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;
294 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
abstract
|
1.(adj) not concrete; theoretical
2. (n) a statement summarizing the important points of a text |
|
|
accumulated
|
gathered together or piled up
|
|
|
acquire/acquiring/acquired
|
to gain possesion of
|
|
|
adverse
|
opposing; unfavorable
|
|
|
abstraction
|
an abstract concept idea or term
|
|
|
accumulation
|
an increase by natural growth or addition
|
|
|
acquisition
|
something gained
|
|
|
acquisitive
|
eager to gain and posses
|
|
|
adversity
|
misfortune
|
|
|
adversary
|
enemy
|
|
|
adversarial
|
acting like an enemy
|
|
|
advocacy
|
active support, arguing for something
|
|
|
aesthete
|
someone who loves the beauty of art and nature
|
|
|
aesthetic/aestehtically
|
having to do with art or beauty
|
|
|
aesthetician
|
an expert in beauty and artistic
|
|
|
aestheticism
|
sensitivity to artistic beauty
|
|
|
ambiguous
|
having more than one meaning, unclear
|
|
|
ambiguity
|
something of unclear meaning
|
|
|
unambiguously
|
in a certain or clear manner
|
|
|
ambivalence
|
mixed or conflicting feelings
|
|
|
ambivalent
|
undecided; having opposing feelings
|
|
|
analogy
|
comparison
|
|
|
analogue
|
something that compares to something else
|
|
|
analogical
|
based on a comparison
|
|
|
analogous
|
similar
|
|
|
anecdotoe
|
a short and amusing story
|
|
|
anecdotal
|
like a short, amusing story, not factual
|
|
|
anonymity
|
the state of being unkown
|
|
|
anonymous/anonymously
|
without a name
|
|
|
anticipate
|
1. to expect 2. to provide for in advance
|
|
|
anticipation
|
expectation
|
|
|
apathy
|
lack of interest;indeifference
|
|
|
apathetic
|
feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern
|
|
|
apparatus
|
a device for a particular purpose
|
|
|
apparent
|
obvious;clear
|
|
|
appraise
|
to evaluate or estimate the value of
|
|
|
appraisal
|
an estimate
|
|
|
apt/aptly
|
appropriate
|
|
|
aptitude
|
talent;ability
|
|
|
aptness
|
appropriatness
|
|
|
inept
|
inappropriate;lacking skill
|
|
|
ineptitude
|
the quality of being unsuited
|
|
|
arbiter
|
someone who settles a dispute
|
|
|
arbitrate
|
to settle arguments through a neutral third party
|
|
|
arbitration
|
negotiation to settle differences conducted by a neutral party
|
|
|
arbitrator
|
someone chosen to settle a dispute
|
|
|
arbitrary
|
random
|
|
|
articulate
|
to speak clearly
|
|
|
articulation
|
the act of vocal expression
|
|
|
inarticulate
|
unable to speak clearly
|
|
|
aspire
|
to have a great ambition or ultimate goal
|
|
|
aspiration
|
1. the act of breathing
2. a cherished desire; ambition |
|
|
aspirant
|
a hopeful person
|
|
|
assert
|
to state or act forcefully
|
|
|
assertion
|
something declared or stated positively
|
|
|
assertive
|
confidently aggresive
|
|
|
assess
|
to measure(e.g., the tax on a property); to evaluate
|
|
|
assessment
|
an evaluation of something's worth
|
|
|
attribute
|
1.(n)a characteristic or quality
2.(v)to give credit; to indicate a cause of something |
|
|
attribution
|
assigning to a cause or source
|
|
|
attributable
|
capable of being credited as a cause of something
|
|
|
augment
|
to add to
|
|
|
authentic
|
real
|
|
|
inauthentic
|
not genuine
|
|
|
authenticate
|
to prove to be genuine
|
|
|
authority
|
1.the power to exercise dominating control over
|
|
|
authoritative
|
having influence commanding
|
|
|
authoritarian
|
favoring authority;dictorial
|
|
|
authoritarianism
|
