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;
235 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
abstruse
|
difficult to understand
|
|
|
arcane
|
difficult to understand
|
|
|
enigmatic
|
difficult to understand
|
|
|
esoteric
|
difficult to understand
|
|
|
inscrutable
|
difficult to understand
|
|
|
obscure
|
difficult to understand
|
|
|
opaque
|
difficult to understand
|
|
|
rarefied
|
difficult to understand
|
|
|
recondite
|
difficult to understand
|
|
|
turbid
|
difficult to understand
|
|
|
bacchanlian
|
debauchery
|
|
|
carousal
|
debauchery
|
|
|
depraved
|
debauchery
|
|
|
dissipated
|
debauchery
|
|
|
iniquity
|
debauchery
|
|
|
libertine
|
debauchery
|
|
|
libidinous
|
debauchery
|
|
|
licentious
|
debauchery
|
|
|
reprobate
|
debauchery
|
|
|
ribald
|
debauchery
|
|
|
salacious
|
debauchery
|
|
|
sordid
|
debauchery
|
|
|
turpitude
|
debauchery
|
|
|
astute
|
smart/learned
|
|
|
canny
|
smart/learned
|
|
|
erudite
|
smart/learned
|
|
|
perspicacious
|
smart/learned
|
|
|
capricious
|
changing quickly
|
|
|
mercurial
|
changing quickly
|
|
|
volatile
|
changing quickly
|
|
|
aspersion
|
criticize
|
|
|
belittle
|
criticize
|
|
|
berate
|
criticize
|
|
|
calumny
|
criticize
|
|
|
castigate
|
criticize
|
|
|
decry
|
criticize
|
|
|
defamation
|
criticize
|
|
|
deride/derisive
|
criticize
|
|
|
diatribe
|
criticize
|
|
|
disparage
|
criticize
|
|
|
excoriate
|
criticize
|
|
|
gainsay
|
criticize
|
|
|
harangue
|
criticize
|
|
|
impugn
|
criticize
|
|
|
inveigh
|
criticize
|
|
|
lambaste
|
criticize
|
|
|
obloquy
|
criticize
|
|
|
objurgate
|
criticize
|
|
|
opprobrium
|
criticize
|
|
|
pillory
|
criticize
|
|
|
rebuke
|
criticize
|
|
|
remonstrate
|
criticize
|
|
|
reprehend
|
criticize
|
|
|
reprove
|
criticize
|
|
|
revile
|
criticize
|
|
|
vituperate
|
criticize
|
|
|
accolade
|
praise
|
|
|
aggrandize
|
praise
|
|
|
encomium
|
praise
|
|
|
eulogize
|
praise
|
|
|
eulogize
|
praise
|
|
|
extol
|
praise
|
|
|
laud/laudatory
|
praise
|
|
|
venerate/veneration
|
praise
|
|
|
destitute
|
poor
|
|
|
esurient
|
poor
|
|
|
indigent
|
poor
|
|
|
impecunious
|
poor
|
|
|
abeyance
|
withdrawal/retreat
|
|
|
abjure
|
withdrawal/retreat
|
|
|
abnegation
|
withdrawal/retreat
|
|
|
abortive
|
withdrawal/retreat
|
|
|
abrogate
|
withdrawal/retreat
|
|
|
decamp
|
withdrawal/retreat
|
|
|
demur
|
withdrawal/retreat
|
|
|
recant
|
withdrawal/retreat
|
|
|
recidivism
|
withdrawal/retreat
|
|
|
remission
|
withdrawal/retreat
|
|
|
renege
|
withdrawal/retreat
|
|
|
rescind
|
withdrawal/retreat
|
|
|
retrograde
|
withdrawal/retreat
|
|
|
candor/candid
|
truth
|
|
|
fealty
|
truth
|
|
|
frankness
|
truth
|
|
|
indisputable
|
truth
|
|
|
indubitable
|
truth
|
|
|
legitimate
|
truth
|
|
|
probity
|
truth
|
|
|
sincere
|
truth
|
|
|
veracious/verity
|
truth
|
|
|
acerbic
|
biting(as in wit/temperament)
|
|
|
acidulous
|
biting(as in wit/temperament)
|
|
|
acrimonious
|
biting(as in wit/temperament)
|
|
|
asperity
|
biting(as in wit/temperament)
|
|
|
caustic
|
biting(as in wit/temperament)
|
|
|
mordant
|
biting(as in wit/temperament)
|
|
|
mordacious
|
biting(as in wit/temperament)
|
|
|
trenchant
|
biting(as in wit/temperament)
|
|
|
adulterate
|
weaken
|
|
|
enervate
|
weaken
|
|
|
inhibit
|
weaken
|
|
|
obviate
|
weaken
|
|
|
stultify
|
weaken
|
|
|
undermine
|
weaken
|
|
|
vitiate
|
weaken
|
|
|
