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;
110 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Inclined
|
to depart from the horizontal or vertical
|
|
|
privy
|
made a participant in a secret
|
|
|
feigned
|
to give false appearance
|
|
|
levity
|
lightness of speech or attitude
|
|
|
marred
|
to injure
|
|
|
Elations
|
to fill w/ happiness/joy
|
|
|
Supercilious
|
characterize by haughty scorn
|
|
|
pungent
|
producing a sharp sensation of taste and smell
|
|
|
buyoed
|
to be lifted up in spirits
|
|
|
inperceptibly
|
not percievably
|
|
|
reciprocal
|
done or given
|
|
|
fervent
|
shwoing great warmth of feelings
|
|
|
devoid
|
completely without
|
|
|
skepticism
|
one who questions , gernerally accepted matters
|
|
|
peremptorily
|
a law barring further action; final
|
|
|
peremptorily
|
a law barring further action; final
|
|
|
conscientious
|
governed by ones conscience
|
|
|
incredulous
|
unwilling to believe
|
|
|
wan
|
sickly pale
|
|
|
complacent
|
contentment
|
|
|
intimation
|
private or personel
|
|
|
Impenetrable
|
that cannot be penetrated
|
|
|
oculist
|
an opthalmologist
|
|
|
borough
|
an incorporated municipality in certain states
|
|
|
sauntered
|
to walk slowly
|
|
|
sauntered
|
to walk slowly
|
|
|
sumptuous
|
rich/lavish
|
|
|
perceptible
|
capable or being percepted
|
|
|
pastoral
|
associated w/ shepards
|
|
|
interposed
|
to place or inster
|
|
|
haughtily
|
self admiring
|
|
|
proprietary
|
fitness=rightness
|
|
|
hauteur
|
haughtiness of manner
|
|
|
deft
|
neatly skillful
|
|
|
contiguous
|
touching in line
|
|
|
interpose
|
to place or insert
|
|
|
cower
|
crouch or shrink back
|
|
|
Apathetic
|
having no emotion
|
|
|
languid
|
lacking vigor
|
|
|
strident
|
loud and harsh
|
|
|
harlequin
|
a clown;buffoon
|
|
|
gaudy
|
too brightly colored and showy
|
|
|
permeate
|
to spread or flow throughout
|
|
|
innuendo
|
an indirect, subtle derogatory insinuation
|
|
|
ascertain
|
to discover through investigation
|
|
|
vicinity
|
the condition of being near
|
|
|
corpulent
|
large/bulky of body;fat
|
|
|
jovial
|
endowed w/ or characterized by a hearts joyous humor or a spirit of good fellowship
|
|
|
indignant
|
feeling, characterized by or expressing strong displeasure at something
|
|
|
dissension
|
strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel
|
|
|
jaunty
|
a short excursion of enjoyment
|
|
|
vehement
|
showing or caused by strong feeling; forceful
|
|
|
provincial
|
of or concerning a principal administrative division of some countries
|
|
|
punctilious
|
very careful about nice points of behavior
|
|
|
Retribution
|
punishment for evil doing/award for good doings
|
|
|
Juxtaposition
|
state of being close together or side by side
|
|
|
fluctuate
|
change continually
|
|
|
sporadic
|
happening at irregular intervals
|
|
|
denizen
|
an inhabitant or resident
|
|
|
innumerable
|
too many to be counted
|
|
|
reproach
|
express dissapproval
|
|
|
serf
|
a laborer not allowed to leave where he works
|
|
|
obstinate
|
subborn;intractable
|
|
|
exult
|
to be greatly joyful
|
|
|
nebulous
|
cloudlike
|
|
|
Notoriety
|
the quality of condition of being notorious
|
|
|
insidious
|
working or spreading harmfully in a sbtle or a stealthy
|
|
|
ramifications
|
the act or process of branching out or dividing into branches
|
|
|
ingratiate
|
to make an effort to insinuate in to the good graces or favor of another
|
|
|
laudable
|
deserving aprobation;praise-worthy
|
|
|
Repose
|
the act of resting
|
|
|
debauch
|
to corrupt morally; seduce
|
|
|
perturb
|
to distrub greatly
|
|
|
dilatory
|
tending or intended to delay
|
|
|
desolate
|
devoid of inhabitants; deserted
|
|
|
commotion
|
noisy outburst of distraction
|
|
|
portentous
|
like or serving as a portent
|
|
|
irreverent
|
lacking reverence
|
|
|
vicarious
|
experienced through the imagination
|
|
|
rancor
|
inveterate business
|
|
|
formidable
|
inspiring fear or dread
|
|
|
stratum
|
a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed
|
|
|
humidor
|
a container or storage room for cigars or other preparations of tobacco
|
|
|
indiscernible
|
something that cannt be seen or perceived clearly
|
|
|
settee
|
a seat for two or more people
|
|
|
In cahoots
|
in partnership or a conspiracy
|
|
|
Divot
|
A piece of turf gouged out w/ a club in making a stroke
|
|
|
Garrulous
|
excessively talking in a rambling, roundabout manner
|
|
|
incoherent
|
w/o logical or meaningful connection
|
|
|
conceivable
|
capable of being imaginable
|
|
|
forlorn
|
lonely and sad, forsaken
|
|
|
laden
|
burdened; loaded down.
|
|
|
Pasquinade
|
Satire
|
|
|
Derange
|
to upset the arrangement or working of somethin
|
|
|
a conjecture
|
superfluous
|
|
|
In cahoots
|
in partnership or a conspiracy
|
|
|
Divot
|
A piece of turf gouged out w/ a club in making a stroke
|
|
|
Garrulous
|
excessively talking in a rambling, roundabout manner
|
|
|
incoherent
|
w/o logical or meaningful connection
|
|
|
conceivable
|
capable of being imaginable
|
|
|
forlorn
|
lonely and sad, forsaken
|
|
|
laden
|
burdened; loaded down.
|
|
|
Pasquinade
|
Satire
|
|
|
Derange
|
to upset the arrangement or working of somethin
|
|
|
a conjecture
|
superfluous
|
|
|
Elocution
|
the art of public speaking
|
|
|
unutterable
|
inexpressible
|
|
|
subtle
|
mentally keen
|
|
|
borne
|
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
|
|
|
ceaselessly
|
unceasing or continual.
|
