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;
25 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
abscond
|
to leave quickly and secretly and hide onself, esp from the law
|
|
|
altruism
|
unselfish concern for the welfare of others, selflessness
|
|
|
castigate
|
to inflict severe punishment, criticize severely
|
|
|
malign
|
to make evil, harmful, and often untrue statements about, speak evil of
|
|
|
bane
|
fatal injury or ruin, cause of aforementioned, deadly poison
|
|
|
blight
|
something that impairs growth, withers hopes and ambitions, or impedes progress and prosperity
|
|
|
capitulate
|
to surrender under specified conditions, come to terms, give up all resistance
|
|
|
mundane
|
bound of earth, worldly, typical of or concerned w/ordinary
|
|
|
paltry
|
petty, worthless, trashy
|
|
|
prodigious
|
aweseomly great in size, force, or extent
|
|
|
pugnacious
|
eager to fight, aggressive by nature
|
|
|
benign
|
of a kindly disposition, gracious
|
|
|
brusque
|
abrupt and curt, discourteously blunt
|
|
|
placate
|
to allay the anger of; appease
|
|
|
expedite
|
to perform efficiently and quickly to speed up a process
|
|
|
flippant
|
marked by disrespectful indifference
|
|
|
piety
|
a devout thought, act, or statement
|
|
|
pretense
|
a false appearance or action designed to deceive
|
|
|
recluse
|
solitary
|
|
|
inane
|
without sense or substance
|
|
|
precocious
|
unusually early development/maturity
|
|
|
didactic
|
intended to teach/moralize (excessively)
|
|
|
egress
|
an exit, emergence, right to leave
|
|
|
nemesis
|
unbeatable opponent, source of harm or ruin
|
|
|
paradox
|
a contradictory statement that may not be true
|
