEAD
|
|
|
EMOLLIENT
|
SOOTHING, ESP. TO THE SKIN; MAKING LESS HARSH; MOLLIFYING; AN AGENT THAT SOFTENS OR SMOOTHES THE SKIN
|
|
|
EMPIRICAL
|
BASED ON OBSERVATION OR EXPERIMENT
|
|
|
ENIGMATIC
|
MYSTERIOUS; OBSCURE; DIFFICULT TO NDERSTAND
|
|
|
EPHEMERAL
|
BRIEF; FLEETING
|
|
|
ESOTERIC
|
INTENDED FOR OR UNDERSTOOD BY A SMALL, SPECIFIC GROUP
|
|
|
EULOGY
|
A SPEECH HONORING THE DEAD
|
|
|
EXONERATE
|
TO REMOVE BLAME
|
|
|
FACETIOUS
|
PLAYFUL; HUMOROUS
|
|
|
FALLACY
|
AN INVALID OR INCORRECT NOTION; A MISTAKEN BELIEF
|
|
|
FURTIVE
|
MARKED BY STEALTH; COVERT; SURREPTITIOUS
|
|
|
GREGARIOUS
|
SOCIABLE; OUTGOING; ENJOYING THE COMPANY OF OTHER PEOPLE
|
|
|
HARANGUE
|
TO DELIVER A POMPOUS SPEECH OR TIRADE; A LONG, POMPOUS SPEECH
|
|
|
HERETICAL
|
VIOLATING ACCEPTED DOGMA OR CONVENTION
|
|
|
HYPERBOLE
|
AN EXAGGERATED STATEMENT, OFTEN USED AS A FIGURE OF SPEECH
|
|
|
IMPECUNIOUS
|
LACKING FUNDS; WITHOUT MONEY
|
|
|
INCIPIENT
|
BEGINNING TO COME ONTO BEING OR TO BECOME APPARENT
|
|
|
INERT
|
UMOVING; LETHARGIC; SLUGGISH
|
|
|
INNOCUOUS
|
HARMLESS; CAUSING NO DAMAGE
|
|
|
INTRANSIGENT
|
REFUSING TO COMPROMISE
|
|
|
INVEIGLE
|
TO OBTAIN BY DECEPTION OR FLATTERY
|
|
|
MOROSE
|
SAD; SULLEN; MELANCHOLY
|
|
|
ODIOUS
|
EVOKING INTENSE AVERSION OR DISLIKE
|
|
|
OPAQUE
|
IMPENETRABLE BY LIGHT; NOT REFLECTING LIGHT
|
|
|
OSCILLATION
|
THE ACT OR STATE OF SWINGING BACK AND FORTH WITH A STEADY, NINTERRUPTED RHYTHM
|
|
|
PENURIOUS
|
PENNY-PINCHING; EXCESSIVELY THRIFTY; UNGENEROUS
|
|
|
PERNICIOUS
|
EXTREMELY HARMFUL; POTENTIALLY CAUSING DEATH
|
|
|
PERUSE
|
TO EXAMINE WITH GREAT CARE
|
|
|
PIOUS
|
EXTREMELY REVERENT OR DEVOUT; SHOWING STRONG RELIGIOUS DEVOTION
|
|
|
PRECURSOR
|
ONE THAT PRECEDES AND INDICATES OR ANNONCES ANOTHER
|
|
|
PREEN
|
TO DRESS UP; TO PRIMP; TO GROOM ONESLEF WITH ELABORATE CARE
|
|
|
PRODIGIOS
|
ABUNDANT IN SIZE, FORCE, OR EXTENT; EXTRAORDINARY
|
|
|
PROLIFIC
|
PRODUCING LARGE VOLUMES OR AMOUNTS; PRODUCTIVE
|
|
|
PUTREFY
|
TO ROT; TO DECAY AND GIVE OFF A FOUL ODOR
|
|
|
QUAFF
|
TO DRINK DEEPLY
|
|
|
QUIESCENCE
|
STILLNESS;MOTIONLESSNESS; QUALITY OF BEING AT REST
|
|
|
REDOUBTABLE
|
AWE-INSPIRING; WORTHY OF HONOR
|
|
|
SANCTION
|
AUTHORITATIVE PERMISSION OR APPROVAL; A PENALTY INTENDED TO ENFORCE COMPLIANCE; TO GIVE PERMISSION OR AUTHORITY TO
|
|
|
SATIRE
|
A LITERARY WORK THAT RIDICULES OR CRITCIZES A HUMAN VICE THROUGH HUMOR OR DERISION
|
|
|
SQUALID
|
SORDID; WRETCHED AND DIRTY AS FROM NEGLECT
|
|
|
STOIC
|
INDIFFERENT TO OR UNAFFECTED BY PLEASURE OR PAIN; STEADFAST
|
|
|
SUPPLANT
|
TO TAKE THE PLACE OF; SUPERSEDE
|
|
|
TORPID
|
LETHARGIC; SLUGGISH; DORMANT
|
