Advanced Studies Words Flashcards
Acquiesce
Submit or comply silently or without protest
Abstain
To hold oneself back voluntarily
Altruistic
Selfless Behavior
Apathy
Lack of interest or emotion
Aptitude
Natural to you
Aspire
To long, aim, or seek ambitiously
Benevolent
To enjoy helping others / friendly
Boisterous
Something or someone noisy, loud, or rowdy
Benign
Something good or not dangerous
Blasé
Bored; unimpressed
Bombard
To attack continuously
Boycott
To abstain from buying or using as a form of protest
Brusque
Abrupt manners
Charlatan
Someone who pretends to have more knowledge than they possess; fraud
Clandestine
Done in secrecy
Complacent
Pleased with oneself’s faulty
Copious
An abundance or fullness
Covenant
Agreement between two or more people
Cumulative
Increasing or growing
Cynical
Distrusting the motives of others
Deduce
Solve; come to a logical conclusion
Diligent
Hardworking; effort
Discombobulate
Confused, WACKED OUT
Discreet
Very careful with others secrets
Dotard
A weak minded or foolish individual
Dubious
Doubtful
Eccentric
Weird
Elude
To avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade
Enigma
Puzzling
Epiphany
A sudden insight or realization
Erudite
Characterized by great knowledge; well read
Exacerbate
To make a situation worse
Extemporaneous
Done, spoken, performed ect. without special advance preparation
Fastidious
Attention to detail
Foible
A minor weakness of character; slight flaw or defect
Fortuitous
Happening or produced by chance; accidental
Fervent
Having or showing great passionate intensity
Frivolous
Little value; importance
Frugal
Not wasteful of resources
Futile
Pointless; unimportant
Gamut
The entire scale or range
Gaunt
Extremely thin and bony; sickly
Genial
Warmly and presently cheerful, Cordial
Gist
The main or essential part of a matter
Gratuitous
Given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntarily
Gregarious
Fond of the company of others
Grimace
A facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
Grotesque
Fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre
Haphazard
No order; disorganized
Harbinger
Harold the coming of
Heed
Give careful attention to
Heirloom
Precious hand-me-down family value
Hone
Sharpen
Hypocrite
Someone says not to do something, does that thing in private
Integrity
High moral values; does the right thing when no one is looking
Insolent
Boldly rude or insulting
Insidious
Intended to entrap stealthily
Impetuous
Doing without thinking