Vocab6

Front 1

ambivalent

Back 1

to be uncertain about something, not sure if agree of dislike

Front 2

envious

Back 2

to want something someone has

Front 3

upbeat

Back 3

cheerful, hopeful

Front 4

gloating

Back 4

洋洋得意，幸灾乐祸

Front 5

fatalistic

Back 5

feeling that they cannot control the situation, therefore given up on trying

Front 6

skeptical

Back 6

doubtful

Front 7

bewildered

Back 7

confused

Front 8

disdainful

Back 8

not worth attention

Front 9

recount

Back 9

to tell specifically, to count again

Front 10

contort

Back 10

bend

Front 11

vacant

Back 11

empty

Front 12

stark

Back 12

naked, empty, completely, distinct, obvious,

Front 13

austere

Back 13

severe, strict, harsh, simple, plain

Front 14

miserly

Back 14

cheap, selfish

Front 15

quell

Back 15

to calm, to stop

Front 16

stifle

Back 16

to shut someone up, to stop somone

Front 17

diffuse

Back 17

to spread out,

Front 18

revere

Back 18

to show respect and admiration

Front 19

articulate

Back 19

to speak really clearly

Front 20

proclivity

Back 20

a tendency to choose a particular way, a preference towards, propensity

Front 21

propel

Back 21

move towards, causes

Front 22

proprietary

Back 22

ownership

Front 23

formidable

Back 23

powerful

Front 24

malleable

Back 24

trainable, bendable

Front 25

swindle

Back 25

fraud, lies

Front 26

stymie

Back 26

frustrate, to be stopped in the tracks

Front 27

amiable

Back 27

friendly, kind

Front 28

erratic

Back 28

inconsistent

Front 29

innate

Back 29

born with

Front 30

caustic

Back 30

corrosive, really sarcastic, bitter

Front 31

conciliate

Back 31

to calm ... down, to stop someone from anger

Front 32

refractory

Back 32

strong, hard to deal with, resistant, stubborn

Front 33

truncate

Back 33

shorten, compress, to cut

Front 34

gullible

Back 34

easy to be fooled

Front 35

sparse

Back 35

poor, meager

Front 36

providential

Back 36

fortunate, lucky, positive coincidence

Front 37

plausible

Back 37

possible, seems to be right

Front 38

culpable

Back 38

should be punished, guilty

Front 39

elusive

Back 39

hard to achieve, find,

Front 40

unheralded

Back 40

talented but not recognized

Front 41

esoteric

Back 41

only know or understood by a small amount of people

Front 42

sanctioned

Back 42

to punish, to approve

Front 43

deplore

Back 43

strong disapproval, absolutely hate

Front 44

rejoice

Back 44

very happy and pleased

Front 45

mitigate

Back 45

to make something less unpleasant, to calm down

Front 46

lament

Back 46

sorrow, disappointment, deplore

Front 47

acclaim

Back 47

to admire, praise

Front 48

assert

Back 48

to state something firmly

Front 49

guile

Back 49

cunning, sly

Front 50

loathe(ing)

Back 50

really hate, to really dislike

Front 51

loath

Back 51

reluctant, not wanting to do it

Front 52

fallow

Back 52

uncultivated land,

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deter

Back 53

to make someone not want to do something

Front 54

imbue

Back 54

to inspire, to fill with, suffuse

Front 55

posthumous

Back 55

after death, in honor after death

Front 56

inauspicious

Back 56

sign of bad luck, ominous

Front 57

prudent

Back 57

really careful, sensible

Front 58

disintegration

Back 58

decomposition

Front 59

perturbation

Back 59

anxiety, uneasiness, disturbed

Front 60

aggrandizement

Back 60

the act of increasing, to make bigger

Front 61

leniency

Back 61

mercy action, action of giving mercy

Front 62

restitution

Back 62

the act of returning something

Front 63

refutation

Back 63

disproof

Front 64

gullible

Back 64

easily deceived

Front 65

annulment

Back 65

official declare of cancellation