726-759 Flashcards
Pedantic
Putting unnecessary stress on minor or purely academic knowledge
Lithe
Limber and graceful; supple
Fiasco
A major disaster
Drone
To make a continuous, low buzzing or humming sound; to speak monotonous
Abide
To tolerate
Fluctuate
To move back and forth or up and down
Harp
To talk or write about excessively
Preeminent
Superior in status or fame to all others
Specious
Seeming to be truthful on the surface, but actually false
Contract
To reduce in size by drawing together
Inadvertent
Unintentional; accidental
Serendipity
Unexpected gift or discovery
Malicious
Spiteful
Inanimate
Without any character or life; dull
Plaintive
Expressing sorrow
Thwart
To prevent or frustrate
Regress
To return to a previous state
Adapt
Very skilled
Idiosyncrasy
A particular, peculiar or eccentric trait
Uncouth
Uncultured; crude
Herald
To bear news; to announced
Sparse
Thinly spread or distributed; not dense or crowded
Bifurcate
To divide into two parts
Arbitrary
Determined by chance or individual preference, not by reason