1-200 Flashcards
Abase
To lower, demean, degrade
Abate
To lessen, to reduce in severity
Abbreviate
To shorten, reduce
Abduct
To kidnap
Aberration
A deviation from expected course
Abhor
To hate, loathe
Abide
To put up with, tolerate
Abject
Of the most miserable or contemptible kind
Abort
To give up unfinished
Abridged
To shorten, cut down
Abrogate
To abolish, often by authority
Abscond
To sneak away and hide
Abundant
In great numbers
Accede
To agree
Accentuate
To emphasise, to highlight
Accommodating
Obliging , helpful
Accost
To approach or confront aggressively
Acumen
Keen insight
Acute
Sharp, severe
Affable
Friendly, amiable
Affluent
Rich, wealthy
Aggrandize
To increase or make greater
Aggregate
To gather, amass
Aghast
Struck by amazement or terror
Agoraphobia
An abnormal fear of open or public places
Akimbo
With hands on hips and elbows extending outward
Alacrity
Speed, readiness
Algid
Frigid, cold
Allay
To sooth, assuage
Alleviate
To relieve
Aloof
Reserved, distant
Altercation
An argument, dispute
Amalgamation
A union, a merger
e.g. Dads new company is an *Amalgamation of five smaller companies
Ambivalent
Having contradictory feelings
Amble
To stroll, walk
Ameliorate
To improve, to make better
Amend
To change for the better, improve
Amiable
Friendly, Affable
Amorous
Relating to or showing love
Amorphous
Without shape or borders
Anomaly
Something that does not fit into the normal order
Antechamber
A waiting room
Anxiety
Uneasiness
Aphorism
A short saying
e.g Practice makes perfect
Apocalypse
Total devastation, the end of the world
Apprational
Ghostly, spectral
Arbitrator
One who settled controversy between two sides
e.g In baseball, Arbitrator’s are used to settle salary disputes
Ascetic
One who practices retrain as a means of self discipline, usually religious
e.g The monk was an *Ascetic who only ate one meal a day
Assauge
To Ease, Pacify
e.g the father *Assuaged the mother who’s kid was in an accident
Atone
To apologize, make amends
e.g Henry *Atoned his tardiness to practice by running ten laps
Audacious
Excessively bold
e.g Henry was very *Audacious asking for a ride this morning after promising that he would never need a ride
Augment
To increase or make larger
e.g My father *Augmented his salary by working two jobs
Austere
Very rare, bleak, simple
Baleful
Harmful, threatening
Bard
A poet, often a singer aswell
Battery
An assault or an array of simial things intended for use together
Belligerent
Contentious, ready to fight
Benevolent
Kind , good , caring
Benign
Non threatening, innocuous
Berate
To scold severely
Bereft
Without , devoid of
Bide
To wait, or remain in a condition
Bilk
To cheat, to swindle
Blandish
To coax through flattery
Blated
Swollen, bigger than desired
Boisterous
Loud, energetic
Bourgeois
Middle class
Brash
Hasty or lacking in sensitivity
Brazen
Excessively bold, brash
Brumal
Wintry, relating to winter
Brusque
Short, abrupt, dismissive
Buffet
To hit or strike
Buffet
Spread of food involving choices
Burgeon
To come forth, blossom
Cacophony
Noise, discordant sound
Cadence
Rhythm
Cajole
To urge, coax
Callous
Harsh, cold, unfeeling
Calumny
An attempt to defame anothers reputation
Camaraderie
Cheerful unity defame anothers reputations
Canvas
A piece of cloth on which an artist paints
Capricious
Impulsive, unpredictable, subject to whim
Captivate
To hold the interest of, to gain the attention of
Carouse
To revel, to party
Cavity
A hole
Cavort
To frolic, leap, prance
Celestial
Relating to the sky or the heavens
Chastise
To criticize, to scold
Choreographed
Arranged, as in dance
