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;
250 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
prospector
|
noun: One who makes exploration, search, or examination, especially for minerals.
|
|
impulsion
|
noun: Impetus.
|
|
gullible
|
adjective: Credulous.
|
|
repetition
|
noun: The act of repeating.
|
|
judiciary
|
noun: That department of government which administers the law relating to civil and criminal
|
|
misadventure
|
noun: An unlucky accident.
|
|
misapprehend
|
verb: To misunderstand.
|
|
regenerate
|
verb: To reproduce.
|
|
frizzle
|
verb: To cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair.
|
|
propeller
|
noun: One who or that which propels.
|
|
coddle
|
verb: To treat as a baby or an invalid.
|
|
interrogative
|
adjective: Having the nature or form of a question.
|
|
obese
|
adjective: Exceedingly fat.
|
|
earthenware
|
noun: Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun.
|
|
superintend
|
verb: To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.
|
|
predict
|
verb: To foretell.
|
|
abidance
|
noun: An abiding.
|
|
presumptuous
|
adjective: Assuming too much.
|
|
putrescent
|
adjective: Undergoing decomposition of animal or vegetable matter accompanied by fetid odors.
|
|
pillory
|
noun: A wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to boards and is exposed to public scorn.
|
|
superadd
|
verb: To add in addition to what has been added.
|
|
heterogeneity
|
noun: Unlikeness of constituent parts.
|
|
outskirt
|
noun: A border region.
|
|
scholastic
|
adjective: Pertaining to education or schools.
|
|
blatant
|
adjective: Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous.
|
|
ado
|
noun: unnecessary activity or ceremony.
|
|
encomium
|
noun: A formal or discriminating expression of praise.
|
|
dutiable
|
adjective: Subject to a duty, especially a customs duty.
|
|
bore
|
verb: To weary by tediousness or dullness.
|
|
spinster
|
noun: A woman who has never been married.
|
|
torturous
|
adjective: Marked by extreme suffering.
|
|
vulgarity
|
noun: Lack of refinement in conduct or speech.
|
|
analyze
|
verb: To examine minutely or critically.
|
|
pudgy
|
adjective: Small and fat.
|
|
sedate
|
adjective: Even-tempered.
|
|
emeritus
|
adjective: Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position.
|
|
forfeit
|
verb: To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation.
|
|
amputate
|
verb: To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body.
|
|
pseudonymity
|
noun: The state or character of using a fictitious name.
|
|
arborescent
|
adjective: Having the nature of a tree.
|
|
defiant
|
adjective: Characterized by bold or insolent opposition.
|
|
monotonous
|
adjective: Unchanging and tedious.
|
|
crusade
|
noun: Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle.
|
|
concede
|
verb: To surrender.
|
|
counter-claim
|
noun: A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff.
|
|
preponderant
|
adjective: Prevalent.
|
|
buffoon
|
noun: A clown.
|
|
alcoholism
|
noun: A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.
|
|
yearling
|
noun: A young animal past its first year and not yet two years old.
|
|
reparation
|
noun: The act of making amends, as for an injury, loss, or wrong.
|
|
dissertation
|
noun: Thesis.
|
|
distinction
|
noun: A note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies.
|
|
negligee
|
noun: A loose gown worn by women.
|
|
forerun
|
verb: To go before as introducing or ushering in.
|
|
expand
|
verb: To increase in range or scope.
|
|
dictum
|
noun: A positive utterance.
|
|
mealy-mouthed
|
adjective: Afraid to express facts or opinions plainly.
|
|
intermittent
|
adjective: A temporary discontinuance.
|
|
votive
|
adjective: Dedicated by a vow.
|
|
arbor
|
noun: A tree.
|
|
urgency
|
noun: The pressure of necessity.
|
|
exegesis
|
noun: Biblical exposition or interpretation.
|
|
hillock
|
noun: A small hill or mound.
|
|
aggravate
|
verb: To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome.
|
|
frowzy
|
adjective: Slovenly in appearance.
|
|
tantalize
|
verb: To tease.
|
|
amalgam
|
noun: An alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
|
|
opinion
|
noun: A conclusion or judgment held with confidence, but falling short of positive knowledge.
|
|
cauterize
|
verb: To burn or sear as with a heated iron.
|
|
curt
|
adjective: Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression.
|
|
unbecoming
|
adjective: Unsuited to the wearer, place, or surroundings.
|
|
exceed
|
verb: To go beyond, as in measure, quality, value, action, power, skill, etc.
|
|
precedence
|
noun: Priority in place, time, or rank.
|
|
laggard
|
adjective: Falling behind.
|
|
concur
|
verb: To agree.
|
|
annual
|
adjective: Occurring every year.
|
|
technicality
|
noun: Something peculiar to a particular art, trade, or the like.
|
|
partible
|
adjective: Separable.
|
|
partition
|
noun: That which separates anything into distinct parts.
|
|
scuttle
|
verb: To sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom.
|
|
cower
|
verb: To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame.
|
|
outlast
|
verb: To last longer than.
|
|
pretension
|
noun: A bold or presumptuous assertion.
