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;
24 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Abstracted
|
1. Removed or separated from something else; apart.
2. Lost or deep in thought; preoccupied. |
|
Acuity
|
Acuteness of vision or perception; keenness.
|
|
Apathy
|
1. Lack of interest or concern, especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal; indifference.
2. Lack of emotion or feeling; impassiveness. |
|
Commensurate
|
Equal
|
|
Convivial
|
1. Fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable. See Synonyms at social.
2. Merry; festive |
|
Dilatory
|
to delay
|
|
Fortuitous
|
Something good or bad that happened by chance
|
|
Fractious
|
1. Inclined to make trouble; unruly.
2. Having a peevish nature; cranky |
|
Supercilious
|
Feeling or showing haughty disdain
|
|
strident
|
loud and harsh sounding
|
|
transcended
|
suprpassed, exceeded
|
|
turgid
|
swollen
|
|
vacuous
|
Devoid of matter; empty.
2. a. Lacking intelligence; stupid. b. Devoid of substance or meaning; inane: a vacuous comment. c. Devoid of expression; vacant |
|
impetuous
|
1. Characterized by sudden and forceful energy or emotion; impulsive and passionate.
2. Having or marked by violent force |
|
ineptness
|
LACK of competence or judgement
|
|
jaunty
|
1. Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
2. Crisp and dapper in appearance; natty. |
|
Juxtapose
|
To place together; side by side
|
|
levity
|
excessive frivolity, flippancy
|
|
Magnanimity
|
1. Courageously noble in mind and heart.
2. Generous in forgiving; eschewing resentment or revenge; unselfish. |
|
laud
|
to praise, to extol
|
|
vicarious
|
1. Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another
2. experiencing by imagining or observing another's activity |
|
vista
|
distant view seen through an opening
|
|
wan
|
pale, sickly
|
|
precipitate
|
to cause to speedily occur, throw headlong
|