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;
73 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Alacrity
|
speed and eagerness
|
|
|
Amiable
|
friendly; lovable
|
|
|
Apathetic
|
lacking energy or interest
|
|
|
Bypasses
|
avoids; finds a way around
|
|
|
Capricious
|
whimsical; changeable
|
|
|
Censures
|
blames
|
|
|
Conciliatory
|
seeking compromise
|
|
|
Convergence
|
coming together
|
|
|
Cumulative
|
building up
|
|
|
Deferment
|
putting off
|
|
|
Deliberation
|
careful thought
|
|
|
Delineates
|
outlines
|
|
|
Derelict
|
rundown; abandoned
|
|
|
Discrepancy
|
inconsistency
|
|
|
Embittered
|
full of bitter feelings
|
|
|
Encroaching
|
trespassing
|
|
|
Eradicate
|
wipe out
|
|
|
Exacerbates
|
makes worse
|
|
|
Exasperation
|
frustration and annoyance
|
|
|
Exorbitant
|
excessive
|
|
|
Flabbergasted
|
shocked; speechless
|
|
|
Foil for
|
person that shows another to advantage
|
|
|
Frugal
|
economical
|
|
|
Glacial
|
icy; unfriendly
|
|
|
Grimy
|
dirty
|
|
|
Inconsequential
|
unimportant
|
|
|
Indiscernible
|
not easy to see
|
|
|
Infusion
|
influx. Something infused or introduced:
|
|
|
Integrity
|
honesty
|
|
|
Jaded
|
tired; bored
|
|
|
Juxtaposition
|
placing two thing nest to each other
|
|
|
Lithe
|
flexible
|
|
|
Miffed
|
annoyed
|
|
|
Mitigator
|
moderator; someone who relieves.
|
|
|
Modicum
|
tiny amount
|
|
|
Negate
|
wipe out
|
|
|
Nondescript
|
having no special qualities; ordinary
|
|
|
Penurious
|
miserly; Unwilling to spend money; stingy.
|
|
|
Phlegmatic
|
calm; imperturbable
|
|
|
Razing
|
cutting down
|
|
|
Recrimination
|
blame
|
|
|
Reprieve
|
let off (at least temporarily)
|
|
|
Rousing
|
stirring
|
|
|
Salvageable
|
can be saved
|
|
|
Scouring
|
cleaning thoroughly; thorough searching
|
|
|
Secluded
|
lonely; isolated
|
|
|
Solace
|
comfort
|
|
|
Squelch
|
suppress; crush
|
|
|
Stifling
|
suppressing
|
|
|
Surfeit
|
excess
|
|
|
Tangential
|
off the point; irrelevant
|
|
|
Temper
|
moderate
|
|
|
Tremulous
|
hesitant
|
|
|
Unyielding
|
not giving up
|
|
|
Vigilant
|
wary; watchful
|
|
|
Waning
|
declining
|
|
|
Warped
|
twisted; distorted
|
|
|
Wary
|
cautious
|
|
|
Wrath
|
anger
|
|
|
Secluded
|
lonely; isolated
|
|
|
Solace
|
comfort
|
|
|
Squelch
|
suppress; crush
|
|
|
Stifling
|
suppressing
|
|
|
Surfeit
|
excess
|
|
|
Tangential
|
off the point; irrelevant
|
|
|
Temper
|
moderate
|
|
|
Tremulous
|
hesitant
|
|
|
Unyielding
|
not giving up
|
|
|
Vigilant
|
wary; watchful
|
|
|
Waning
|
declining
|
|
|
Warped
|
twisted; distorted
|
|
|
Wary
|
cautious
|
|
|
Wrath
|
anger
|