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator
|
|
|
awe
|
an overwelming feeling of wonder or admiration
|
|
|
awestruck
|
full of wonder
|
|
|
belie/belying/belied
|
to give a false impression of
|
|
|
beneficent
|
doing or producing good
|
|
|
beneficial
|
helpful; producing a favorable result
|
|
|
beneficiary
|
someone who recieves a gift or advantage
|
|
|
benefited
|
profited from
|
|
|
censor
|
1.(n)someone with the power to stop publication
2.(v)to block out offensive material |
|
|
censorship
|
deleting parts of publications or performances
|
|
|
uncensored
|
not edited for bad or improper content
|
|
|
clarify
|
to make clear
|
|
|
clarification
|
an interpretation that clears up confusion or uncertainty
|
|
|
clarity
|
clearness, in thought or apperance
|
|
|
coherent
|
logical;clear
|
|
|
incoherent
|
difficult to understand; jumbled
|
|
|
coherence
|
logically understandable; consistent
|
|
|
collaborate
|
to work together
|
|
|
collaboration
|
the act of working together
|
|
|
collaborator
|
someone who works with others toward a common goal
|
|
|
collaborative
|
working together
|
|
|
colleague
|
co-worker
|
|
|
commended
|
praised
|
|
|
commendable
|
worthy of high praise
|
|
|
commendation
|
a message expressing a favorable opinion
|
|
|
compatible
|
able to get along well together
|
|
|
incompatible
|
badly matched; not getting along well together
|
|
|
compelled
|
to force someone to do something
|
|
|
competence
|
ability
|
|
|
incompetence
|
inability
|
|
|
competent
|
well-qualified;capable
|
|
|
incompetent
|
unable
|
|
|
complacence
|
self-satisfication
|
|
|
complacency
|
showing self-satisfaction
|
|
|
complacent
|
self-satisfied;smug
|
|
|
conceal
|
to hide
|
|
|
concealment
|
the condition of being hidden
|
|
|
conception
|
the creation of a concept or idea
|
|
|
conceptualize
|
to form an idea
|
|
|
misconception
|
mistaken idea
|
|
|
preconception
|
an opinion formed without enough knowledge or experience
|
|
|
conceptual
|
having the property of ideas; not physical
|
|
|
condemn
|
to disapprove; to find guilty
|
|
|
condemnation
|
an expression of strong disapproval
|
|
|
condemnatory
|
containing strong disapproval
|
|
|
congruent
|
alike
|
|
|
congruity
|
sameness
|
|
|
incongruity
|
not approptriate; different
|
|
|
congruous
|
corresponding; harmonious
|
|
|
incongruous
|
strange;out of place
|
|
|
conscience
|
your sense of right and wrong
|
|
|
conscientious
|
careful;ethical
|
|
|
consequence
|
result
|
|
|
conservation
|
saving from loss or damage
|
|
|
console
|
to comfort or soothe
|
|
|
contemporaneous
|
existing or happening during the same period of time
|
|
|
contempt
|
hatred
|
|
|
contend
|
1. to compete
2. to dispute |
|
|
controvertible
|
capable of being questioned; disputable
|
|
|
convention
|
a custom
|
|
|
convey
|
1. to send
2. to carry |
|
|
convoluted
|
hard to understand; complicated; twisted
|
|
|
cultivate
|
1. to grow(e.g. plants)
2. to develop or improve |
|
|
cynic
|
a person whose outlook is habitually negative
|
|
|
defy
|
to resist openly
|
|
|
denounce
|
to criticize; to attack in speech or writing
|
|
|
depict
|
to represent in words or a picture
|
|
|
conscientious/
conscientiously |
careful; ethical
|
|
|
conscious/
consciously |
awake; aware
|
|
|
consciousness
|
awareness
|
|
|
unconscious/
unconsciously |
lacking awareness, as if asleep or dead
|
|
|
consequent/
consequently |
as a result
|
|
|
consequential
|
1. important
2. resulting |
|
|
inconsequential
|
unimportant
|
|
|
conservationist
|
