333 highly used words Flashcards
Abate
Subside/less intense
Aberrant
Abnormal/deviant
Beneficent
Kindly/ doing good
Bolster
Support/reinforce
Capricious
Unpredictable/fickle minded
Castigation
punishment
Abeyance
Suspended action
Abscond
depart secretly and hide
Abstemious
sparring( being economical ) in eating and drinking
Banal
unoriginal/ not possessing freshness
Belie
Contradict/ give a false impression
Caustic
Burning/ being sarcastic
Chicanery
Trickery/ deception
Coda
Ending part of a musical ( song, poem)
Admonish
Warn/ reprove
Alleviate
Relieve / to make easier to endure
Amalgamate
combine
Ambiguous
Unclear/ doubtful in meaning
Bombastic
Pompous / using inflated words
Boorish
Rude/ insensitive
Burgeon
grow forth. eg plant
Burnish
Make shiny by rubbing/ polish ( image,skills,metal)
Cogent
Convincing reason
Commensurate
Proportionate
Compendium
Brief/ summary
Complaisant
Trying to please / being overly polite
Ameliorate
Improve
Anarchronism
Something or someone misplaced in time
Analogous
Compare
Antipathy
Dislike/ aversion (dislike)
Buttress
prop/ support ( usually building )
Compliant
obey/ meet with rules and regulation
Conciliatory
Reconcile ( come to an agreement )/ placate ( to soothe )
Condone
forgive / overlook
Confound
confuse / puzzle