2 Flashcards
Arduous
Strenuous; requiring significant effort
Sentence: math is an arduous subject
Ascetic
Ass-ce-tic
One who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideas
Eg: monk
Sentence: a monk is ascetic
Austere
Aw-stere
Simple.
Sentence: a monk lives an austere life.
Ameliorate
To make better or more tolerable
Sentence: the only ameliorate part of the govt are the laws.
Axiom
Axe-e-um
It’s truth is assumed to be self-evident.
A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits.
Axiomatic
Self-evident or unquestionable
Sentence: what she claims is axiomatic
Bucolic
Characteristics of rural areas and there inhabitants
Sentence: they’ve got a bucolic ambiance at the new restaurant.
Canonical
Reduced to the simplest and most significant form with out the loss of generality.
Sentence: they have a canonical standard of teaching.
Contentious
Argumentative; controversial; quarrelsome.
Sentence: a contentious issue.
Convoluted
Complex or complicated.
Sentence: most mathematical theories are convoluted.
Culpable
Deserve blame.
Culprit.
Disabuse
To set right.
Sentence: they tried to disabuse the situation
Eclectic
Deriving ideas, style or tastes from a broad and diverse range of sources
Sentence: they an eclectic clothing line
Effrontery
Eff-run-tery
Extreme boldness.
Synonym: audacity
Ephemeral
Brief; fleeting; short lived.
Sentence: insects have an ephemeral life
Erudite
Eru-dite
Very learned; scholarly
Having or showing great knowledge.
Sentence: he is an erudite man.
Eulogy
A speech honoring the dead.
Mnemonic: fault in our stars
Extemporaneous
Improvised; spontaneous.
Facetious
Fa-see-sious
Playful; deliberate inappropriate humor.
Inappropriately humorous.
Sentence: a facetious remark.
Fulminate
Full-men-ate
To loudly attack or dece; explode violently.
Mnemonic: anger
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken seriously.
Sentence:
Lucid
Clear; easily understood.
Peaen
Pee-en
A song or hymn of praise or thanksgiving
Penurious
Pen-nurious
Ungenerous; excessively thrifty; stingy
Perfidy
Perf-idy
Being untrustworthy or deceitful; betrayal; sellout
Pernicious
Per-ni-cious
Potentially causing death; having a harmful effect.
Sentence:Cancer is a pernicious disease
Perspicacious
Per-sp-e-cacious
Having keen mental perception; shrewd.
Pious
Pi-ous
Showing strong religious devotion; very religious.
Sentence: Brahmins are a very pious cast.
Prolific
Productive; producing large volumes or amounts.
Qualms
Causes for hesitancy; misgiving.
Recant
To retract; esp a previously held belief.
Precipitate
Acting with expressive hassle or impulse; bring about abruptly
Synonym: hasty; rash, hurried, effect, set up
Sentence: it could be precipitated by life changes, such as having a baby
Precursor
Something that happens before something else
A person who goes before or announces the coming of another
Sentence: Pride is a precursor to the fall
Predilection
A bias in favor of something; preference
Sentence: his bosses predilection for beautiful women
Redoubtable
Worthy of honor or respect; inspiring fear.
Sentence: what the attacks proved is that we have a redoubtable and determined enemy.
Reticent
Quiet; reserved; not reveling ones thoughts or feelings
Synonym: introvert, restrained
Sentence: she was extremely reticent about her personal affairs
Satire
Mockery; a genre of literature characterized by the use to satire
Sordid
Foul; Involving or dishonorable actions and motives; dirty
Sentence: I’m not interested in sordid little affairs
Squalid
Mnemonic: slums
Sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
Sentence: the slums are squalid
Squander
To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
Allow an opportunity to pass or be lost.
Stoic
Indifferent or unaffected by pleasure or pain
Stymie
Sty-me
To block; prevent or hinder progress of.
Synonym: thwart
Sentence: the trouble makers must not be allowed to stymie the studious ones.
Supplant
Take the place of; replace
Synonym: supersede
Synthesis
The combination of parts to make a whole.
Synonym: combination, blend, compound, fusion
Torpid
Lethargic; sluggish, phlegmatic
Torque
A force that causes rotation
Ubiquitous
U-bi-qui-tous
Widespread; constantly encountered, present, found every where.
Sentence: it’s a ubiquitous species.
Veracity
Truthfulness; honestly; Accuracy
Sentence: the officials expressed doubts concerning the veracity of the story
Vilify
To defame
Virulent
Vir-ulent
Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
