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
- 3rd side (hint)
Impute |
To attribute or ascribe |
The children imputed magical powers to the old woman |
|
Incompatible |
Not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony |
She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible |
|
Inconsequential |
Of little or no important; insignificant; trivial |
Those facts are inconsequential |
|
Inevitable |
Unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary |
The inevitable end of human life is death |
|
Integrity |
Adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty |
To preserve the integrity of the empire |
|
Intrepid |
Resolutely fearless; dauntless |
An intrepid Explorer |
|
Intuitive |
Perceiving directly by intuition without rational thought, as a person or the mind |
They probably did the maximum that could be done with intuitive thinking |
|
Jubilation |
A feeling of or the expression of joy or exultation |
Their jubilation subsided when they lost the second game |
|
Lobbyist |
A person who tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest ; a member of a lobby |
|
|
Longevity |
A long individual life; great duration of individual life |
Our family is known for its longevity |
|
Mundane |
Common ordinary banal unimaginative |
The flavor is so mundane |
|
Nonchalant |
Coolly unconcerned indifferent or unexcited casual |
His poker face is very nonchalant |
|
Novice |
A person who is new to the circumstances of work etc a beginner |
My skill in Call of Duty is very novice |
|
Opulent |
Richly supplied; abundant or plentiful |
Opulent sunshine |
|
Orator |
A person who delivers an oration a public speaker especially one of great eloquence |
Demosthenes was one of the great orators of ancient Greece |
|
Ostentatious |
Characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempted to impress others |
An ostentatious dresser |
|
Parched |
To dry undergoing drying by heat |
The desert made me parched |
|
Perfidious |
Deliberately faithless treacherous deceitful |
A perfidious lover |
|
Precocious |
Unusually advanced or mature in development especially mental development |
A precocious child |
|
Pretentious |
Character by assumption of dignity or importance especially when exaggerated or undeserved |
Pretentious self important waiter |
|
Procrastinate |
To defer action delay |
I always procrastinate to do my homework |
|
Prosaic |
Commonplace or dull; matter of fact or unimaginative |
A prosaic mind not very creative |
|
Prosperity |
A successful flourishing or thriving condition especially in Financial respects: good fortune |
Live long and prosper |
|
Provocative |
Tending are serving to provoke inciting stimulating or initiating |
It's provocative it gets the people going |
|
Prudent |
Wise or judicious and practical affairs; sagacious; discrete or circumspect; sober |
A prudent decision |