|
|
influential
|
adjective: Having the power to sway the will of another.
|
|
metaphysician
|
noun: One skilled in metaphysics.
|
|
electrotype
|
noun: A metallic copy of any surface, as a coin.
|
|
donate
|
verb: To bestow as a gift, especially for a worthy cause.
|
|
migratory
|
adjective: Wandering.
|
|
sorcery
|
noun: Witchcraft.
|
|
theoretical
|
adjective: Directed toward knowledge for its own sake without respect to applications.
|
|
salutary
|
adjective: Beneficial.
|
|
came
|
noun: A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
|
|
logical
|
adjective: Capable of or characterized by clear reasoning.
|
|
creed
|
noun: A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief.
|
|
mismanage
|
verb: To manage badly, improperly, or unskillfully.
|
|
denizen
|
noun: Inhabitant.
|
|
disavowal
|
noun: Denial.
|
|
aldermanship
|
noun: The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
|
|
explicit
|
adjective: Definite.
|
|
odoriferous
|
adjective: Having or diffusing an odor or scent, especially an agreeable one.
|
|
resistive
|
adjective: Having or exercising the power of resistance.
|
|
vicarious
|
adjective: Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another.
|
|
phonology
|
noun: The science of human vocal sounds.
|
|
irk
|
verb: To afflict with pain, vexation, or fatigue.
|
|
retrace
|
verb: To follow backward or toward the place of beginning, as a track or marking.
|
|
epicycloid
|
noun: A curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls upon another circle.
|
|
havoc
|
noun: Devastation.
|
|
ration
|
verb: To provide with a fixed allowance or portion, especially of food.
|
|
effulgence
|
noun: Splendor.
|
|
aggravation
|
noun: The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.
|
|
conduce
|
verb: To bring about.
|
|
hostility
|
noun: Enmity.
|
|
tirade
|
noun: Harangue.
|
|
enumerate
|
verb: To name one by one.
|
|
diminution
|
noun: Reduction.
|
|
gumption
|
noun: Common sense.
|
|
convalescent
|
adjective: Recovering health after sickness.
|
|
commissariat
|
noun: The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
|
|
inept
|
adjective: Not fit or suitable.
|
|
vegetal
|
adjective: Of or pertaining to plants.
|
|
indiscreet
|
adjective: Lacking wise judgment.
|
|
pellucid
|
adjective: Translucent.
|
|
verify
|
verb: To prove to be true, exact, or accurate.
|
|
oakum
|
noun: Hemp-fiber obtained by untwisting and picking out loosely the yarns of old hemp rope.
|
|
outweigh
|
verb: To surpass in importance or excellence.
|
|
disseminate
|
verb: To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown.
|
|
orgies
|
noun: Wild or wanton revelry.
|
|
principality
|
noun: The territory of a reigning prince.
|
|
submission
|
noun: A yielding to the power or authority of another.
|
|
shrinkage
|
noun: A contraction of any material into less bulk or dimension.
|
|
probate
|
adjective: Relating to making proof, as of a will.
|
|
countryman
|
noun: A rustic.
|
|
decorate
|
verb: To embellish.
|
|
inundate
|
verb: To fill with an overflowing abundance.
|
|
telephony
|
noun: The art or process of communicating by telephone.
|
|
amenable
|
adjective: Willing and ready to submit.
|
|
univalence
|
noun: Monovalency.
|
|
Nemesis
|
noun: A goddess; divinity of chastisement and vengeance.
|
|
velocity
|
noun: Rapid motion.
|
|
relish
|
verb: To like the taste or savor of.
|
|
assassin
|
noun: One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
|
|
nomic
|
adjective: Usual or customary.
|
|
antecedent
|
noun: One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
|
|
cogent
|
adjective: Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience.
|
|
ascetic
|
adjective: Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.
|
|
luminary
|
noun: One of the heavenly bodies as a source of light.
|
|
racy
|
adjective: Exciting or exhilarating to the mind.
|
|
nowhere
|
aderb: In no place or state.
|
|
fallacious
|
adjective: Illogical.
|
|
emanate
|
verb: To flow forth or proceed, as from some source.
|
|
coincident
|
adjective: Taking place at the same time.
|
|
typical
|
adjective: Characteristic.
|
|
melodrama
|
noun: A drama with a romantic story or plot and sensational situation and incidents.
|
|
festal
|
adjective: Joyous.
|
|
passible
|
adjective: Capable of feeling of suffering.
|
|
antidote
|
noun: Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like.
|
|
ultimate
|
adjective: Beyond which there is nothing else.
|
|
subjacent
|
adjective: Situated directly underneath.
|
|
vertical
|
adjective: Lying or directed perpendicularly to the horizon.
|
|
gratuitous
|
adjective: Voluntarily.
|
|
presentment
|
noun: Semblance.
|
|
dauntless
|
adjective: Fearless.
|
|
predatory
|
adjective: Prone to pillaging.
|
|
supercilious
|
adjective: Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt.
|
|
icon
|
noun: An image or likeness.
