AFOQT Words 2 Flashcards
acumen
keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters; sharpness, astuteness, caginess, foxiness, shrewdness
adamant
inflexible
altercation
controversy
assent
consent
assiduous
persistent, active, busy, bustling, diligent, employed, engaging, laborious, occupied, sedulous
attrition
act of wearing down
belligerent
inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, combativeness, aggressive, argumentative, assaultive, bellicose, brawly, chippy, combative, confrontational, contentious, discordant, disputatious, feisty, gladiatorial, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, warlike, combative
bizarre
odd, extravagant, eccentric; involving sensational contrasts or incongruities, absurd, fantastic, crazy, fanciful, foolish, insane, nonsensical, preposterous, unreal, wild
capitulate
to cease resisting, surrender, acquiesce surrender, yield, concede, give in, relent, succumb
censure
judgment involving condemnation sternly; official reprimand; commination, condemnation, denunciation, excoriation, objurgation, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproof, stricture
charlatan
one making usually showy pretenses to knowledge or ability; quack; fraud; faker; imposter; hoaxer; hambug
conducive
helpful
construe
to analyze the arrangement and connection of words; to understand or explain the sense or intention, usually in a particular way or with respect to a given set of circumstances; interpret, clarify, explain, demonstrate, explicate, elucidate, expound, illuminate, illustrate, simplify, spell out, unriddle
contrition
feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for a sin or shortcoming; repentance, guilt, penitence, regret, remorse, rue, self-reproach
counteract
neutralize
credible
believable, plausible, presumptive, probable
deleterious
harmful
deportment
manner in which one conducts behavior, actions, address, bearing, comportment, conduct, demeanor, geste
deterrent
to turn aside, discourage, prevent from acting; inhibit, restrain, discourage, dissuade, inhibit
dilated
enlarged
enervate
lacking physical, mental or moral vigor; weaken, castrate, dampen, deaden, desiccate, devitalize, geld, lobotomize, petrify
extant
currently or actually existing, not destroyed or lost, living, alive, around, existent
fallacious
embodying a fallacy, tending to deceive or mislead misleading, delusive, illogical, illegitimate, inconsequent, invalid, irrational, unreasonable, unsound false
fortnight
two weeks
ghastly
terrifyingly horrible to the senses; intensely unpleasant, disagreeable, objectionable; resembling a ghost; very frightening, appaling, atrocious, awful, dreadful, frightful, horrible, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrendous, horrid, lurid, macabre, monstrous
incidental
casual
increment
something gained or added; one of a series of regular consecutive additions; amount or degree by which something changes an increase; accretion, accrual, addendum, addition, augmentation, boost, expansion, gain, increase, plus, proliferation, raise, rise
indigent
impovershed, deficient poor
indolent
lazy
innate
existing in, belonging to, native, inborn, inherent, built in, constitutional, inherent
intrepid
characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance fearless, bold, courageous, dauntless, doughty, gallant, gustsy, stout, stalwart, valiant, valorous, undaunted, brave
itinerant
traveling from place to place traveling
notorious
well known
noxious
physically harmful or destructive to living beings, constituting a harmful influence on mind or behavior; insalubrious, noisome, unhealthy, sickly, unhealthful, unwholesome, disagreeable, obnoxious
officious
meddlesome, kind obliging, dutiful, busy interfering, intruding, obtrusive, intrusive, presuming, snoopy, prying
plight
an unfortunate, difficult, or precarious situation; solemnly given pledge, engagement; engage; unfavorable condition, situation or predicament
rebuff
snub
recalcitrant
obstinately defiant of authority or restraint; difficult to manage or operate; not responsive; resistant; balky, contrary, recusant, refractory, restive, unruly, defiant, insubordinate, intractable
regale
to entertain sumptuously, feast with delicacies; to give pleasure or amusement to, delight, disport, divert, amuse, solace
relinquish
withdraw or retreat from, leave behind, give up, release abandon, yield, cede, deliver, hand over, surrender
scrupulous
having moral integrity, punctiliously exact; strict or careful in an ethical sense; conscionable, ethical, honest, just, principled
spurious
FALSE
subterfuge
escape or evade; deception, chicane, trickery, wile, artifice
sullen
angrily silent
surreptitious
acquired by stealth, clandestine stealthy, furtive, covert, sneak, secret, undercover
symptom
sign
terse
smoothly elegant, polished; using few words; devoid of superfluity; concise, short, brusque, aphoristic, apothegmatic, brief, capsule, compact, compendious, sententious, pithy, laconic, succinct, compact, elliptical pointed
turbid
thick or opaque with roiled sediment, heavy with smoke or mist, deficient in clarity or purity, characterized by or producing obscurity; cloudy, muddy, riley, foul
vacillate
to sway through lack of equilibrium; fluctuate, oscillate, waver in mind, dither, falter, halt, scruple, stagger, teeter, hesitate, wobble, indecisive
vigilant
watchful
vindictive
disposed to seek revenge; intended to cause anguish or hurt; vengeful, spiteful, hurt
obstinate
perversely adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion; not easily subdued, remedied, or removed; adamant, dogged, headstrong
