Advanced 1 Flashcards
Insufferable
Intolerable, difficult to endure
Beg
Assume something is true
Catholic
Of broad scope; universal
Defray
To help pay the cost of; either in part or full
Contentious
Likely to argue
Ponderous
Weighed-down; moving slowly
Choleric
Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered
Conciliate
To make peace with
Jingoist
A person who thinks their country is always right and who is in favor of aggressive acts against other countries
Arrant
Complete and wholly (usu. modifying a noun with a negative connotation)
Zeitgeist
Spirit of the times
Imbide
To drink or absorb as if drinking
Lascivious
Lecherous; sexually perverted
Saturnine
Morose or gloomy
Sedulous
Done diligently and carefully
Truculent
Having a fierce, savage nature
Hector
To bully or intimidate
Penurious
Lacking money; poor
Byzantine
Intricate and complex
Cow
To intimidate
Feckless
Lazy and irresponsible
Perfunctory
Done routinely and with little interest or care
Expansive
Communicative, and prone to talking in a sociable manner
Precipitate
Adj. Hasty or rash
V. To cause to happen
Anathema
A detested person; the source of somebody’s hate
Equivocate
To speak vaguely, usually with intention to mislead or deceive
Expunge
To eliminate completely
Exegesis
Critical explanation or analysis, esp of a text
Fractious
Irritable and is likely to cause disruption
Kowtow
To bow or act in a subservient manner
Factious
Produced by, or characterized by internal dissension
Artless
Without cunning or deceit