baleful
|
harmful
|
|
|
baneful
|
harmful
|
|
|
deleterious
|
harmful
|
|
|
inimical
|
harmful
|
|
|
injurious
|
harmful
|
|
|
insidious
|
harmful
|
|
|
minatory
|
harmful
|
|
|
perfidious
|
harmful
|
|
|
pernicious
|
harmful
|
|
|
craven
|
timid
|
|
|
diffident
|
timid
|
|
|
pusillanimous
|
timid
|
|
|
recreant
|
timid
|
|
|
timorous
|
timid
|
|
|
trepidation
|
timid
|
|
|
implacable
|
stubborn
|
|
|
inexorable
|
stubborn
|
|
|
intractable
|
stubborn
|
|
|
intransigent
|
stubborn
|
|
|
obdurate
|
stubborn
|
|
|
obstinate
|
stubborn
|
|
|
pertinacious
|
stubborn
|
|
|
recalcitrant
|
stubborn
|
|
|
refactory
|
stubborn
|
|
|
renitent
|
stubborn
|
|
|
untoward
|
stubborn
|
|
|
burgeoning
|
beginning/young
|
|
|
callow
|
beginning/young
|
|
|
engender
|
beginning/young
|
|
|
inchoate
|
beginning/young
|
|
|
incipient
|
beginning/young
|
|
|
nascent
|
beginning/young
|
|
|
bombastic
|
overblown/wordy
|
|
|
circumlocution
|
overblown/wordy
|
|
|
garrulous
|
overblown/wordy
|
|
|
grandiloquent
|
overblown/wordy
|
|
|
loquacious
|
overblown/wordy
|
|
|
periphrastic
|
overblown/wordy
|
|
|
prolix
|
overblown/wordy
|
|
|
turgid
|
overblown/wordy
|
|
|
verbose
|
overblown/wordy
|
|
|
antithetic
|
hostile
|
|
|
churlish
|
hostile
|
|
|
curmudgeon
|
hostile
|
|
|
irascible
|
hostile
|
|
|
malevolent
|
hostile
|
|
|
misanthropic
|
hostile
|
|
|
truculent
|
hostile
|
|
|
vindictive
|
hostile
|
|
|
banal
|
boring
|
|
|
cliched
|
boring
|
|
|
fatuous
|
boring
|
|
|
hackneyed
|
boring
|
|
|
insipid
|
boring
|
|
|
mundane
|
boring
|
|
|
pedestrian
|
boring
|
|
|
platitude
|
boring
|
|
|
prosaic
|
boring
|
|
|
quotidian
|
boring
|
|
|
trite
|
boring
|
|
|
compendious
|
terse
|
|
|
curt
|
terse
|
|
|
laconic
|
terse
|
|
|
pithy
|
terse
|
|
|
succinct
|
terse
|
|
|
taciturn
|
terse
|
|
|
credulous
|
inexperienced
|
|
|
gullible
|
inexperienced
|
|
|
naive
|
inexperienced
|
|
|
ingeuous
|
inexperienced
|
|
|
novitiate
|
inexperienced
|
|
|
tyro
|
inexperienced
|
|
|
abet
|
assist
|
|
|
advocate
|
assist
|
|
|
ancillary
|
assist
|
|
|
bolster
|
assist
|
|
|
corroborate
|
assist
|
|
|
countenance
|
assist
|
|
|
espouse
|
assist
|
|
|
mainstay
|
assist
|
|
|
munificent
|
assist
|
|
|
proponent
|
assist
|
|
|
stalwart
|
assist
|
|
|
sustenance
|
assist
|
|
|
avaricious
|
greedy
|
|
|
covetous
|
greedy
|
|
|
mercenary
|
greedy
|
|
|
miserly
|
greedy
|
|
|
penurious
|
greedy
|
|
|
venal
|
greedy
|
|
|
ameliorate
|
satisfy
|
|
|
appease
|
satisfy
|
|
|
assuage
|
satisfy
|
|
|
defer
|
satisfy
|
|
|
mitigate
|
satisfy
|
|
|
mollify
|
satisfy
|
|
|
pacify
|
satisfy
|
|
|
placate
|
satisfy
|
|
|
propitiate
|
satisfy
|
|
|
satiate
|
satisfy
|
|
|
slake
|
satisfy
|
|
|
apocryphal
|
false
|
|
|
guile
|
false
|
|
|
dissemble
|
false
|
|
|
mendacious
|
false
|
|
|
duplicity
|
false
|
|
|
mendacity
|
false
|
|
|
equivocate
|
false
|
|
|
prevaricate/prevarication
|
false
|
|
|
equivocation
|
false
|
|
|
fallacious
|
false
|
|
|
erroneous
|
false
|
|
|
specious
|
false
|
|
|
ersatz
|
false
|
|
|
spurious
|
false
|
|
|
aggravate
|
annoy
|
|
|
irk
|
annoy
|
|
|
irritate
|
annoy
|
|
|
perturb
|
annoy
|
|
|
vex
|
annoy
|
|
|
acolyte
|
beginner
|
|
|
neophyte
|
beginner
|
|
|
novice
|
beginner
|
|
|
proselyte
|
beginner
|
|
|
tyro
|
beginner
|
|
|
festering
|
foul
|
|
|
fetid
|
foul
|
|
|
fulsome
|
foul
|
|
|
invidious
|
foul
|
|
|
noisome
|
foul
|
