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;
10 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
|
aloof
|
at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart
|
Indifferent; detached
|
|
|
augment
|
to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, orextent; increase
|
increase; add to
|
|
|
commemorate
|
to serve as a memorial or reminder of
|
celebrate; honor
|
|
|
deplore
|
to regret deeply or strongly; lament
|
despise; abhor
|
|
|
irascible
|
easily provoked to anger; very irritable
|
cantankerous; irritable
|
|
|
pseudonym
|
a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name
|
alias; pen name
|
|
|
servile
|
slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning
|
obsequious; boot-licker
|
|
|
subside
|
to sink to a low or lower level
|
relent; abate
|
|
|
tirade
|
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation
|
a rant; denunciation
|
|
|
ungainly
|
not graceful; awkward; unwieldy; clumsy
|
awkward
|
