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;
338 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
|
Exodus |
Exit, evacuation, departure |
|
|
|
Skeptic-Suspicious |
Passive- active Skeptic- already some reservation against Suspicious- Dubious on their position |
|
|
|
Ecstatic |
Euphoric |
|
|
|
Anthropogenic |
Originating from human activity |
|
|
|
Cognate |
Connected |
|
|
|
Haphazard |
Random, unplanned |
|
|
|
Cornerstone |
Foundation |
|
|
|
Contingency |
Emergency, possible outcome |
|
|
|
Scramble |
Crawl, climb, clamber |
|
|
|
Hobble |
Limp |
|
|
|
Proliferate |
Multiply |
|
|
|
Fraught |
Filled with |
|
|
|
Colossal |
Large, massive |
|
|
|
Farcical |
Ridiculous, absurd |
|
|
|
Underpin |
Support, form the basis for |
|
|
|
Boomerang effect |
Opp happens to what was tried |
|
|
|
Catch22 |
Paradoxical |
|
|
|
Swerve |
Change route abruptly |
|
|
|
Denouement |
Finale, epilogue |
|
|
|
Stemming |
Originating |
|
|
|
Pejorative |
Disagree |
|
|
|
Ebb |
Retreat |
|
|
|
Calluous |
Unfeeling , insensitive |
|
|
|
Contemplative |
Reflective, thinking |
|
|
|
Critical |
Fault finding |
|
|
|
Choleric |
Arouse to anger |
|
|
|
Comtemptous |
Showing that one is worthless, lacks respect |
|
|
|
Conventional |
Lack originality, individuality, spontaneity |
|
|
|
Disdainful |
Lack of respect |
|
|
|
Didactic |
Author is trying to instruct or inform the readers |
|
|
|
Derisive |
Mocking, ridiculing |
|
|
|
Earnest |
Sincere, intense |
|
|
|
Intimate |
Very Familiar |
|
|
|
Jovial |
Cheerful |
|
|
|
Judgemental |
Authoritative, critical |
|
|
|
Lyrical |
Full of images, emotional, song like |
|
|
|
Matter of fact narration |
Accepting of condition |
|
|
|
Malicious |
Intentional harm |
|
|
|
Objective |
Unbiased |
|
|
|
Pessimist |
No hope |
|
|
|
Patronize |
Condescending |
|
|
|
Ribald |
Offensive in writing or speaking |
|
|
|
Despise |
Think low |
|
|
|
Contrive |
Design, plan, project |
Controversial |
|
|
Devoured |
Eat greedily |
|
|
|
Behemoth |
Huge creature, entity |
|
|
|
Nefarious |
Wickedness |
|
|
|
Affectatious |
Pretended |
|
|
|
Menagerie |
Collection of wild animals in a confinement |
|
|
|
Heraldic |
Armorial bearing |
|
|
|
Herald |
Messenger, signal |
|
|
|
Heretics |
Non conformist |
|
|
|
Gawp |
Stare openly |
|
|
|
Frail |
Weak and delicate |
|
|
|
Dullard |
Stupid |
|
|
|
Dodgy |
Trickery (cunning and shrewd) |
|
|
|
Annex |
An additional building or document |
|
|
|
Credence |
Acceptability |
|
|
|
Incarcerated |
Convicted, arrested |
|
|
|
Obstinate |
Stubborn |
|
|
|
Umpteen |
Innumerable |
|
|
|
Pique |
Irritate |
|
|
|
Finicky |
Fastidious |
|
|
|
Slander |
Defame |
|
|
|
Strenous |
Tried, difficult |
|
|
|
Divulge |
Make known a secret, spill beans |
|
|
|
Veer |
Change direction abruptly, Swerve |
|
|
|
Quail |
Feel or show fear |
|
|
|
Waver |
