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;
53 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
indecisive
|
ambivalent
vacillating dithering wavering equivocating |
|
|
punish
|
reprimand
rebuke upbraid chastise berate reprove reproach chide admonish lambaste |
|
|
clear from blame
|
exonerate
exculpate absolve |
|
|
protest; against
|
dissidence
dissent remonstration fulminate demur inveigh |
|
|
corrupt
|
unscrupulous
venal base nefarious depraved reprobate dissolute miasma ignoble licentious |
|
|
predict
|
prognosticate
forecast foretell foresee envision envisage presage divine auger |
|
|
at rest; sleepy; slow-moving
|
torpor
soporific quiescene abeyance torpid latent |
|
|
pompous
|
bombastic
fustian arrogant vain haughty sententious conceited supercilious magisterial |
|
|
falsehood; fool; trickery; deception
|
spurious
specious prevaricate perfidious guile feign equivocate dissemble chicanery chimerical subterfuge stratagem artifice wiliness ruse perfidy |
|
|
uninteresting; flat; boring; commonplace
|
vapid
platitude insipid hackneyed banal cloying |
|
|
noise
|
dissonance
cacophony |
|
|
rude; crude; ill-mannered
|
churlishness
boorish lautish crass philistine asinine |
|
|
weak; coward
|
craven
pusillanimous poltroonish dastard recreant |
|
|
obedience
|
deference
acquiescene capitulation complaisance |
|
|
hasty; superficial
|
cursory
desultory |
|
|
superficially true
|
ostensible
specious seeming illusory dilettante spurious |
|
|
lavish
|
sumptuous
opulent posh |
|
|
superficial
|
factitious
ostensible glib |
|
|
decorated
|
ornate
rococo baroque sanguine aureate |
|
|
low energy
|
flagging
torpid attentuate languid lethargic lassitude listless indolence |
|
|
command
|
edict
precept dictum adjure decree interdict |
|
|
express sorrow
|
lament
keen dirge elegy threnody monody requiem |
|
|
speed; swiftness
|
celerity
alacrity legarity |
|
|
sarcastic; burning; irritating
|
abrade
caustic trenchant acrimonious |
|
|
cautious
|
chary
circumpsect sagacious sage |
|
|
to end; replace
|
evanescent
amortize abate abrogate rescind supersede vitiate attenuate adulterate abolish |
|
|
alleviate; lessen
|
extenuate
mitigate ameliorate assuage conciliatory |
|
|
charitable
|
beneficent
altruism philanthropy |
|
|
uniting; mix; joining
|
coherent
coalesce coterie contiguous confluence amalgam amalgamate splice |
|
|
stubborn
|
intractable
obstinate obdurate |
|
|
give up
|
abjure
repudite |
|
|
restraining; abstinent
|
austere
ascetic abstemious |
|
|
difficult to understand
|
recondite
abstruse |
|
|
wise
|
sagacious
acumen |
|
|
deviation; inconsistancy
|
anomaly
arcane aberrant aberration anachronism |
|
|
praise
|
eulogy
laudable laud tout sycophant encomium panegyric paean |
|
|
hard-working
|
indefatigable
assiduous |
|
|
domineering; unyielding
|
dogmatic
autocracy autocrat authoritarian |
|
|
suitable
|
adroit
apposite |
|
|
example; model
|
archetype
prototype paradigm |
|
|
simple; honest
|
unstinting
unfeigned artless |
|
|
disgust
|
repugnant
rancorous enmity antipathy rancor |
|
|
liveliness
|
alacrity
zealot ardor |
|
|
short time
|
ephemeral
fleeting compendious pithy |
|
|
irritation
|
waspish
tetchy fractious peevish choleric splenetic irascible crotchety curmudgeon ornery billious cantankerous nettle |
|
|
greedy
|
covetous
acquisitive avaricious avid esurient prehensile rapacious voracious cupidity rapacity |
|
|
sorrowful
|
despondent
forlorn melancholy woeful disconsolate doleful crestfallen dismal |
|
|
dislike
|
loath
execrate abhor enmity antipahty odium abominate animus dungeon |
|
|
abuse; belittlement; insult; criticize; harshness; meanness; harmfu; malign
|
reproof
asperation castigation invective vex reproach revile vituperation tirade lambaste impugn gainsay excoriate deride dersion derisive decry contravene belie irascible acerbic asperity noisome malign malevolent baleful abhor caustic deleterious |
|
|
greedy
|
covetous
acquisitive avaricious avid esurient prehensile rapacious voracious cupidity rapacity |
|
|
sorrowful
|
despondent
forlorn melancholy woeful disconsolate doleful crestfallen dismal |
|
|
dislike
|
loath
execrate abhor enmity antipahty odium abominate animus dungeon |
|
|
abuse; belittlement; insult; criticize; harshness; meanness; harmfu; malign
|
reproof asperation
castigation invective vex reproach revile vituperation tirade lambaste impugn gainsay excoriate deride dersion derisive decry contravene belie irascible acerbic asperity noisome malign malevolent baleful abhor caustic deleterious |
