23 Flashcards
Avaricious
adjective: Characterized by greed.
Bloviate
verb: To speak pompously or arrogantly.
Bodacious
adjective: Remarkable or outstanding; thorough; blatant. (brazen, audacious, indomitable).
Ersatz
adjective: Serving as an imitation or a substitute, usually an inferior one.
Inimitable
adjective: Incapable of being imitated or copied.
Inveterate
adjective: Firmly and long established.
Malinger
verb: To feign illness or other incapacity in order to avoid duty.
Mawkish
adjective: Excessively and objectionably sentimental; weekly emotional; maudlin.
Meretricious
adjective: Attracting attention in a vulgar manner. (mendacious).
Mettle
noun: Courage and fortitude; spirit.
Nettle
verb: To irritate, annoy, or provoke. (to rankle).
Opalescent
adjective: Characterized by luminous rainbow-like colors.
Opprobrious
adjective: Expressing contemptuous reproach; scornful or abusive.
Penultimate
adjective: the next to last.
Perfidious
adjective: Tending to betray.
Persiflage
noun: Light good-natured talk; banter.
Piquant
adjective: Pleasantly pungent or tart in taste; spicy.
Placid
adjective: Undisturbed by tumult or disorder. (equanimity).
Ratiocinate
verb: To reason methodically and logically.
Recondite
adjective: Not easily understood; abstruse or obscure; elusive in meaning.
Remonstrance
noun: A protest, challenge, or argument.
Sacrosanct
adjective: Regarded as sacred and inviolable.
Sardonic
adjective: Scornfully or cynically mocking; derisive; biting.
Sinecure
noun: A position or office that required little or no work but provides a salary.
Tawdry
adjective: Gaudy and cheap in nature or appearance; vulgar or sleazy.
Theocracy
noun: A government ruled by or subject to religious authority.
Umbrage
noun: Offense; displeasure or resentment; a feeling of anger caused by being offended or having been slighted.
Unctuous
adjective: Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness, fervor or piety.
Vacillate
verb: To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
Vapid
adjective: Lacking liveliness, spirit, animation, or interest.
Vet
verb: To appraise, verify, or check for accuracy, authenticity, or validity. (corroborate).
Winsome
adjective: Charming and sweet, often in a childlike or naive way.
Wry
adjective: Dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony.
Zenith
noun: The upper region of the sky; the point of culmination; peak.
Zephyr
noun: A gentle breeze; something that is airy, celestial, or tenuous; insubstantial or evanescent.
