English Flash Cards

Front 1

Abstract

Back 1

Not concrete, no-figurative.

Hint 1

"My art teacher likes us to do abstract art."

Front 2

Superfluous

Back 2

Extra; unnecessary.

Hint 2

My grandpa went fishing and brought back a superfluous amount of fish.

Front 3

Prosaic

Back 3

Unimaginative; dull; ordinary.

Hint 3

All of the kids had super cool paintings, but mine was prosaic.

Front 4

Transitory

Back 4

Short lived; temporary.

Hint 4

A common house fly has a transitory life span.

Front 5

Ambiguous

Back 5

Open to more than one interpretation; unclear.

Hint 5

The teacher tried to help me but her explaining was ambiguous.

Front 6

Inherent

Back 6

inborn; built-in.

Hint 6

I wish I could inherent some better traits from my parents then the ones I have now.

Front 7

Auspicious

Back 7

Favorable; promising.

Hint 7

Out of the group of dogs in the training class, mine was very auspicious.

Front 8

Benevolent

Back 8

Well-meaning; generous

Hint 8

My friend bought me a necklace for my birthday. It was a very benevolent gift.

Front 9

Candor

Back 9

Sincerity; openness.

Hint 9

Her candor personality was sometimes a bit much to handle.

Front 10

Comprehensive

Back 10

Broad or complete in scope or content.

Hint 10

The answer the the easiest question on the test was very comprehensive.

Front 11

Ambivalent

Back 11

having mixed feelings.

Hint 11

His behavior made me ambivalent of him.

Front 12

Apathetic

Back 12

feeling or showing little emotion.

Hint 12

The girl I got paired up with seemed like she had a very apathetic personality.

Front 13

Contemporary

Back 13

Current, modern; from the same time.

Hint 13

Our Contemporary celebrities are not that great.

Front 14

Dubious

Back 14

doubtful; of unlikely authenticity.

Hint 14

I was dubious my sister actually did her chores.

Front 15

Esoteric

Back 15

Known only to a select group.

Hint 15

The word "mafluoe" was an esoteric word for our club house.

Front 16

Innovative

Back 16

introducing something new.

Hint 16

My grandmother is always innovative to her old things towards us.

Front 17

Maverick

Back 17

One who resists adherence to a group.

Hint 17

We have one kid in our club who is very maverick.

Front 18

Objectivity

Back 18

Judgement uninfluenced by emotion.

Hint 18

One girl is my class always make objectivity towards my friends and I.

Front 19

Plausible

Back 19

Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible

Hint 19

The lawyer gave a very plausible speech.

Front 20

Stoic

Back 20

Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive.

Hint 20

His friend had a very stoic personality that kept him curious.

Front 21

Paramount

Back 21

of chief concern or importance

Hint 21

The birds in the corn fields became a paramount to the people who grew the corn.

Front 22

Novel

Back 22

strikingly new or unusual.

Hint 22

The new weapon I unlocked was a very novel item.

Front 23

Gratuitous

Back 23

Given freely, unearned, unwarranted.

Hint 23

My boss is my father so I often get gratuitous raises.

Front 24

Conviction

Back 24

A fixed or strong belief.

Hint 24

My friend had a strong conviction to her religion.

Front 25

Apathetic

Back 25

Having to do with the appreciation of beauty.

Hint 25

When we got to the top of the mountain the view was apathetic.

Front 26

Diligent

Back 26

marked by painstaking effort, hard working.

Hint 26

I loved my new job and I wanted to stay so I was very diligent in my work.

Front 27

Eclectic

Back 27

Made up of a variety of sources or styles.

Hint 27

The new dress I made could be described as very eclectic.

Front 28

Mollify

Back 28

To calm or soothe.

Hint 28

When I was sad as a little girl my mother would mollify me with her gentle voice.

Front 29

Tenuous

Back 29

Having little substance or strength, unsure, weak.

Hint 29

Because I had not eaten that morning, I was very tenuous during the day.

Front 30

Alleviate

Back 30

To ease a pain or a burden.

Hint 30

I felt horrible about what I did so I told my sister I was sorry to alleviate my self.

Front 31

Dismal

Back 31

depressing; dreary

Hint 31

I felt very dismal at the funeral.

