201-300 Flashcards
Dissolute
Lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices
Disparate
Being unequal in age rank or degree
Divisive
Creating dissension or discord
Doctor
To falsify or change to make favorable
Doleful
Filled with grief
Domineering
To rule over arrogantly; tyrannize
Dour
Unyielding or stubborn
Droll
Amusingly odd or whimsically comical
Dubious
Of questionable character
Duplicity
Deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech
Effete
Depleted of vitality, force, or effectiveness
Efficacious
Capable of producing a desirable effect
Effrontery
Brazen boldness
Effusive
Expressive in emotional expression
Elicit
To bring or draw out
Elitist
Belief that certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by the virtue if their status
Elucidate
To make clear by explanation
Eminent
Towering over others of high rank
Ennui
Dissatisfaction resulting from the lack of interest; boredom
Epiphany
Comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization
Epitome
Example of a class or type
Equanimity
Calm and even tempered, composure
Erroneous
Containing error; mistaken
Ethereal
Characterized by lightness; intangibility
Euphoric
Great happiness or well being
Evade
To escape to avoid by cleverness or deceit
Evocation
Creation anew through the power of memory or imagination
Evocative
Having the power to draw forth or bring out something latent or hidden
Exacerbate
To increase the severity or violence of
Exacting
Precise; not allowing deviation
Exasperate
To annoy greatly
Exhaustive
Thorough and treating all parts without omission
Exorbitant
Exceeding all bounds; excessive
Expeditious
Actin or done with speed and efficiency
Extol
To praise highly
Exuberant
Full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy
Fabrication
A lie
Facile
Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty
Facsimiles
Exact copy or reproduction
Fanaticism
Irrational zeal or enthusiasm
Fanfare
A spectacular public display
Fastidious
Displaying careful or meticulous attention to detail
Fathom
To comprehend the nature or meaning of
Fawn
To seek or favor attention by flattery or obsequious behavior
Feckless
Lacking purpose or vitality
Feign
To fake or give a false impression of
Felicity
Great happiness; bliss
Fervor
Great warmth and intensity of emotion
Fidelity
Great happiness; bliss
Finite
Limited or having bounds
Fledgling
Young or inexperienced person
Flippant
Marked by disrespectful levity or casualness
Florid
Very ornate or flowery
Foreshorten
To reduce in length; to curtail of abridge
Fortify
To strengthen or invigorate
Fortitude
Strength of the mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage
Fortuitous
Happening by accident or chance
Fractious
Inclined to make trouble
Frugal
Sparingly using money for material resources
Fruitless
Unproductive
Furnish
To equip with what is needed
Furtive
Characterized by stealth; surreptitious
Galling
To irk or exasperate; vex
Galvanize
To arouse to awareness or action; spur
Glut
An excess or too much of something
Grim
Uninviting or unnerving in aspect; forbidding
Grumbler
To complain in a surely matter; mutter discontently