2019 final vocab Flashcards
amenable
liable, answerable, willing, obedient
amorphous
having no definite form, shapeless
cajole
to persuade someone to do something through soothing deception
calamity
state of misery caused by loss
debase
to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character
efface
to eliminate or make distinct
elucidate
to make clear
ferocity
extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality, intensity
flourish
to grow, thrive, achieve, prosper, make bold
haughty
blatantly and disdainfully proud
inane
empty, lacking significance, meaning, or point
indolence
inclination to laziness
infallible
incapable of error, not deceiving, misleading, or disappointing
inscrutable
not able to be interpreted, investigated, or understood
languid
weak due to something; from exhaustion; sluggish, lacking force or quickness of movement
penitent
expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
perfunctory
routine, lacking interest or enthusiasm
antiquated
out of style, old, advanced in age
dilapidated
decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse
atrophy
decrease in size, wasting away or progressive decline (misuse)
clandestine
secrecy
conciliate
to gain by pleasing acts, to appease or to make friendly or agreeable
cursory
rapidly and ofter superficially performed or produced
derision
use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt
enmity
positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will
extricate
to distinguish from a related thing, to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty
forbearance
to have patience
frivolous
of little weight or importance, lacking seriousness
garrulous
rambling, annoyingly talkative
impetuous
impulsive passion
industrious
constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied; diligent hard worker
infamous
having the worst reputation, well known for being bad
insolent
insultingly contemptuous in speech or conduct, exhibiting boldness or effrontery (in speech)
levity
lightening the mood usually at the wrong time (frivolity)`
oblivion
forgetting
paradoxical
unusual, things that don’t fit together
perjury
violation of an oath or vow by swearing to what is untrue
rancor
bitter deep-seated ill will )one sided angriness)
sycophant
servile self-seeking flatterer; kiss-up
vacillate
sway or can’t decide between two things
vivify
to give life to
accolade
mark of acknowledgment or award
ascetic
strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline
bequeath
to hand down, to give or leave by will
charlatan
fraud, faker
conflagration
fire, conflict, war
dearth
famine, lack of
diffident
hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence, reserved
effervesce
bubble, hiss, and foam as gas escapes, show liveliness or exhilaration
effulgence
radiant, brilliance
ethereal
relating to regions beyond the earth, heavenly, lack of material substance
guile
deceitful cunning, duplicity
implausible
provoking disbelief
incongruous
not harmonious, incompatible, inconsistent with itself
insular
of, relating to, or constituting an island, isolated people
provincial
living or coming from a province
synthesis
parts to form a whole
vigilant
alertly watchful to avoid danger
voluble
easily rolling or turning or rotating; rapid speech
affinity
relationship by marriage, kinship, natural likeness
blasphemous
impulsively irrelevant, disrespectful
buttress
something that supports or strengthens
corroborate
to support with evidence or authority, make more certain
deplete
to lessen markedly in quantity, content, power, or value
despotic
tyrant, a ruler with absolute power
replete
fully or abundantly filled
empirical
based or observation or evidence, observable data
homogenous
of the same or a similar kind or nature
incontrovertible
not open to question, indisputable
extraneous
not forming an essential or vital part
irascible
marked by a hot temper and easily provoked anger
laconic
the use of minimum words, concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
magnanimity
a generous act
scrupulous
moral integrity, strict for what is right and proper
sublime
exalt in dignity or honor
surreptitious
acting or doing something clandestinely or secretly
spurious
not being what it is said to be; false or fake
veracity
devotion to the truth
zeal
eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something
amiable
generally agreeable, being friendly sociable
vicarious
performed or suffered by one person as a substitute for another
discursive
moving from topic to topic
estrange
to remove or alienate
exonerate
to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship; to clear from obligation or blame
gratuitous
not involving a return benefit, compensation, or consideration; costing nothing, free
indignation
anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean
induce
effect, cause, produce
intractable
not easily manipulated, cured, or managed
lucid
clear to understanding
misanthrope
a person who what or distrusts humankind
munificent
generous in giving, lavish
recluse
marked by withdrawal from society
stupefy
to make stupid, groggy, insensible, astonish, astound
terse
smoothly elegant; polished, short
transient
passing quickly into and out of existence
adulation
excessive or slavish admiration or flattery
chimera
illusion or fabrication of the mind
culpable
guilty, criminal, blameworthy
decadent
decay or decline, self-indulgence
entreat
negotiate, intercede, make earnest request, please in order to persuade, ask urgently
