27th Flashcards
Aspirant
One who seeks or desires to succeed or advance
Asperity
Harness or roughness
Ant: mildness
Capitulate
To surrender or acquiesce on agreed terms
Ant: resistance
Comity
A state of civility and respect between peoples or nations
Ant: sparse
Curmudgeon
An ill-tempered and hostile person
Ant: agreeable person
Demur
To object
A protest or hesitation
Divulge
To proclaim or disclose; to reveal and make known.
Ant: conceal
Dolt
A stupid or foolish person
Exponent
One that exemplifies or advocates something;
A mathematical symbol expressing the raising of a power
Flaunt
To display ostentatiously
Ant: ensconce
Haphazard
By chance or random; without planning
Ant: methodical
Impecunious
Habitually poor or without money
Ant: affluent
Imperious
Having an arrogant attitude; intensely compelling
Impermeable
Not allowing passage through its surface or substance
Imperturbable
Serene or extremely calm
Ant: restive
Impervious
Impenetrable; not capable of being disturbed or damaged
Impetuous
Impulsive
Implacable
Incapable if being appeased or changed
Nepotism
Favoritism based on family relations
Opportune moment
Suitable or appropriate for a certain moment or purpose
Repose
Ti lie down or take a rest
Rest
Repudiate
To renounce or reject as true
To disown or formally separate from;
To disown or formally separate from;
To refuse to pay a debt
Ant: concede
Sophoric
A drug or agent used to induce sleep
Tending to induce sleep
Splint
A device used to support and keep a joint fractured bone from moving
