Advanced 3 Flashcards
Vitriolic
Harsh or corrosive in tone
Maunder
V. Wander aimlessly
V. Speak rapidly and incessantly
Anemic
Lacking energy and vigor
Mordant
Biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style
Litany
Any long and tedious account of something
Semblance
An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
Primacy
The state of being first in importance
Plucky
Marked by courage and determination
Bowdlerize
Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
Pecuniary
Relating to or involving money
Gaffe
A socially awkward or tactless act
Charlatan
A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
Impute
Attribute (responsibility or fault) to something
Illustrious
Widely known and esteemed; having or conferring glory
Approbatory
Expressing praise or approval
Insouciance
Lack of concern
Recapitulation
A summary (think of recap)
Hagiographic
Excessively flattering toward someone’s life or work
Hail
Enthusiastically acclaim or celebrate something
Umbrage
A feeling of anger caused by being offended
Solecism
A socially awkward or tactless act
Cede
Relinquish possession or control over
Duplicity
Deceitfulness, pretending to want one thing but interested in something else
Unforthcoming
Uncooperative, not willing to give up information
Artlessness
The quality of innocence
Prognostication
A statement made about the future
Derelict
(Of a person) not doing one’s duties
(Of a building) abandoned
Portentous
Ominously prophetic
Raconteur
A person skilled in telling anecdotes
Perspicacious
Acutely insightful and wise
Epiphany
A sudden revelation or moment of insight
Prolixity
Boring verbosity
Lugubrious
Excessively mournful
Flummox
Be a mystery or bewildering to
Lampoon
Ridicule with satire
