100-150 Flashcards
Peripheral
On or having to do with the outer edge
Penury
Extreme poverty
Proclivity
Tendency, leaning
Recalcitrant
Disobedient, resisting authority
Undulating
Moving in a wavelike manner
Volatile
Highly unstable; explosive
Ambiguous
Having more than one meaning
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Tolerance
Respect for the ways and views of others
Embellish
To decorate; I add fictitious details to
Efface
To erase; to make less noticeable
Conform
I fit in; to act in agreement with
Virtue
Moral excellence
Virtue-> purtue-> pure
Eulogy
High praise (usually for someone who has died)
Acquiesce
To give in
Competent
Capable; sufficiently skilled
Censor
To prevent publication of
Contempt
Strong dislike, scorn
Buoyant
Cheerful; capable of floating
Prodigal
Wasteful with money
Tact
Sensitivity, courtesy
Resilient
Capable of recovering quickly
Monarch
Ruler
“The monarch will be crowned”
Indulge
To give in to (a desire)
Dawdle
To waste time
Recant
To take back (a statement)
Parsimony
Extreme stinginess
Platitude
A dull, overused remark
Latitudes vary from place to place whereas platitude is common to all
Desultory
Aimless, haphazard, unconnected
Partisan
Strongly supporting one party or cause
Vigor
Strength, energy
Compatible
Capable of working in harmony
Extol
To praise highly
Being EXtra TOL(tall) is a matter of praise
Petulant
Irritable, touchy
Acrimony
Bitterness
Cultivate
To grow; to improve
Disparage
To put down, to belittle
Erratic
Wandering, inconsistent
The acts is erotic scenes are quite erratic
Beneficial
Helpful, good
Levity
Lightness of behavior or feeling
Ameliorate
To make better, to improve
Deride
To laugh at, make fun of cruelly
Bane
Something that harms or destroys
Think of batman
Anarchy
Disorder, absence of government control
Provincial
Narrow-minded, unsophisticated
Soluble
Capable of being dissolved
Conspicuous
Obvious, readily apparent
Consolidate
To join together, merge
Extremities
Not essential, not related to
Expunge
To remove, erase
Trifling
Unimportant
Objective
Not affected by personal feeling