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;
20 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
complicated, comples, convoluted
|
intricate
|
|
|
sorrowful, mournful, melancholy, dolorous
|
doleful
|
|
|
to ridicule, mock, jeer at
|
taunt
|
|
|
excess, surplus, supererogatory
|
superfluous
|
|
|
to settle, bear the cost foot the bill
|
defray
|
|
|
clear, limpid; intelligible; rational
|
lucid
|
|
|
to hinder, obstruct, impede, inhibit
|
hamper
|
|
|
fussy, fastidious; squeamish, prudish
|
prim
|
|
|
poverty-stricken, destitute, indigent
|
impoverished
|
|
|
obstinate, stubborn, dogged, persistent
|
tenacious
|
|
|
dreadful, appalling; gruesome, grisly
|
ghastly
|
|
|
caustic, mordant, acerbic, wry
|
sardonic
|
|
|
occurring after death, post-mortem
|
posthumous
|
|
|
believable, plausible, acceptable, likely
|
credible
|
|
|
industrious, assiduous, sedulous
|
diligent
|
|
|
to chop, hask; to fell; to adhere, conform
|
hew
|
|
|
ceaseless, constant, uninterrupted
|
incessant
|
|
|
captivity, subjection, servitude, dependence
|
bondage
|
|
|
to make up for make amends for expiate
|
atone
|
|
|
to replace, displace, supersede, oust
|
supplant
|