someone who protects the environment
|
|
|
conservative
|
traditional; seeking to preserve the past
|
|
|
conservatism
|
traditional or moderate behavior
|
|
|
consolation
|
comfort
|
|
|
consolatory
|
showing comfort
|
|
|
consolingly
|
in a comforting manner
|
|
|
contemporary
|
1. of the same time
2. present |
|
|
contemptuous/
contemptuously |
expressing hatred
|
|
|
dictate
|
to control or command
|
|
|
discern
|
1. to recognize
2. to distinguis between things |
|
|
discredit
|
to disbelieve; to dishonor
|
|
|
discriminate
|
to notice differences
|
|
|
disdain
|
to look down upon; to scorn
|
|
|
disparage
|
to criticize; to put down
|
|
|
dispose
|
to throw away
|
|
|
dispute
|
to agrue about; debate
|
|
|
distinction
|
1. difference
2. quality of being unusual |
|
|
distort
|
to twist or change
|
|
|
divert
|
1. to entertain
2. to change the direction of |
|
|
doctrine
|
something taught (as in the principles of a religion)
|
|
|
dubious
|
doubtfull
|
|
|
eccentric
|
strange; unusual in an interesting way
|
|
|
eloquent
|
able to express onself clearly and effectively
|
|
|
elude
|
to escape, either physically or mentally
|
|
|
embellish
|
1. to decorate; to improve
2. to exaggerate |
|
|
empathy
|
sympathy; ability to feel another's feelings
|
|
|
encompass
|
to include or surround
|
|
|
endorse
|
to support; to approve
|
|
|
endure
|
1. to tolerate
2. to last; to remain |
|
|
enlighten
|
to inform; to make clear
|
|
|
equitable
|
fair; equal
|
|
|
eradicating
|
to get rid of
|
|
|
err
|
to make a mistake
|
|
|
ethic
|
the principles of right and wrong
|
|
|
evoke
|
to call forth
|
|
|
exasperating
|
to frustrate; to irritate
|
|
|
exclude
|
to not accept
|
|
|
exemplify
|
to illustrate by example
|
|
|
exploit
|
1. v) to take advantage of
2. n) an acomplishment |
|
|
facile
|
easily accomplished or understood
|
|
|
foster
|
to promote growth or development of
|
|
|
fundamental
|
basic; elementary
|
|
|
futile
|
useless; unsuccessful
|
|
|
genre
|
type
|
|
|
grand
|
impressive in scale
|
|
|
gullible
|
believing everything; foolish trusting
|
|
|
hierarchy
|
a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system
|
|
|
hostile
|
unfriendly; characteristic of an enemy
|
|
|
hypothesis
|
assumption; possible explanation
|
|
|
illuminate
|
to shed light on; to clarify
|
|
|
illusory
|
deceptive; unreal
|
|
|
implement
|
to put into practice
|
|
|
indifferent
|
lack of interest or feeling; apathetic; neutral
|
|
|
induce
|
1. to persuade
2. to bring about |
|
|
indulge
|
to give satisfaction to
|
|
|
industrial
|
relating to the production and sale of goods
|
|
|
inevitable
|
unavoidable
|
|
|
ingenious
|
clever; resourcefull
|
|
|
innovative
|
to be creative; to do something new
|
|
|
insight
|
a sudden understanding
|
|
|
integrate
|
to combine
|
|
|
integrity
|
honesty; sincerity
|
|
|
intimate
|
1. adj) close (as in relationships)
2. (v) to imply or suggest 3.adj) thorough(as in knowledge) |
|
|
intuitve
|
derived from or prompted by a natural tendency
|
|
|
invoke
|
to call upon(for help)
|
|
|
irony
|
use of words to express the opposite meaning
|
|
|
justify
|
to prove to be right
|
|
|
legislate
|
to create or pass laws
|
|
|
legitimate
|
in accordance with accepted standards or law
|
|
|
liberate
|
to set free
|
|
|
mere
|
insignificant; minor
|
|
|
mimic
|
to copy or imitate
|
|
|
mobile
|
capable of moving
|
|
|
moderate
|
1.adj) not extreme
2.v)to direct or lead |
|
|
moral
|
relating to principles of right and wrong
|
|
|
mortality
|