Circumlocution
Indirect language
Circumspect
Cautious
Clairvoyant
Able to see things that other cannot
Claustrophobia
An abnormal fear of closed or crowed spaces
Cliche
A trite, overused expression
Coalesce
To combine into one
Cogent
Intelligent, viable
Collusion
A conspiracy, a secret agreement
Colossus
An enormous stucture
Comastose
Lethargic
Commendable
Worthy of praise
Commodious
Spacious, roomy
Compel
To force
Complicit
Being an accomplice in a wrongful act
Compliment
An expression of esteem or approval
Concede
To give in, to accept
Conciliatory
Agreeable, friendly
Concoct
To make up or invent
Concord
Agreement
Conduit
A pipe, passage, channel
Confluence
A convergence, a coming together
Confound
To frustrate
Connotation
A meaning or association suggested by a word beyond its definition
Contusion
Bruise, injury
Convalescence
The gradual return to health after illness
Copious
Abundant, plentiful
Corpulent
Very fat
Cosmopolitan
Worldly, sophisticated
Credulity
Readiness to believe
Cursory
Brief to the point of being superficial
Daft
Insane, foolish
Daunting
Intimidating
Dearth
A lack, scarcity
Defame
To destroy the reputation of
Deft
Skilled, adept
Defunct
No longer used or existing
Deleterious
Harmful
Delude
To decieve, to mislead
Deluge
A great flood or something that overwhelms like a flood
Derelict
Rundown, abandonned
Desolate
Deserted, lifeless
Despondent
Discouraged, hopeless, depressed
Destitute
Impoverished
Diaphanous
Transparent, light,airy
Dictate
To pronounce, command, prescribe
Differentiate
To distinguish, to make different
Dilapidated
In a state of disrepair
Diligent
Careful, showing care
Diminish
To decrease or make smaller
Diminutive
Miniature, small
Discreet
Prudent or inconspicuous
Discrete
Separate, distinct, individual
Disparage
To criticize, degrade, belittle
Dissonance
Lack of harmony or agreement
Divergent
Different, deviating, contrary
Diverse
Varied
Divisive
Causing conflict, opposition
Domicile
A residence, a home
Doppelganger
A ghostly double of a living person
Douse
To drench, saturate
Dutiful
Careful to fulfill obligations
Dynamic
Characterized by continuous change or activity
Elocution
The Art of public speaking
Elucidate
To clarify
Empathetic
Feeling another’s pain as one’s own
Empathy
The Experience of another’s feelings as one’s own
Enervate
To weaken, make weary
Enervated
Lacking energy, weakened exhausted
Entity
Something that exists as a discrete unit
Entomology
The study of insects
Envious
Jealous
Erect
To construct, to raise
Erroneous
Mistaken, incorrect
Espouse
To support, or to marry
Espy
Catch sight of, glimpse
Ethereal
heavenly, exceptionally delicate or refined
Euphoric
Elated, overjoyed
Exacerbate
To make more violent, intense
Excursion
A trip, an outing
Exemplary
Serving as an example
Exigent
Critical, urgent
Existential
Relating to existence
Exorbitant
Excessive
Extol
To praise
Extravagant
Excessive, over the top
Fabricate
To invent, make up, concoct
Fabulist
A teller of fables; a liar
Facile
Easy
Fallacious
Incorrect, misleading
Familial
Relating to family
Fatuous
Silly, foolish
Fecund
fertile, fruitful
Feign
To fake or pretend to
Feral
Savage, wild, untamed
Fetter
To restrain, chain, tie
Fey
Magical
Fickle
Characterized by changeableness, whimsical
Figurative
Symbolic
Firmament
The sky, the heavens
Flabbergasted
Astounded, stupefied
Flaccid
Limp
Flattery
Compliments, Sycophancy
Flout
To scorn, ignore, showing contempt for
Fluctuate
To vary irregulary
Flux
A state of constant change or flow
Forage
To rummage ,scavenge, graze for food
