451-500 Flashcards
glib
easy and fluent in conversation or writing, often suggesting insincerity or deceitfulness
rabble
a noisy crowd, the lowest coarsest class of people
tenuous
weak, thin
frenetic
wildly excited or active
forthright
direct and without evasion; honest
nominal
appearing in name only; negligible
savant
a well-educated person; a scholar
prescient
knowing things before they occur
excise
to remove by or as if by cutting
dossier
a group of documents
allot
to distribute; to assign as a portion
bevy
a group; esp of birds
frowzy
having an uncared for apearrance
diminution
a decrease or diminishing
aplomb
self-assurance; poise
affable
friendly; easy to talk to
prerogative
an exclusive right or privilege
capricious
erratic; tending to change abruptly
unilateral
one-sided; unequal
crux
an essential or pivotal point; a perplexing difficulty
supple
easy to bend
callous
lacking pity or mercy; unfeeling
procure
to obtain or acquire
apprise
to inform or notify
