201-250 Flashcards
Hard to understand, over ones head
Recondite
A strong taste or liking for something, predilection
Penchant
A bitter counteraccusation
Recrimination
Fragrant
Redolent
Having nothing to do with religion or spiritual concerns
Secular
Treason, the incitement of public disorder or rebellion
Sedition
To separate
Segregate
Having to do with the senses or sensation
Sensory
Boldness, recklessness, audacity
Temerity
Mild, moderate, restrained
Temperate
Consistent, unchanging, the same for everyone
Uniform
Using too many words, not succinct, circumlocutory
Verbose
Similarity to reality, the appearance of truth
Verisimilitude
Wild or excessive admiration, flattery
Adulation
To contaminate, to make impure
Adulterate
Unfavorable, antagonistic
Adverse
Having to do with artistic beauty, artistic
Aesthetic
Easy to talk to, friendly
Affable
Unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress
Affectation
Sympathy, attraction, kinship, similarity
Affinity
Combative, quarrelsome, waging war
Belligerent
Confused, bewildered
Bemused
An illusion, a foolish fancy
Chimera
Hot-tempered, quick to anger
Choleric
Constant, lasting a long time, inveterate
Chronic
A record of events in order of time, a history
Chronicle
Roundabout, not following a direct path
Circuitous
An indirect expression, use of wordy or evasive language
Circumlocution
To break down, to deteriorate
Degenerate
Harmful
Deleterious
To describe accurately, to draw in outline
Delineate
To move to a new country
Emigrate
Well-known and respected, standing out from all others in quality or accomplishment, outstanding
Eminent
Relying on experience or observation
Empirical
Animals
Fauna
Fertile, productive
Fecund
To make gestures, especially when speaking or in place of speaking
Gesticulate
Leadership, nation over another
Hegemony
To attack, attack truth or integrity of something
Impugn
Silly, senseless
Inane
To begin officially, to induct formally into office
Inaugurate
Brilliant, giving off heat or light
Incandescent
To become weak, depressed
Languish
Warlike, having to do with combat
Martial
Someone who gives up his or her life in pursuit of a cause, a religious one, one who suffers for a cause
Martyr
To enroll, especially in college
Matriculate
Showing favoritism to friends of family in business or politics
Nepotism
Unknown, hard to understand, dark
Obscure
Sorry, repentant, contrite
Penitent
Thoughtful and sad
Pensive