Additional Part II Flashcards
Contemptuous
Showing or expressing disdain; scornful; disrespectful
Deceitful
Tending to deceive; misleading
Didactic
Intended to teach
Impetuous
Characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.
Inclusive
Including the stated limit or extremes in consideration or account
Verbose
The use of too many words
Edifying
To instruct or benefit; uplift
Provocative
Inciting; stimulation; irritating; or vexing
Aggregation
Collection into an unorganized whole
Prognosis
Forecast
Retrenchment
Cutting down or off
Preeminent
Superior; surpassing
Equivocal
Of doubtful nature or character; dubious; suspicious
Tenuous
Thin in consistency
Ineffable
Incapable of being expressed oR described in words; inexpressible
Incorrigible
Impervious to constraints or punishment; willful; unruly; uncontrollable
Vivid
Full of life
Gaudy
Extravagantly bright or showy
Misnomer
A wrong or inaccurate name or designation
Precursor
A person or thing that precedes or goes before
Curative
Surfing to cure or heal
Divisive
Creating dissension or discord
Bucolic
Pertaining to rural life
Prolific
Producing in large quantities or with great frequency
Lugubrious
Mournful, dismal, or gloomy
Sundry
Various or diverse
Remonstrance
An act of protesting
Erudition
Know late a curried by learning
Lassitude
Lack of energy, listlessness, languor
Wrongheaded
Wrong judgement or opinion
Chicanery
Trickery or deception
Inaugurating
Make a formal beginning of
Facetious
Not meant to be taken seriously or literally
Analytical
By analysis
Cosmopolitan
Free from prejudice or attachments
Reconcile
To cause to accept something not desired
Coddle
To treat tenderly
Oust
To expel or remove from a place or position occupied
Chid
Express disapproval of
Unrelenting
not yielding or swerving in determination or resolution
Sanctimonious
Religious devotion; holy; sacred
Peruse
To read thoroughly
Obliterate
To remove or destroy
Scrutinize
To examine in detail