100 Easy Repeat Offenders Flashcards
Adhere
To stick, to follow through
Accessible
Easy to approach obtain or use
Alienate
To create hostility or indifference
Animated
Lively and spirited
Apt
Intelligent
Arbitrate
To Judge or decide
Atypical
Not typical
Audible
Able to be heard
Aversion
Feeling of intense dislike
Avert
Turn away or prevent
Awestruck
Filled with an overwhelming feeling of wonder
Baffle
To confuse or puzzle
Caricature
Representation of a person that is exaggerated for comical effect
Catastrophic
Extremely harmful or disastrous
Circumscribed
Restricted
Clarity
Clearness
Commemorate
Honor the memory of with a ceremony or memorial
Concord
Agreement
Conducive
Favorable; contributing to
Conformity
Behavior that agrees with the standards
Consensus
Agreement reached by a group as a whole
Console
To give support and comfort during sadness and disappointment
Curative
Tending to cure or restore to health
Decisive
Deciding without dispute or hesitation
Defer
To delay or postpone
Deliberate
To carefully consider
Demeanor
Behavior
Derivative
Something that came from an original
Detract
To take away
Devoid
Completely wanting or lacking
Diplomatic
Skillful in handling sensitive situations
Discredit
To cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
Discreet
Careful or moderate
Discrepancy
A difference or inconsistency
Disgruntled
A state of sulky dissatisfaction
Dispel
To drive away
Disperse
To scatter spread or drive away
Divert
To turn away from a course
Domestic
Relating to the home or relating to the home country
Encompass
To surround or include
Esteemed
Highly respected
Estrangement
Separation resulting from hostility
Eulogy
Formal expression of praise
Extravagant
Excessively high or expensive
Fabricated
Constructed to deceive
Fallible
Capable of making a mistake
Feasible
Possible
Fortify
To make stronger
Humble
Not arrogant or prideful; modest
Humility
The condition of not being arrogant or prideful; the quality of being humble
Idealism
The practice of seeing things in an ideal form
Illusory
Creating illusions; deceiving
Inconsequential
Not important
Ingenious
Clever and inventive
Inhibit
To limit; to hold back
Innovative
Creative or the condition of being something new and unseen
Inquisitive
Showing curiosity; asking questions
Interrogate
To question
Intuitive
Knowing through feelings rather than from reasoning or observation
Invigorate
To give life or energy to
Legitimate
Lawful; In Accordance with accepted standards; genuine
Longevity
Length of life
Mandate
To require
Mediocre
Moderate to inferior in quality
Melodrama
An exaggerated drama
Monarch
A ruler such as a king or queen
Nonchalant
Coolly casual and unconcerned
Opaque
Not clear; not allowing light to pass through
Opportune
Favorable or happening at a favorable time
Ornamentation
Decoration
Pacify
To calm; to bring peace
Parasite
Something or someone who attaches to another being for personal gain
Periphery
The outside boundary
Popularize
To Make popular
Prolong
To lengthen in time
Prophetic
Predictive of future events
Protagonist
The main character in a fictional work
Quantitative
Relating to the measurement of quantity
Redundant
Having ideas that are repeated unnecessarily
Reminiscence
Recalling of the past; memory
Remorse
Feelin of deep regret
Renown
Fame
Resolute
Firm ad determined
Scarce
Lacking in supply
Sentimental
Characterized by tender feelings
Serene
Calm and peaceful
Speculative
Based on careful consideration or contemplation rather than fact
Stifle
To stop or hold back
Susceptible
Easily affected
Tedious
Long boring tiring
Therapeutic
Tending to cure or restore to health
Thwart
To hinder or prevent
Tranquil
Calm and peaceful
Treacherous
Untrustworthy or unstable
Turmoil
A scene of great commotion confusion and disorder
Vengeance
The act of taking revenge
Vigilant
On the lookout for possible danger
Vulgar
Tastefully indecent
Warrant
To authorize or justify
Weary
Tired