Forestall
To delay, impede
Forlorn
Lonely, hopeless
Formidable
Arousing fear or alarm
Forsake
To abandon, forget
Fortify
To strengthen
Fortitude
Strength, Bravery
Fortuitous
lucky, occurring by chance
Foster
To stimulate promote, encourage
Frenetic
Frenzied, Hectic, Frantic
Gape
To open the mouth and stare stupidly
Gay
Happy, cheery, or homosexual
Gluttonous
Insatiable in appetite
Goad
To urge, to provoke into action
Courmand
One who likes eating and rinking
Grandiose
Extraordinary, Grand in scope
Gregarious
Sociable, Outgoing
Grotto
A small cave or cavern
Guile
Deceitful actions or behavior
Hail
To come from
Hapless
Unlucky
Harmony
Agreement, often of sound
Harrowing
Agonizing, distressing
Hedonist
One who primary pursuit is pleasure
Henchman
A trusted follower, goona
Hiatus
An interuption in continuity, a break
Hiemal
Wintry, relating to winter
Hiearchy
A ranking system of groups or individuals
Histrionic
Excessively dramatic or emotional
Idolatrous
Worhiping excessively an object or person
Idolatrous
Worshiping excessively an object or person
Immaculate
Impeccably, clean, spotless, pure
Immutable
not susceptible to change
Impencunious
Excessively poor
Impervious
Unable top be penetrated, unaffected
Impudent
Rude, improper
Incessant
Without interruption
Incisive
Clear, sharp, direct
Inclement
Sotrmy, bad, severe
Inclination
A tendency, propensity
Indictment
Accusation of wrongdoing
Indignation
Anger due to an unfair situation
Inextricable
Hopelessly confused or tangled
Infuse
To inject
Ingenious
Marked by special intelligence
Inimical
Hostile, threatening
Inquity
A wicked act, a sin
Innate
Inborn, native, inherent
Innovious
Harmless
Inquistor
Someone who asks questions or makes and inquiry
Inundate
To flood
Invariable
Not susceptible to change
Invective
A verbal attack
Inveterate
Habitual, Natural
Irascible
Easily Angered
Jubilant
Joyful, happy
Judicious
Of sound of judgement
Juvenile
Young or immature
Juxtapose
To put next to each other
Labyrinthine
Intricate, maze-like
Laceration
A cut, a rip
Lachrymose
Tearful
Latent
Present but hidden
Laud
To applaud or praise
Laudatory
Admiring, praising
Lavish
Extravagant
Lethargic
Sluggish, weary, apathetic
Lewd
Vulgar, offensive, rude
Libel
A statement that gives an unjust or unfavorable representation of a person or thing
Licentious
Amoral, lawless, lewd
Limber
Bending or flexing readily, pliable
Limpid
Clear, easily understood
Linchpin
Something that holds separate things together
Lithe
Graceful, flexible, supple
Loquacious
Talkative
Lull
A relatively calm interval, as in a storm
Luminescence
Light from non-thermal sources
Magnanimous
Generous, noble
Malaise
Vague feeling of discomfort
Malevolent
having intent to harm others
Malicious
Malevolent, harmful
Malign
To slander, to smear, to libel, to defame, to speak evil of
Malleable
Easily shaped or formed
Mandatory
Required, not optional
Manifest
To show clearly
Manifold
Many
Masticate
To chew
Matrimony
Marriage
Maudlin
Sentimental
Maxin
A common saying of advice or virtue
Meager
Lacking in quality stature
Mediate
To intervene, to arbitrate, to sort out
Melodramatic
Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental; Histrionoc
Mendacious
Inclined to lie or mislead
Mercurial
Quick and changeable in temperament
Meritorious
Deserving of priase or merit
Metamorphosis
A change of form, shape, substance
Mimic
To imitate, to copy
Misogyny
Hatred of women
Modicum
A small amount of something
Molligy
To soften in temper
Monogamy
Having only one spouse at a time
Mores
Moral attitudes
Morose
Gloomy or sullen
