100 Medium Repeat Offenders Flashcards
Acute
Sharp
Abhor
To hate; to regard as horrible
Adept
Highly skilled
Adroit
Highly skilled, especially with one’s hands
Affable
Friendly
Agile
Moving quickly and lightly
Apathy
An absence of emotion or enthusiasm
Archaic
So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
Ardor
Intense passion
Arid
Dry; lacking rainfall
Belligerent
Characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
Cajole
To influence by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
Caustic
Burning or stinging
Cerebral
Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
Concession
The act of giving in or the actual thing that was given up
Confound
To confuse
Conspicuous
Obvious
Conspire
To work together, often in secret, to commit wrongful behavior
Consummate
Perfect and complete
Cordial
Friendly and polite
Curtail
To cut short of restrict
Daunt
To cause to lose courage
Debilitate
To make weak
Decimate
To destroy a large portion of
Delineate
To outline
Despondent
Feeling or expressing hopelessness
Destitute
Completely wanting or lacking
Discord
Disagreement
Dissent
To express a difference of opinion
Docile
Easily taught or managed
Doctrine
A belief that is taught, usually by a church of government
Earnest
Serious, sincere
Effusive
Excessive enthusiasm or emotion
Embroil
To bring into an argument or negative situation
Erratic
Unpredictable or inconsistent
Expedient
Serving a purpose or personal interest
Extraneous
Not relevant or essential
Fallacy
A false idea
Flippant
Disrespectful; lacking seriousness
Florid
Excessively decorated; flowery