Undecided, flicker |
|
|
|
Aphorism |
Pithy statement of great truth |
Child is father of man |
|
|
Axiom |
Accepted truth, dictum |
|
|
|
Dilapidated |
Ramshackle, state of ruin |
|
|
|
Wanton |
Unprincipled |
|
|
|
Reprobate |
Unprincipled, wicked |
|
|
|
Peregrinated |
Travel from place to place |
|
|
|
Loitre |
Wait, linger Stroll, dawdle |
|
|
|
Hovered |
Stand at a place for long(in air) |
|
|
|
Cachet |
Something with special quality that gets approval from all |
|
|
|
Twirl |
Rolling, spin repeated |
|
|
|
Furl |
Roll and fold in a tube |
|
|
|
Ratify |
Formally consent, approve |
|
|
|
Adumbration |
A rough outline of what's to come, foreshadow a future |
|
|
|
Startled |
Surprised |
|
|
|
Unnerved |
Discouraged, demoralised |
|
|
|
Impertinent |
Irrelevant, or rude |
|
|
|
Wordy |
Using too many words |
|
|
|
Preamble |
Introduction |
|
|
|
Preface |
Forward, prelude, intro |
|
|
|
Epilogue |
Conclusion |
|
|
|
Indelible |
Unforgettable, unremovable |
|
|
|
Enduring |
Long lasting |
|
|
|
Raved |
Something to talk about enthusiastically |
|
|
|
Pillory |
Rude, attack/ridicule in public |
|
|
|
Savour |
Enjoy to full |
|
|
|
Relish |
great enjoyment |
|
|
|
Invigorated |
give strength and energy |
|
|
|
Impoverish |
Make Poor |
|
|
|
Doling |
Distribution |
|
|
|
Goofy |
Foolish, harmlessly eccentric |
|
|
|
Solemn |
Formal and dignified |
|
|
|
Complaisant |
Comply |
|
|
|
Cognizance |
Attention or take notice, awareness and knowledge |
|
|
|
Piddling |
Pathetically trivial |
|
|
|
Assent |
Accept |
|
|
|
Shard |
Pieces of broken ceramic, glass, etc |
|
|
|
Tavern |
Place where you can sit n drink near bar |
|
|
|
Beanery |
Cheap resto |
|
|
|
Swig |
Drink in large draughts |
|
|
|
Larceny |
Theft |
|
|
|
Reprisal |
Retaliation |
|
|
|
Arshen |
Gray pale face due to fear or shock |
|
|
|
Beam |
Smile with joy |
|
|
|
Flush |
Bright red due to strong emotion |
|
|
|
Cinder |
A piece of burnt coal |
|
|
|
Blanched |
Pale face due to fear or shock |
|
|
|
Bereavement |
Period of mourning after one's death |
|
|
|
Secreted |
To secrete or generate Also to conceal in a hiding place |
|
|
|
Nocuous |
Noxious, harmful |
|
|
|
Obeisance |
Respect, homage |
|
|
|
Gentry |
Upper middle class, social high people |
|
|
|
Dandified |
Being very cautious of ones look and clothes |
|
|
|
Foppish |
concerned with their clothes and appearance |
|
|
|
Vicissitudes |
Change in circumstances |
|
|
|
Apparent |
Obvious |
|
|
|
Cultivated |
Educated, refined |
|
|
|
Elixir |
Liquid that cures all illness |
|
|
|
Armoury |
Place to keep arms and weapons |
|
|
|
Cavalry |
Soldiers on horses |
|
|
|
Arsenal |
Weapons storage place |
|
|
|
Chariot |
Vehicle used in wars |
|
|
|
Duress |
Threat, force |
|
|
|
Coercion |
Threat, compulsion |
|
|
|
Indescribable |
Extraordinarioy to be described |
|
|
|
