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
|
abase
|
lower; humiliate
|
|
|
accolade
|
award; honor
|
|
|
adumbrate
|
to foreshadow by disclosing only partially
|
|
|
affinity
|
attraction
|
|
|
allay
|
to soothe; to make more bearable
|
|
|
baleful
|
refers to something that exerts an evil influence or foreshadows evil
|
|
|
baneful
|
refers to something that is poisonous or deadly
|
|
|
blandishment
|
flattery
|
|
|
bucolic
|
pastoral; typical of farms and rural life
|
|
|
bumptious
|
self-assertive
|
|
|
capitulate
|
to surrender
|
|
|
captious
|
fault-finding
|
|
|
cathartic
|
cleansing; allowing a release of tension or emotion
|
|
|
cavil
|
to raise unecessary or trivial objections
|
|
|
celerity
|
swiftness; speed
|
|
|
descry
|
to discern; to catch sight of something that is difficult to catch sight of
|
|
|
desultory
|
aimless; disconnected; rambling; haphazard
|
|
|
deter
|
to prevent or discourage from happening
|
|
|
educe
|
to elicit
|
|
|
effigy
|
dummy (mannequin); usually for symbolic torturing
|
|
|
equipoise
|
equality; balance; equilibrium
|
|
|
fastidious
|
careful about details; impossible to satisfy
|
|
|
flagrant
|
deliberately conspicuous; glaring
|
|
|
flucuation
|
irregular variation
|
|
|
garrulous
|
very talkative; loquacious
|
