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;
74 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
geniality
|
kind and friendly
|
|
|
zealous
|
passionate for a cause, ideal, or person
|
|
|
enumerate
|
to count off a list
|
|
|
superfluous
|
extra, excessive
|
|
|
endocrine
|
secreting internally
|
|
|
mutation
|
a significant and basic alteration of the body
|
|
|
sententious
|
given to or bounding aphoric expression
|
|
|
caustic
|
capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
|
|
|
posthumous
|
following or occurring after death
|
|
|
gratuitous
|
given unearned without recompense
|
|
|
viviparous
|
producing living young instead of from within the body
|
|
|
imperative
|
an obligatory act or duty
|
|
|
rigorous
|
manifesting, exercising or favoring rigor
|
|
|
effusive
|
showing emotion without restraint
|
|
|
unsavory
|
tasteless
|
|
|
sadism
|
enjoying cruelty
|
|
|
chastity
|
the quality of being morally pure
|
|
|
incongruous
|
not compatible
|
|
|
monogamy
|
married to one person
|
|
|
promiscuity
|
more than one sexual partner
|
|
|
consummation
|
the ultimate end
|
|
|
melancholy
|
a depression of spirits
|
|
|
ruminate
|
to go over in mind repeatedly and often casually
|
|
|
caste
|
a division of society based on differences in wealth...
|
|
|
contemptuous
|
expressing distain
|
|
|
implore
|
to beg urgently
|
|
|
asceticism
|
austere in appearance, manner, or attitude
|
|
|
inconspicuous
|
not readily noticable
|
|
|
plangent
|
suggesting or expressing sadness
|
|
|
imminent
|
likely to happen soon
|
|
|
supine
|
lying on back
|
|
|
voluptuous
|
full of delight or pleasure to the senses
|
|
|
solecism
|
a minor blunder in speech
|
|
|
pneumatic
|
well-porportioned feminine figure
|
|
|
inexorably
|
not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped
|
|
|
equilibrium
|
intellectually or emotionally balanced
|
|
|
metabolism
|
metamorphosis
|
|
|
innocuous
|
producing no injury
|
|
|
multitudinous
|
populous
|
|
|
incredulous
|
astonished
|
|
|
remorse
|
self-reproach
|
|
|
treacherous
|
unreliable
|
|
|
lecherous
|
suggestive lustful behavior
|
|
|
languish
|
to be feeble or weak
|
|
|
portentous
|
being in a grave or serious matter
|
|
|
undulation
|
rising and falling of waves
|
|
|
intrinsic
|
belonging to essential nature or constitution of a thing
|
|
|
elation
|
pathological euphoria
|
|
|
indignant
|
filled with anger
|
|
|
incoherent
|
not making sense
|
|
|
odious
|
hateful
|
|
|
sanctimonious
|
hypocritically pious or devout
|
|
|
venerable
|
deserving praise
|
|
|
aquiline
|
curving like an eagle's beak
|
|
|
gingerly
|
very cautious or careful
|
|
|
languor
|
weakness or weariness of mind
|
|
|
impudent
|
disrespectful
|
|
|
warble
|
sing with excessive vibrato
|
|
|
base
|
reflecting lack of principals or values
|
|
|
strumpet
|
prostitute
|
|
|
moribund
|
being in the state of dying
|
|
|
imbecile
|
to make unclean or impure
|
|
|
ardor
|
extreme vigor of energy
|
|
|
valediction
|
an act of bidding farewell
|
|
|
deprecating
|
insulting
|
|
|
lavish
|
expending or bestowing profusely
|
|
|
irksome
|
tedious
|
|
|
prodigious
|
exciting amazement or wonder
|
|
|
importune
|
demand with urgency
|
|
|
abject
|
submissive
|
|
|
turpitude
|
a base act
|
|
|
salinity
|
amount of salt concentration in something
|
|
|
viscosity
|
the resistance of flow in a fluid
|
|
|
ingenuous
|
showing or calling for intelligence
|