the quality of being subject to death
|
|
|
mutability
|
changeability
|
|
|
mystify
|
to confuse; to make unclear
|
|
|
naive
|
lacking worldly experience
|
|
|
nostalgia
|
a bittersweet longing for things persons, or situations of the past
|
|
|
objective
|
1. n)goal
2. adj)neutral; impartial; without feelings |
|
|
obliging
|
ready and willing to do favors for others
|
|
|
obscure
|
1.adj)unclear, vague
|
|
|
obsolete
|
out-of-date
|
|
|
ornate
|
heavily decorated
|
|
|
orthodox
|
traditional; standard; conventional
|
|
|
passive
|
not active
|
|
|
patron
|
1. customer
2. supporter |
|
|
perception
|
becoming aware via the senses
|
|
|
perpetuate
|
to make last longer
|
|
|
perplex
|
to confuse
|
|
|
phenomenon
|
occurrence; fact or circumstance
|
|
|
pragmatic
|
practical
|
|
|
preceding
|
to come before
|
|
|
predominant
|
the most frequent, common or influential
|
|
|
presume
|
to take for granted; to believe without reason
|
|
|
pretense
|
a false appearance
|
|
|
proclaim
|
to announce officially and publicly
|
|
|
profound
|
deep; full of meaning
|
|
|
prominent
|
standing out, noble
|
|
|
prose
|
ordinary language
|
|
|
prosperity
|
success; wealth
|
|
|
provoke
|
to bring about, especially anger
|
|
|
prudent
|
careful, cautious
|
|
|
radical
|
1. n) extremist
2. adj)extreme |
|
|
rational
|
logical; reasonable; sensible
|
|
|
recluse
|
1. n) a person who withdraws from the world to live alone
2. adj) withdrawn from the world |
|
|
reconcile
|
to settle(an argument, a problem...); to make up with someone
|
|
|
refine
|
to improve or purify
|
|
|
refute
|
to rejectl to disprove
|
|
|
relevant
|
important; pertinent
|
|
|
renown
|
fame
|
|
|
resilient
|
recovering readily from adversity
|
|
|
revere
|
to respet greatly
|
|
|
revoke
|
to take back; cancel
|
|
|
rhetoric
|
skill in using language effectively and persuasively
|
|
|
rigor
|
1. severity; strictness
2. strict accuracy or detail |
|
|
satire
|
1. the use of ridicule in speech or writing
2. a literary work that ridicules |
|
|
scarce
|
short in supply; not enough
|
|
|
scorn
|
to show dislike and disrespect
|
|
|
scrutiny
|
a close, careful examination or study
|
|
|
sentiment
|
feeling or emotion
|
|
|
serene
|
calm; peaceful
|
|
|
solitary
|
existing without others; alone
|
|
|
speculate
|
to believe, especially on uncertain grounds
|
|
|
stimulus
|
something that causes a response
|
|
|
subjective
|
taking place in a person's mind and affected by personal bias
|
|
|
subtle
|
not easily seen; difficult to understand
|
|
|
subtle
|
not easily seen; difficult to understand
|
|
|
superficial
|
shallow; on the surface
|
|
|
supplant
|
to replace
|
|
|
suppress
|
to keep down by force; to keep secret
|
|
|
sustain
|
to maintain; to keep up
|
|
|
subtle
|
not easily seen; difficult to understand
|
|
|
superficial
|
shallow; on the surface
|
|
|
supplant
|
to replace
|
|
|
suppress
|
to keep down by force; to keep secret
|
|
|
sustain
|
to maintain; to keep up
|
|
|
tact
|
ability to do or say the right thing at the right time
|
|
|
temper
|
1. to claim; to soothe
2. to balance |
|
|
tenacious
|
persisting; firm; unyielding
|
|
|
tolerant
|
broad-minded
|
|
|
tranquil
|
calm
|
|
|
transient
|
short-lived
|
|
|
trivial
|
unimportant
|
|
|
tyrant
|
an absolute ruler who governs without restrictions
|
|
|
undermine
|
to weaken
|
|
|
underscore
|
1. to underline
2. to emphasize |
|
|
valid
|
well grounded in logic or truth
|
|
|
vigor
|
strength; energy
|
|
|
wary
|
cautious; watchful
|
|
|
whim
|
a sudden desire
|