Ineffable |
Indefinable in words |
|
|
|
Stem |
To stop But stemming- to originate from |
|
|
|
Abecedarian |
Beginner, tyro |
|
|
|
Perused |
Read thoroughly |
|
|
|
Ebullient |
Full of energy, bouyant |
|
|
|
Exuberant |
Exultant, full of energy |
|
|
|
Acquiesced |
Accept but with reluctance |
|
|
|
Mollycoddle |
Treat with extensive indulgence |
|
|
|
Prominence |
Important |
|
|
|
Exhort |
Strongly urge |
|
|
|
Oblivion |
Unknown, dark, forgotten |
|
|
|
Obscure |
Undiscovered, unknown |
|
|
|
Whimper |
Low whining due to pain |
|
|
|
Wade |
To drag/walk with efforts in viscous surface |
|
|
|
Frolic |
Playful and lively activity |
|
|
|
Gambol |
Playfully running and jumping |
|
|
|
Hoodwink |
Fool, gull |
|
|
|
Torpid |
Lethargic |
|
|
|
Formative |
Developmental |
|
|
|
Orient |
Accustomed |
|
|
|
Quirk |
Peculiar Mannerism |
|
|
|
Garrish |
Lurid, harshly bright |
|
|
|
Gaudy |
Flashy, lurid |
|
|
|
Grating |
Grind, harsh, irritate |
|
|
|
Glitzy |
Bright and shiny |
|
|
|
Glittery |
Showy and shiny |
|
|
|
Prevaricate |
Mislead, deliberately misstate |
|
|
|
Reclusive |
Avoid company |
|
|
|
Petulant |
Childish, sulky |
|
|
|
Pertinacious |
Firm opinion |
|
|
|
Pestiferous |
Harbouring disease | annoying |
|
|
|
Salutory |
Praiseworthy |
|
|
|
Statutory |
Required by law |
|
|
|
Elusive |
Difficult to find, catch, achieve |
|
|
|
Scrupulous |
Extremely attentive |
|
|
|
Industrious |
Laborious |
|
|
|
Agog |
Excited |
|
|
|
Precarious |
Harmful |
|
|
|
Precocious |
Advanced, mature |
|
|
|
Vituperated |
Cruel and angry |
|
|
|
Abyss |
A deep hole |
|
|
|
Assuage |
To lessen a pain or unpleasant thing |
|
|
|
Crescendo |
Steady increasing volume |
|
|
|
Convolutional |
Intricate and complicated |
|
|
|
Waif |
Homeless or abandoned child |
|
|
|
Recalcitrant |
Indiscipline, uncooperative |
|
|
|
Sonorous |
Full of loud noise |
|
|
|
Subdued |
Quiet and reflective, depressed. |
|
|
|
Boisterous |
Energetic |
|
|
|
Capacious |
Spacious |
|
|
|
Meager |
Small in quantity or quality |
|
|
|
Blase |
Worldly, indifferent and uninterested due to knowing it all |
|
|
|
Yen |
Urge, longing, desire |
|
|
|
Conducive |
Useful, helpful |
|
|
|
Revulsion |
Dislike, laothe, disgust |
|
|
|
Dystopic |
Opp of Utopia Imaginative world full of bad things |
|
|
|
Harbinger |
Messenger, one who comes and tells about next one |
|
|
|
Hostile |
Unfriendly, belligerent |
|
|
|
Amenable |
Controllable |
|
|
|
Perjury |
Lying under oath |
|
|
|
Culpable |
Deserving Blame |
|
|
|
Limber |
Lean and flexible |
|
|
|
Captious |
Find fault or raise petty objection |
|
|
|
Vanquish |
Thoroughly defeated |
|
|
|
Fiasco |
Badly failed |
|
|
|
Bombastic |
loud but of little sense |
|
|
|
Revel |
Celebrate |
|
|
|
Sundry |
Of various kinds, several |
|
|
|
Revile |
Criticize, censure |
|
|
|
Wizened |
Wrinke with Age |
