4 Flashcards
Amalgamate
to combine several elements into a whole
Synonym: synthesis
Amenable
A-mean-able
Agreeable; responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.
Sentence: a few children these days are amenable
Bolster
To provide support or reinforcement ; a long thick pillow
Sentence: they had to bolster pillars that they thought they wouldn’t need
Bombast
Self-important or pompous writing or speech; high sounding language language with little meaning, used to impress people
Bombastic
Pompous; grandiloquent.
Grandiloquent
Pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress.
Credulous
Tending to believe too readily; easily persuaded.
Synonym: exploitable, easily deceived
Diatribe
Die-a-tribe
A harsh denunciation; a forceful and bitter attack
Sentence: he had to diatribe her in order to get her back to her senses
Fawn
To flatter or praise excessively
Fervent
Greatly emotional
Synonym: passionate, intense, vehement, sincere
Sentence: putting fervent efforts
Flout
Openly disregard(law, a rule or convention; mock
Synonym: defy, go against, scorn, disdain
Sentence; the advertising court is being flouted.
Fortuitous
For-tui-tous
Happening by a lucky chance; fortunate
Acerbic
Having a sour or bitter taste or character
Synonyms: sharp, sarcastic, hurtful, unkind, keen, stinging
Garrulous
Pointlessly talkative; talking too much.
Germane
Ger-mane
Relevant to a subject under consideration; appropriate to subject in matter
Glib
Lacking in dept; superficial; fluent but insincere and shallow
Halcyon
Hal-see-yon
Calm and peaceful
Hubris
U-bris
Arrogant presumption or pride; excessive self confidence
Idolatrous
I-dol-a-Trous
Relating to or practicing idolatry; idol-worship; given to intense or excessive devotion to something
Imminent
About to happen
Sentence: they were in Imminent danger of being swept away
Imperturbable
Imper-turb-able
Marked by extreme calm; impulsive and vehement; calm; unable to be upset or excited.
Impetuous
Impet-tuous
Acting or done quickly without thought or care
Implacable
Im-plac-able
Unable to be stopped; relentless; unable to be pacified or appeased.
Synonymy: unforgiving
Indifferent
Showing no bias or prejudice; having no interest or concern
Interpid
Steadfast and courageous
Laconic
Using few words; concise
Malleable
Capable of being shaped or formed
Maverick
An independent individual who doesn’t go along with a group or party
Mendacity
The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
Mercurial
characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
Meticulous
Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
Mollify
To calm or soothe; to reduce emotional intensity
Obdurate
Unyielding; hardheaded; intractable
Obsequious
Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness.
Obstinate
Stubborn; hard headed; uncompromising
Opprobrium
Disgrace; contempt; scorn
Ostentatious
Designed to impress; characterized by pretentious or showy display
Pedantic
Excessively concerned with minor details or rules
Pervade
Spread through or throughout.
Sentence: the horrible smell of cat pee pervades her house
Permeate
Spread throughout.
Phlegmatic
Sluggish, lethargic, unemotional
Pirate
Illegally use to produce
Plethora
An over abundance; a surplus
Polemical
Po-lemi-cal
Controversial; argumentative
Pragmatic
Practical rather than idealistic
Rancorous
Showing deep seated resentment ; characterized by bitterness
Sentence: the relationship was not just rancorous, it was toxic
Rhetoric
Using language effectively to please or persuade
Study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (public speaking)
Loud, confused and empty talk
Sentence: the argument is all the more effective because the cardinal covers his frame-work of logic with the rich drapery of his brilliant rhetoric
Salubrious
Promoting health or well-being; pleasant
Sedulous
Hard working; diligent; persistent
Solvent
Able to; able to pay ones depts
Dissolve
Another substance
Soporific
So-po-rific
Casing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep.
Drug or other substance that induced drowsiness or sleep.
Arbitrary
Based on random choice or personal whim.