Monuficent
Generous, benevolent
Mutability
Capability of change
Myopic
Short sighted
Myriad
Consisting of a very greater number
Narrate
To tell a story
Nebulous
Indistinct, hazy
Nefarious
Horribly villainous
Neologism
The creating of new words, or a new word
Neonate
A newborn baby
Noisome
Foul, offensive, particularly to the sense of smell
Notoriety
Infamy, known in bad regar
Novel
Strikingly new, unusual, Or different
Noxious
Harmful, toxic
Obdurate
Unyielding to persuasion or moral influences
Obfuscate
To render incomprehensible
Obsequious
Excessively compliant or submissive
Odious
Meriting strong displeasure
Officious
Offering unwanted help or service
Olfactory
Relating to the sense of smell
Ominous
Foreboding or foreshadowing evil, portentous
Oration
A dignified and formal speech
Ostracize
to exclude from a community
Pacify
To sooth, ease
paragon
Model of perfection
Pariah
An outcast
Parody
A satirical imitation
Patent
Clear, Apparent
Pedagogue
A schoolteacher
Pullucid
Clear
Penchant
A tendency, partiality, preference
Peregrinate
To travel from place to place on foot
Perfunctory
Showing little enthusiasm, done as duty
Permeate
To spread out, to pervade
Persevere
To persist, remain constant
Pertinacious
Stubbornly persistent, holding to a belief or position
Peruse
To examine carefully
Pervasive
To spread throughout
Sptulance
Irritability. impolitness
Physiognomy
The art of judging human character from facial features
Pique
To provoke or to cause indignation
Pithy
Succinctly meaningful
Pittance
Very small amount
Placate
To soothe, appease
Placide
Calm, tranquil
Plethora
A great number, an abundance
Pliable
Flexible, bendable
Poach
To hunt of fish illegally
Poised
Balanced, readied
Polugamy
Having more than one spouse at a time
Portentous
Foreboding or foreshadowing evil, ominous
Portly
Fat, chubby, round
Precarious
Dangerously lacking in security
Predistination
The concept of destiny or fate
Premonition
A presentiment of the future
Preponderance
A great amount or frequency
Presage
An omen
Prestidignation
A sleight of hand
Presumptuous
Disrespectfully bold
Profance
Indecent, blasphemous
Profuse
Abundant, lavishing, prolific
Propensity
An inclination, preference
Propriety
Decency, state of being proper
Protean
Readily taking on various shapes or forms
Prudent
Cautious, careful
Puerile
Immature
Pugnacious
Belligerent
Pulchritude
Physically beauty
Punctilious
Eager to follow rules
Pungent
Having a sharp, strong quality especially related to smell
Purport
To present an intention that is often false
Putrid
rotten, rancid, foul
Quaint
Old fashined
Quid
Pro/A mutually beneficial exchange
Quotidian
Daily, everyday
Radiant
Bright, beaming
Rancid
Rotten, Spoiled, disgusting in smell or taste
Ratiocinate
To think, contemplate
Raze
To demolish
Recalcitrant
Defiant
Recalibrate
To readjust or make corrections to
Recapitulate
To repeat, reiterate
Rectify
To set right, correct
Redact
To revise, edit
redoubtable
Formidable, commanding respoect
Redress
To set right or remedy
Reel
To be thrown off balance or feel dizzy
Refrain
To hold oneself back, forbear
Reiterate
To repeat
Relish
To take zestful pleasure in, enjoy the flavor of
Remiss
Negligent, exhibiting carelessness
Render
To say, or to make
Renovate
To restore, return to orginal state
Repose
Rest, sleep
Reprehensible
Deserving criticism
Repudiate
To reject, turn down
Repulse
To cause disgust or distaste, or to drive back, repel
Requisition
A demand for goods, often by an authority
Restitution
compensation, reimbursement
Retaliation
Revenge, Punuishment
