Advanced Vocabulary Flashcards
Abhor
To hate, detest
Acquiesce
To agree without protesting.
Alacrity
Eagerness, speed
Amiable
Friendly
Appease
To calm, satisfy
Arcane
Obscure, secre, known only by a few.
Avarice
Excessive greed.
Brazen
Excessively bold, brash, clear and obvious.
Brusque
Short, abrupt, dismissive.
Cajole
To urge, coax.
Callous
Harsh, cold, unfeeling.
Candor
Honesty, frankness.
Chide
To voice disapproval.
Circumspect
Cautious.
Clandestine
Secret.
Coerce
To make somebody to do something by force or threat.
Coherent
Logically consistent, intelligible.
Complacency
Self-satisfied ignorance of danger¿.
Confidant
A person entrusted with secrets.
Connive
To plot, scheme. Conspire.
Cumulative
Increasing, building upon itself.
Debase
To lower the quality or steem of something. Degrade.
Decry
To criticize openly.
Deferential
Showing respect to another’s authority.
Demure
Quiet, modest, reserved.
Deride
To laugh mockingly, scorn.
Despot
One who has total power and rules brutally.
Diligent
Showing care in doing one’s work.
Elated
Overjoyed, thrilled.
Eloquent
Expressive, articulate, moving.
Embezzle
To steal money bu falsifying records.
Empathy
Sensitivity to another’s feelings.
Enmity
Ill will, hatred, hostility.
Extol
To praise, revere.
Fabricate
To make up, invent.
Feral
Wild, savage.
Flabbergasted
Astounded.
Forsake
To give up, renounce.
Fractious
Troublesome, irritable.
Furtive
Secretive, sly.
Gluttony
Overindulgence in food or drink.
Gratuitous
Uncalled for, unwarranted.
Haughty
Disdainfully proud.
Hypocrisy
Pretending to believe what one does not.
Impeccable
Exemplary, flawless.
Impertinent
Incapable of being appased or mitigated.
Impudent
Casually rude, insolent, impertinent.
Incisive
Clear, sharp, direct.
Indolent
Lazy.
Inept
Not suitable or capable, unqualified.
Infamy
Notoriety, extreme ill repute.
Inhibit
To prevent, restrain, stop.
Innate
Inborn, native, inherent.
Insatiable
Incapable of being satisfied.
Insular
Separated and narrow minded.
Intrepid
Brave in the face of danger.
Inveterate
Stubbornly established by habbit.
Aberration
Something that differs from the norm.
Jubilant
Extremely joyful, happy.
Knell
The solemn sound of a bell, often indicating a death.
Lithe
Graceful, flexible, supple.
Lurid
Ghastly, sensational.
Maverick
An independent, nonconformist person.
Maxim
A common saying expressing a principle of conduct.
Meticulous
Extremely careful with details.
Modicum
A small amount of something.
Morose
Gloomy or sullen.
Myriad
Consisting of a very great number.
Nadir
The lowest point of something.
Nominal
Trifling, insignificant.
Novice
A beginner, someone without training, tone, expression.
Nuance
A slight variation in meaning, tone, expression.
Oblivious
Lacking of consciousness or awareness of something.
Obsequious
Excessively compliant or submissive.
Obtuse
Lacking quickness o sensibility or intelect.
Panacea
A remedy for all ills or difficulties.
Parody
A sarirical imitation.
Penchant
A tendency, partiality, preference.
Perusal
A careful examination, review.
Plethora
An abundance, excess.
Predilection
A preference or inclination for something.
Quaint
Charmingly old-fashined.
Rash
Hasty, uncautious.
Refurbish
To restore, clean up.
Repudiate
To reject, refuse to accept.
Rife
Abundant.
Salient
Significant, conspicious.
Serendipity
Luck, finfimg goof things without looking for them.
Staid
Sedate, serious, self-restrained.
Superfluous
Exceedimg what is necessary.
Sycophant
One who flatters for self-gain.
Taciturn
Not inclined to talk.
Truculent
Ready to fight, cruel.
Umbrage
Resentment, offence.
Venerable
Deserving of respect because of age or achievement.
Vex
To comfuse or annoy.
Veciferous
Loud, boisterous.
Wanton
Undisciplined, lewd, lustful.
Zenith
The highest point, culminating point.
Granularity
Condition of being granular. The scale or level or detail oresent in a set of data or phenomenom.
Granularity
Condition of being granular. The scale or level or detail oresent in a set of data or phenomenom.
Staggering
Astonisbing, astounding, stupefying. (Asombroso).
