75 Flashcards
Belabor
Verb: to work excessively on; to overwork
Banal
Adj: hackneyed; trite; stale
Devious
Adj: tricky; sly; done or acting in a shifty way
Histrionic
Adj: melodramatic; theatrical; artificial; dramatic
Ignominy
Noun: shame and disgrace
Distraught
Adj: very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict; frantic; distracted
Indigent
Adj: needy; impoverished;poor; destitute
Juggernaut
Noun: a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path.
Mordant
Adj: sharply or bitterly harsh; sardonic; scathing; acrimonious
Garner
Verb: to gather and store for future use; to accumulate; to collect
Overweening
Adj: conceited; arrogant; presumptuous
Sumptuous
Adj: rich; magnificent; lavish; opulent
Coterie
Noun: clique; set; close-knit group
Allege
Verb: to assert without proof; to claim; to contend
Accost
Verb: to confront in an aggressive way; to buttonhole
Taciturn
Adj: laconic; inclined to talk very little;uncommunicative
Verbiage
Noun: language that is too wordy; verbosity; prolixity
Overt
Adj: open; clear; obvious
Exhume
Verb: to dig up; to disinter; to remove from a grave
Ephemeral
Adj: short-lived; fleeting; transient; evanescent
Exigency
Noun: urgency; pressing need; emergency;requirement
Pecuniary
Adj: monetary; financial; of or related to money
Atrophy
Verb: to waste away; wither Noun: the wasting away of muscles
Sophistry
Noun: fallacy; unsound reasoning
Effigy
Noun: a crude image of a despised person; figurine; likeness
Arrogate
Verb: to claim or take without right, to usurp or commandeer
Emulate
Verb: to copy; to mimic; to match up
Coherent
Adj: comprehensible; connected; meaningful
Undulate
Verb: to move in a wave-like motion; to ripple; to rise and fall
Disarray
Noun: disorder; confusion Verb: to throw into disorder or confusion
Suppliant
Adj: asking humbly and earnestly; begging Noun: one who makes a petition; suitor
Neophyte
Noun: beginner; novice; rookie
Piquant
Adj: stimulating to the taste or mind; pungent; tangy;zestful
Glean
Verb: to collect; to gather bit by bit
Flotsam
Noun: floating wreckage; debris
Felicitous
Adj: appropriate; well-chosen; marked by good fortune
Convivial
Adj: festive; sociable; merry; fun-loving
Inane
Adj: silly; moronic; idiotic
Agnostic
Noun: one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; a doubter; one without faith
Misanthrope
Noun: a person who hates or despises people
Eschew
Verb: to avoid; to abstain from; to shun
Reconnaissance
Noun: a survey made for military purposes; scouting expedition
Maelstrom
Noun: a whirlpool; vortex; chaos; turbulence
Indictment
Noun: a formal charge; a formal accusation
Germane
Adj: relevant; appropriate; fitting
Effrontery
Noun: shameless boldness; gall; nerve
Pertinacious
Adj: stubborn; very persistent; determined
Pusillanimous
Adj: craven; contemptibly cowardly; lily-livered
Idiosyncrasy
Noun: a peculiarity; eccentricity; quirk
Exacerbate
Verb: to make more violent, severe, or bitter; to intensify; to aggravate
Moot
Adj: debatable; open to discussion; questionable
Perspicacity
Noun: acumen;acuity; keenness in observing and understanding
Eulogy
Noun: a formal statement of commendation ;panegyric; encomium;tribute
Echelon
Noun: level; rank; a step-like formation or organization
Tenable
Adj: justifiable; defensible; capable of being defended
Incarcerate
Verb: to imprison; to jail; to confine
Garish
Adj: gaudy; flashy; tastelessly showy; tacky
Allay
Verb: to calm or pacify; to lessen; to reduce
Unwonted
Adj: not usual; uncommon; unexpected; atypical
Incendiary
Adj: deliberately setting or causing fires Noun: arsonist