51-100 Flashcards
Impute
to attribute an action to particular person or group
Incompatible
opposed in nature, not able to live or work together
Inconsequential
unimportant, trivial
Inevitable
certain, unavoidable
Integrity
decency, honesty, wholeness
Intrepid
fearless, adventurous
Intuitive
instinctive, untaught
Jubilation
joy, celebration, exultation
Lobbyist
person who seeks to influence political events
Longevity
long life
Mundane
ordinary, commonplace
Nonchalant
calm, casual, seeming unexcited
Novice
beginner, apprentice
Opulent
wealthy
Orator
lecturer, speaker
Ostentatious
showy, displaying wealth
Parched
dried up, shriveled
Perfidious
faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy
Precocious
unusually advanced or talented at an early age
Pretentious
pretending to be important, intelligent, or cultured
Procrastinate
to unneccessarily delay, postpone, put off
Prosaic
relating to prose, dull, commonplace
Prosperity
wealth or success
Provocative
tending to provoke a response e.g., anger or disagreement
Prudent
careful, cautious
Querulous
complaining, irritable
Rancorous
bitter, hateful
Reclusive
preferring to live in isolation
Reconciliation
the act of agreement after a quarrel, the resolution of a dispute
Renovation
repair, making something new again
Resilient
quick to recover, bounce back
Restrained
controlled, repressed, restricted
Reverence
worship, profound respect
Sagacity
wisdom
Scrutinize
to observe carefully
Spontaneity
impulsive action, unplanned events
Spurious
lacking authenticity, fake
Submissive
tending to meekness, to submit to the will of others
Substantiate
to verify, confirm, provide supporting evidence
Subtle
hard to detect or describe, perceptive
Superficial
shallow, lacking in depth
Superfluous
extra, more than enough, redundant
Suppress
to end an activity, e.g., to prevent the dissemination of information
Surreptitious
secret, stealthy
Tactful
considerate, skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
Tenacious
determined, keeping a firm grip on
Transient
temporary, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeral
Venerable
respected because of age
Vindicate
to clear from blame or suspicion
Wary
careful, cautious