|
|
hypodermic
|
adjective: Pertaining to the area under the skin.
|
|
cognizant
|
adjective: Taking notice.
|
|
squalid
|
adjective: Having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance.
|
|
exasperate
|
verb: To excite great anger in.
|
|
borough
|
noun: An incorporated village or town.
|
|
secondary
|
adjective: Less important or effective than that which is primary.
|
|
plenary
|
adjective: Entire.
|
|
engender
|
verb: To produce.
|
|
disputation
|
noun: Verbal controversy.
|
|
ordinal
|
noun: That form of the numeral that shows the order of anything in a series, as first, second, third.
|
|
simulate
|
verb: Imitate.
|
|
non-existent
|
noun: That which does not exist.
|
|
transience
|
noun: Something that is of short duration.
|
|
brine
|
noun: Water saturated with salt.
|
|
ballad
|
noun: Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form.
|
|
alternative
|
noun: Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else.
|
|
reseat
|
verb: To place in position of office again.
|
|
caprice
|
noun: A whim.
|
|
medicine
|
noun: A substance possessing or reputed to possess curative or remedial properties.
|
|
indistinct
|
adjective: Vague.
|
|
hoodwink
|
verb: To deceive.
|
|
piteous
|
adjective: Compassionate.
|
|
quandary
|
noun: A puzzling predicament.
|
|
temporize
|
verb: To pursue a policy of delay.
|
|
inherence
|
noun: The state of being permanently existing in something.
|
|
fetus
|
noun: The young in the womb or in the egg.
|
|
maize
|
noun: Indian corn: usually in the United States called simply corn.
|
|
complacence
|
noun: Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings.
|
|
hiatus
|
noun: A break or vacancy where something necessary to supply the connection is wanting.
|
|
inarticulate
|
adjective: Speechless.
|
|
pestilent
|
adjective: Having a malign influence or effect.
|
|
premonition
|
noun: Foreboding.
|
|
leaven
|
verb: To make light by fermentation, as dough.
|
|
brimstone
|
noun: Sulfur.
|
|
generality
|
noun: The principal portion.
|
|
raucous
|
adjective: Harsh.
|
|
dissolute
|
adjective: Lewd.
|
|
convoy
|
noun: A protecting force accompanying property in course of transportation.
|
|
punctilious
|
adjective: Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom.
|
|
impersonate
|
verb: To appear or act in the character of.
|
|
outburst
|
noun: A violent issue, especially of passion in an individual.
|
|
labyrinth
|
noun: A maze.
|
|
homogeneous
|
adjective: Made up of similar parts or elements.
|
|
hesitation
|
noun: Vacillation.
|
|
altar
|
noun: Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned.
|
|
synopsis
|
noun: A syllabus or summary.
|
|
feudalism
|
noun: The feudal system.
|
|
microscopy
|
noun: The art of examing objects with the microscope.
|
|
deforest
|
verb: To clear of forests.
|
|
dissuade
|
verb: To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading.
|
|
appease
|
verb: To soothe by quieting anger or indignation.
|
|
succinct
|
adjective: Concise.
|
|
tireless
|
adjective: Untiring.
|
|
gastric
|
adjective: Of, pertaining to, or near the stomach.
|
|
euphony
|
noun: Agreeableness of sound.
|
|
patriotism
|
noun: Love and devotion to one's country.
|
|
scope
|
noun: A range of action or view.
|
|
animadversion
|
noun: The utterance of criticism or censure.
|
|
deist
|
noun: One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation.
|
|
stolid
|
adjective: Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving.
|
|
pitiful
|
adjective: Wretched.
|
|
default
|
noun: The neglect or omission of a legal requirement.
|
|
day-man
|
noun: A day-laborer.
|
|
mislay
|
verb: To misplace.
|
|
oblivion
|
noun: The state of having passed out of the memory or of being utterly forgotten.
|
|
educe
|
verb: To draw out.
|
|
militant
|
adjective: Of a warlike or combative disposition or tendency.
|
|
genealogist
|
noun: A tracer of pedigrees.
|
|
intestate
|
adjective: Not having made a valid will.
|
|
disinfect
|
verb: To remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious diseases.
|
|
athwart
|
aderb: From side to side.
|
|
cudgel
|
noun: A short thick stick used as a club.
|
|
trivial
|
adjective: Of little importance or value.
|
|
mite
|
noun: A very small amount, portion, or particle.
|
|
bale
|
noun: A large package prepared for transportation or storage.
|
|
humbug
|
noun: Anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead.
|
|
linguistics
|
noun: The science of languages, or of the origin, history, and significance of words.
|
|
emit
|
verb: To send or give out.
|
|
refractory
|
adjective: Not amenable to control.
|
|
wrangle
|
verb: To maintain by noisy argument or dispute.
|
|
repentance
|
noun: Sorrow for something done or left undone, with desire to make things right by undoing the wrong.
|
|
fraternal
|
adjective: Brotherly.
|
|
penitence
|
noun: Sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone.
|
|
ambulate
|
verb: To walk about
|
|
foreign
|
adjective: Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country.
|