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;
45 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Affable
|
amiable, mild, gentle
|
|
|
Altrusism
|
concern for welfare of others
|
|
|
assailant
|
attacker
|
|
|
Audit
|
to examine or verify; to attend college classes without credit
|
|
|
belie
|
to tell lies, misrepresent, slander
|
|
|
bombastic
|
pompous, extravagant in style or delivery; without content, showy
|
|
|
cavil
|
to raise trivial objections, to carp (used with at, about, with)
|
|
|
cogent
|
forcibly convincing, having power to convince
|
|
|
condone
|
to excuse, overlook, forgive, permit
|
|
|
conciliatory
|
smoothing, placating, pacifying
|
|
|
defer
|
to put off, postpone, delay; to submit to the opinion of decision of another
|
|
|
esteem
|
respect, value
|
|
|
estivate
|
to pass the summer in a state of dormancy
|
|
|
expeditious
|
doen with speed and efficiency
|
|
|
fiasco
|
complete failure
|
|
|
flamboyant
|
highly elaborate, showy
|
|
|
gala
|
festival, celebration
|
|
|
impudent
|
impertinent, rude
|
|
|
incarcerate
|
to imprison, to confine
|
|
|
insinuate
|
to hint covertly, to imply in subtle way
|
|
|
intimidate
|
to frighten, threathen, discourage by threats
|
|
|
judicious
|
having sound judgement
|
|
|
laconic
|
terse, concise, succinct
|
|
|
moribund
|
at the point of death, dying
|
|
|
orator
|
speaker; gives formal speech
|
|
|
parricide
|
one who murders father or mother
|
|
|
panacea
|
cure-all, remedy for all problems
|
|
|
perfunctory
|
done in mechanical manner with little care or interest, superficial
|
|
|
pristine
|
primitive or orginal, spotless, pure
|
|
|
pompous
|
self-important, haughty, pretentious
|
|
|
reimburse
|
to repay
|
|
|
reinstate
|
to restore to previous condition of position
|
|
|
seduce
|
to corrupt, to entice to wrong behavior
|
|
|
soporific
|
tending to induce sleep
|
|
|
stupefy
|
to dull the senses, to amaze or astonish
|
|
|
supercilious
|
disdainful, scornful, arrogant
|
|
|
travesty
|
a grotesque imitation, intent to ridicule
|
|
|
truculent
|
savage and evil; tending to fight
|
|
|
ubiquitous
|
everywhere, omnipresent
|
|
|
ulterior
|
lying beyond what is evident, concealed
|
|
|
untrammeled
|
unhindered
|
|
|
variegated
|
streaks, marks, or patches different colors
|
|
|
vapid
|
flat, stale, dull, tedious
|
|
|
venerate
|
to regard with respect or honor
|
|
|
vitiate
|
to make impure, spoil, corrupt morally
|
