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;
120 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
approbation
|
commendation
|
|
assuage
|
alleviate
|
|
coalition
|
alliance
|
|
decadence
|
corruption
|
|
elicit
|
extract
|
|
expostulate
|
protest
|
|
hackneyed
|
corny
|
|
hiatus
|
pause
|
|
innuendo
|
insinuation
|
|
intercede
|
mediate
|
|
jaded
|
worn-out
|
|
lurid
|
gory
|
|
meritorious
|
worthy
|
|
petulant
|
irritable
|
|
perogative
|
perk
|
|
provincial
|
narrow-minded
|
|
simulate
|
pretend
|
|
transcend
|
exceed
|
|
umbrage
|
irritation
|
|
unctuous
|
excessively smooth
|
|
ameliorate
|
amend
|
|
aplomb
|
poise
|
|
bombastic
|
pompous
|
|
callow
|
immature
|
|
drivel
|
saliva
|
|
epitome
|
summary
|
|
exhort
|
to urge strongly
|
|
ex officio
|
by virtue of holding a certain office
|
|
infringe
|
violate
|
|
ingratiate
|
cozy up to
|
|
interloper
|
trespasser
|
|
intrinsic
|
organic
|
|
inveigh
|
to make a violent attack in words
|
|
lassitude
|
weariness of body or mind
|
|
millennium
|
a period of 1000 years
|
|
occult
|
supernatural
|
|
permeate
|
penetrate
|
|
precipitate
|
rain; provoke
|
|
stringent
|
stern
|
|
surmise
|
infer
|
|
abominate
|
loathe
|
|
acculturation
|
adaptation
|
|
adventitious
|
incidental
|
|
ascribe
|
attribute
|
|
circuitous
|
roundabout
|
|
commiserate
|
empathize
|
|
enjoin
|
command
|
|
expedite
|
accelerate
|
|
expiate
|
redeem
|
|
ferment
|
commotion
|
|
inadvertent
|
accidental
|
|
nominal
|
name only
|
|
noncommittal
|
not decisive
|
|
peculate
|
to steal something
|
|
proclivity
|
tendency
|
|
sangfroid
|
coolness
|
|
seditious
|
rebellious
|
|
tenuous
|
thin
|
|
vitriolic
|
sarcastic
|
|
wheedle
|
sweet talk
|
|
affable
|
courteous
|
|
aggrandize
|
to build up or intensify
|
|
amorphous
|
shapeless
|
|
aura
|
ambience
|
|
contraband
|
smuggled goods
|
|
erudite
|
scholarly
|
|
gossamer
|
delicate
|
|
infer
|
speculate
|
|
inscrutable
|
inpenetrable
|
|
insular
|
narrow-minded
|
|
irrevocable
|
irreversible
|
|
propensity
|
natural inclination
|
|
querulous
|
irritable
|
|
remonstrate
|
reason against
|
|
repudiate
|
disown
|
|
resiliant
|
springy
|
|
reverberate
|
rumble
|
|
scurrilous
|
obscene
|
|
sedulous
|
persistent
|
|
sleazy
|
cheap
|
|
amnesty
|
general pardon
|
|
autonomy
|
self-government
|
|
axiomatic
|
taken for granted
|
|
blazon
|
embellish
|
|
caveat
|
warning
|
|
equitable
|
right
|
|
extricate
|
extract
|
|
flout
|
mock
|
|
filch
|
steal
|
|
fractious
|
unruly
|
|
precept
|
principle
|
|
salutary
|
beneficial
|
|
scathing
|
bitterly sever
|
|
scourge
|
punish severly
|
|
sepulchral
|
funeral
|
|
soporfic
|
narcotic
|
|
straitlaced
|
overly strict
|
|
transient
|
lasting a short time
|
|
unwieldy
|
combersome
|
|
vapid
|
lifeless
|
|
anomalous
|
abnormal
|
|
aspersion
|
innuendo
|
|
bizzare
|
outlandish
|
|
brusque
|
abrupt
|
|
cajole
|
sweet talk
|
|
castigate
|
punish
|
|
contrive
|
think up
|
|
demagogue
|
rabble-rouser
|
|
disabuse
|
set straight
|
|
ennui
|
weariness
|
|
fetter
|
a chain or shackle
|
|
heinous
|
very wicked
|
|
immutable
|
unchangable
|
|
insurent
|
rebellious
|
|
megalomania
|
delusion by a feeling of power
|
|
sinecure
|
bull shit job
|
|
surreptitious
|
secret
|
|
transgress
|
overstep
|
|
transmute
|
transform
|
|
vicarious
|
second hand
|