3 Flashcards
Adulation
Admiration
Abate
Reduce, lessen the severity
Aesthetic
Concerned with the appreciation of beauty
Avarice
Greed for wealth
Burgeon
To grow rapidly or flourish
Canon
Established set of principles, code of laws
Castigation
Punish severely or criticism
Caustic
Burning or stinging, causing corrosion
Chary
Wary, cautious
Cogent
Well reasoned
Complaisance
The willingness to comply with others
Contrite
Regretful, seeking forgiveness
Dearth
Smallness of quantity or number, scarcity
Demur
To question or oppose
Didactic
Intended to teach or instruct
Discretion
Cautious reserve in speech, ability to make responsible decisions
Disinterested
Indifferent
Dogmatic
Stubbornly opinionated
Ebullient
Highly enthusiastic
Elegy
A mournful poem
Emollient
Soothing, esp to the skim
Enigmatic
Puzzling, mysterious
Esoteric
Understood by small group, specific group
Fallacy
Mistaken belief, invalid or incorrect motion