|
|
|
Inured |
Mage tough with habit |
|
|
|
Hiatus |
Halt, abatement |
|
|
|
Edifying |
Morally instruct |
|
|
|
Neologism |
New word |
|
|
|
Cosseted |
Pampered |
|
|
|
Craven |
Coward |
|
|
|
Calamatious |
Catastrophic |
|
|
|
Contrive |
Create or Plan or Devise or Excogitate |
|
|
|
Languish |
Weaken, decline |
|
|
|
Pervasive |
Prevalent, ubiquitous |
|
|
|
Recapitulate |
Summarise |
|
|
|
Confound |
Confused, mixed up,amazed |
|
|
|
Primed |
To prepare for a situation, brief beforehand |
|
|
|
Anoint |
Appoint a holy officer by rubbing oil |
|
|
|
Vexation |
Angry, annoyance |
|
|
|
Solicitous |
Eager to do, concerned, accost someone |
|
|
|
Mendacity |
Untruthful |
|
|
|
Probate |
Establish validity |
|
|
|
Temporal |
Secular, worldly, non spiritual Also chronological |
|
|
|
Outstrip |
Overtake |
|
|
|
Delimit |
Set limit |
|
|
|
Offset |
Counterbalance |
|
|
|
Supplant |
Replace |
|
|
|
Indolent |
Lazy |
|
|
|
Narcissistic |
Self indulgent |
|
|
|
Slighted |
Neglected, also insulted |
|
|
|
Surrogate |
Substitute |
|
|
|
Wrought |
Shaped into, hammered |
|
|
|
Pristine |
Untouched, unexplored |
|
|
|
Coeval |
Contemporary |
|
|
|
Eclectic |
Derive idea, art, style and taste from broad and diverse sources |
|
|
|
Indefatigable |
Tireless, never tiring |
|
|
|
Orthographic |
Writing convention |
|
|
|
Exigent |
Demanding, pressing |
|
|
|
Unadorn |
Plain |
|
|
|
Implausible |
Not reasonable |
|
|
|
Pester |
Annoy, trouble with Freq request |
|
|
|
Reprise |
Repeat (musical notes) |
|
|
|
Reprisal |
Act of Retaliation |
|
|
|
Pristine |
Untouched, original |
|
|
|
Reprimand |
Formally disapproval |
|
|
|
Sermon |
Moral lecture or talk on religious/moral subject |
|
|
|
Din |
Loud noise |
|
|
|
Verdent |
Greenery |
|
|
|
Obtrusive |
Obvious or noticable but unwelcoming |
|
|
|
Propped open |
Supported by |
|
|
|
Lunacy |
Insanity |
|
|
|
Wane |
Disappear |
|
|
|
Demure |
Shy, modest |
|
|
|
Spinster |
Unmarried older women |
|
|
|
Meekness |
Lack of vanity or self importance |
|
|
|
Certitude |
Unquestioned belief or absolute confidence |
|
|
|
Vanity |
Narcissism |
|
|
|
Allure |
Attract |
|
|
|
Gusto |
Enthusiasm |
|
|
|
Zephyr |
Breeze |
|
|
|
Squall |
Gust of heavy winds, storm |
|
|
|
Circumvent |
Avoid |
|
|
|
Lard |
Pig fat |
|
|
|
Goad |
Influence, provoke |
|
|
|
Flagrant |
Blatant, visibly offensive |
|
|
|
Hollering |
Shout and yell |
|
|
|
Bawling |
Should noisely |
|
|
|
Supplicate |
Humbly request |
|
|
|
Abjure |
Solemnly renounce |
|
|
|
Jaded |
Bored or lack enthusiasm |
|
|
|
Bewitch |
Captivated, charmed, enchanted, cast a spell on |
|
|
|
Gale |
Strong winds |
|
|
|
Sleuthing around |
Look around |
|
|
|
Orotund |
Sonorous, resonant and imposing |
|
|
|
Boorish |
Uncouth and rough, impolite |
|
|
|
Glib |
Fluent but not serious, persuasive and convincing |
|
|
|