Front 32

Commence

Back 32

to begin; start

Hint 32

The race was about to commence

Front 33

Victuals

Back 33

Food supplies

Hint 33

My father worked hard for our victuals.

Front 34

Ransom

Back 34

to sum up a price paid; demanded

Hint 34

We had to ransom our cash after the robber.

Front 35

Enchantment

Back 35

the art;act; magical

Hint 35

Disney land was an enchantment adventure

Front 36

Raspy

Back 36

harsh; grating

Hint 36

his voice was very raspy.

Front 37

Counterfeit

Back 37

made in the imitation as to be passed of as the real deal.

Hint 37

The painting was just a counterfeit.

Front 38

Temperance

Back 38

moderation; self control

Hint 38

My father was working on his temperance to alcohol.

Front 39

Abolish

Back 39

to do away with.

Hint 39

It was time to Abolish our house.

Front 40

Hail

Back 40

to call out in order to greet.

Hint 40

I hail my friends when I see them.

Front 41

Solemn

Back 41

formal, serious, not cheerful.

Hint 41

I went to a graveyard and everyone there was very solemn.

Front 42

Pensive

Back 42

reflecting, in serious thought.

Hint 42

I told my sister what happened and she had a very pensive expression on her face.

Front 43

Loll

Back 43

Sit, lie, stand in a lazy, released way.

Hint 43

The whole Saturday my sister would just loll around.

Front 44

Disposition

Back 44

a tendency to act in a specified way.

Hint 44

My boss had a disposition personality.

Front 45

Vindicate

Back 45

freedom from blame.

Hint 45

Today there was spilled milk, but I hate milk and never drink it so I was the vindicate child.

Front 46

Speculate

Back 46

to form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence.

Hint 46

My little sister believed water could turn into salt. However this was only a speculate of hers.

Front 47

Brash

Back 47

Vulgarly self assertive, hasty, rash.

Hint 47

I met a guy who looked nice but acted very brash.

Front 48

Lament

Back 48

to mourn

Hint 48

At the funeral there were several people who were lament over the dead relative.

Front 49

Bygones

Back 49

a thing dating from an earlier time.

Hint 49

My grandmother has a lot of bygones in her home.

Front 50

Abreast

Back 50

side by side and facing the same way.

Hint 50

When I was in the military we would often have to stand abreast.

Front 51

Vulnerable

Back 51

susceptible to physical or emotional injury.

Hint 51

being as vulnerable as it was the young rabbit shook with fear as he tried to escape the smell of a fox, only to have a broken leg.

Front 52

reserved

Back 52

the keeping of ones feelings, thoughts, or affairs to ones self.

Hint 52

The reserved kid stayed in his corner on the bus, avoiding eye contact with everyone.

Front 53

Feigned

Back 53

to give a false appearance of, feign sleep

Hint 53

I poked my sister on the shoulder while talking to her and she fell to the floor crying until mom came in and got mad at me.

Front 54

Levity

Back 54

lightness of manner or speech, especially when inappropriate.

Hint 54

My friend told me of her breakup. Her boyfriend broke up with her over the phone while she was going to the bathroom. My levity personality came up and I began laughing.

Front 55

Plagiaristic

Back 55

copied and passed off as your own.

Hint 55

I drew my friend a picture she wanted. Later that little plagiaristic snob traced it and told everyone she drew it her self.

Front 56

Marred

Back 56

something that has been damaged or disfigured.

Hint 56

I looked at our marred cupcake in disgust. It was very ugly due to the broken frosting tool.

Front 57

Perpetual

Back 57

Continuing without interruption, prolonged.

Hint 57

The teacher yelled at the student who was being noisy, the rest of the class period the teacher could speak in a perpetual way.

Front 58

Bizarre

Back 58

Out of the ordinary, odd

Hint 58

I glanced at all the ducklings before I noticed one ugly bizarre one that didn't seem like the others at all.

Front 59

acute

Back 59

keenly perceptive or discerning, extremely sharp or severe.

Hint 59

Today my math teacher taught us how to draw acute angles.

Front 60

Reproach

Back 60

To bring shame upon, disgrace.

Hint 60

The father reproached his son after losing a battle of karate.