Retract
Withdraw
Retributiojn
Vengeance, revenge, payback
Revel
To enjoy
Rife
Abundant
Ruddy
Having a healthy, reddish color
Ruse
A trick
Rustic
Relating to country life
Saccharine
Overly sweet
Sacrosanct
Sacred, holy
Sagacious
Shrewd, Showing sound judgement
SAlient
Significant, conspicuous
Salutation
A greeting
Sanguine
Cheery, optimistic, hopeful
Sate
To satisfy, fully
Satiate
To satisfy excessively
Savor
To appreciate fully, enjoy
Scathing
Hurtful, critical
Scourge
A plague
Scurrilous
Crude, vulgar
Sedate
To calm, soothe
Sedentary
Sitting
Seer
A fortune teller
Seminal
Original, ground breaking
Serendipity
The act of finding things not sought, luck
Slander
A FALSE statement to damage the reputation of another
Sobriety
Moderation from excess, calm, tranquility
Somnolent
Sleepy
Soothsayer
A fortune teller
Sordid
Dirty
Spectral
Ghostly
Spurious
FALSE but intended to seem believable or possible
Stagnant
Still, not flowing
Stagnate
To be idle, to be still
Static
not moving, being at rest
Steadfast
Fixed or unchanging
Strenuous
Requiring temendous strength or energy
Strife
Conflict
stupefy
To astound
Submissive
Easily yielding to authority
Subsist
To live, exist
Succinct
marked by compact precision
Suffice
TO meet needs
Supplant
To displace and substitute for another
Surfeit
An excess, a surplus, an overabundance
Surmise
To guess, infer, suppose
Surreptitious
Done in a secret, or stealthy way
Swarthy
Of dark color complexion
Sybarite
Someone devoted to pleasure and luxury, a voluptuary
Sycophant
A self serving flatterer
Sympathetic
Compassionate
Sympathy
An expression of pity for another, compassion
Synopsis
A summary
Taciturn
Not inclined to talk
Tantamount
equivalent in value or significance
Tedious
Boring, dull
Telepathic
Capable of reading minds
Tenuous
having little substance or strength
Terrestrial
Relating to the land
Terse
Abrupt, short, brief
Timorous
Fearful, timid
Tome
A large book
Toothsome
Delicious, luscious
Torpid
Lazy, lethargic, moving slowly
Torrid
Giving off intense heat, passionate
Toruous
Winding, twisted
Tragedy
A disastrous event, or a work of art in which the hero meets a terrible fate
Tranquil
Calm, serene, peaceful
Travesty
A grossly inferior imitation
Trek
To walk, travel by foot
Trite
Overused, hackneyed
Truculent
Eager to fight, violent
Ubiquiotous
Existing everywhere, widespread
Ultimate
The last part, or a fundamental element
Umbrage
Anger, offense, resentment
Uncanny
Of supernatural character or orgin
Undulate
To move in a smooth wavelike motion
Uniform
Unvarying, conforming
Unilateral
Having only one side
Unique
Being the only one of its kind
Upbraid
To criticize, scold, reproach
Vacillate
To sway from one side to another
Variance
A difference between what is expected and what actually occurs
Variegate
To diversify
Vast
Enormous, immense
Veneer
A superficial or deceptively attractive appearance, facade
Veracious
honest, truthful
Verbose
Wordy
Vicarious
Experienced through another’s actions
Vicissitudes
The unexpected changes and shifts often encountered in one’s life
Vigor
Vitality and energy, vim
Vim
And energy, vigor
Vivacious
Lively, spirited, full of life
Vocation
One’s work or professional calling
Volition
A conscious choice or decision
Voluminous
Large, ample
Vomuptuary
Someone devoted to sensory pleasure and luxury, a sybraite
Wane
To decrease gradually in size or degree
Wax
To increase gradually in size or degree
Weather
To withstand or survive a sityation
Whet
To make more keen, stimulate
Winsome
Charming, attractive
Zeitgeist
The spirit of the time