Churlish |
Rude and ill mannered |
|
|
|
Necromantic |
Magically evil |
|
|
|
Preternatural |
Extraordinarioy, unusual |
|
|
|
Petrifying |
Terrifying |
|
|
|
Spooky |
Haunting and creepy |
|
|
|
Eerie |
Creepy and weird |
|
|
|
Stupefying |
Astonish, gaze, stunned |
|
|
|
Rancor |
Strongly in hate due to unfair treatment |
|
|
|
Vociferously |
Vehement, loud , outspoken |
|
|
|
Pander |
Gratify, satisfy, indulge |
|
|
|
Depredate |
steal from, plunder |
|
|
|
Deprecate |
Express disapproval |
|
|
|
Conundrum |
Big confusion |
|
|
|
Obfuscate |
Make obscure |
|
|
|
Meander |
Zig zag, twist |
|
|
|
Stagnate |
Stuck, not progressive |
|
|
|
Belabor |
Discuss in excessive detail Also attack verbally or physically |
|
|
|
Fad |
Enthusiasm, craze |
|
|
|
Counterpoise against |
Totally opposite to |
|
|
|
Dicey |
Tricky, full of danger, treacherous |
|
|
|
Unwieldy |
Heavy, awkward, cumbersome, unmanageable |
|
|
|
Perilous |
Harmful and dangerous |
|
|
|
Sloppy |
Careless |
|
|
|
Smirk |
Smug |
|
|
|
Smoldering |
Suppressing, hiding, concealing emotions |
|
|
|
Dabbler |
Casual participant |
|
|
|
Plummeting |
Plunge, downfall, fall from a height |
|
|
|
Maverick |
Independent thinker, unorthodox |
|
|
|
Minion |
Henchman, follower of powerful |
|
|
|
Brethren |
Old plural of brother |
|
|
|
Renegade |
Traitor, deserter |
|
|
|
Bereft of |
Lacking, deprived of |
|
|
|
Murky |
Shady, dark, gloomy, morally questionable |
|
|
|
Unwonted |
Unusual, unaccustomed |
|
|
|
Immaculate |
Spotless, clean and tidy |
|
|
|
Uxorious |
Excessive fondness for your wife |
|
|
|
Quibble |
Mild argument, slight objection |
|
|
|
Illusory |
Based on illusion |
|
|
|
Sonata |
Composition by instrumental soloists, with piano usually |
|
|
|
Deadpan |
Impassive or expressionless |
|
|
|
Dogmatic |
Opinionated, lay down principles as undeniable truth Synonym Peremptory |
|
|
|
Vapid |
Bland, uninteresting |
|
|
|
Gainsaying |
Contradict, deny |
|
|
|
Embezzlement |
Misappropriation of funds |
|
|
|
Defalcation |
Misappropriation of funds |
|
|
|
Victual |
Food And provisions |
|
|
|
Booty |
Valuable stolen goods |
|
|
|
Spoils |
Stolen goods |
|
|
|
Sustenance |
Means of support, norishment |
|
|
|
Expropriate |
Take property from owner for public use |
|
|
|
Impassive |
Expressionless |
|
|
|
Deposed |
Overthrow, also- testify to |
|
|
|
Deliquent |
Failing in one's duty |
|
|
|
Chaperone |
Escort, companion, driver |
|
|
|
Sibyl |
Forecaster |
|
|
|
Chauvinist |
Display aggressive patriotism, jingoism |
|
|
|
Pyromaniac |
One who sets fire to things |
|
|
|
Sequester |
Confiscate, hide away |
|
|
|
Regality |
Royalty, sovereignty |
|
|
|
Partook |
Take a portion or share of something |
|
|
|
Gorged |
Eat until you can't eat more |
|
|
|
Lapped |
Consume by licking (water or milk) |
|
|
|
Devoured |
Eat greedily |
|
