All Flashcards
Blunt
To make dull
Direct in manner
Blatant
Completely undisguised
Conspicuous, often vulgarly
Bequest
The act of disposing of property by will
Benign
Possessing or displaying kindness or gentleness
Benevolent
Desire to do good
Marked by good will
Bemoan
To show pity
Belligerent
Having a fighting character
Having to do with war or to people or countries at war
Bastion
A pentagon-shaped portion of a rampart or fortification that projects outward
A fortified or well protected position or area
Barrage
A great number of things coming one after another very quickly
Banal
Lacking originality or liveliness
Aloof
Showing little interest or desire
Astute
Keen in understanding and judgement
Auspicious
Likely to be followed by favorable events
Aggrandize
To increase in size
Amiable
Having or showing a friendly manner
Austere
Being and looking stern
Having only what is needed
Amorphous
Not organized and lacking definite form, shape, or character
Abhor
Synonyms-detest, hate
Adamant
Adj. refusing to change ones mind
Firm, steadfast
Abyss
A deep or seemingly bottomless chasm
Altruism
Noun- unselfish concern for the well-being of others
Ameliorate
To make better or improve
Mom wants me to ameliorate
Adept
Very skilled or proficient at something
Aidan is adept at hockey.
Ambivalent
Having mixed feelings about someone or something
Admonish
To warn or caution
to find fault with or correct in a mild, firm way
Akin
Similar in kind
Belonging to the same family
Allege
To say or claim to be true without proof
The police alleged that he had robbed the bank.
Ail
To feel sick, to suffer bad health
He is ailing.
Abdicate
V. To step down from there
To fail to fulfill ones responsibilities
Adhesive
Able to stick fast to a surface
Or
A substance like glue
Affiliation
A person or group that is connected with another similar, larger group
Arbitrary
Out of nowhere- comment
Assert
To state with force or confidence
To put forward strongly
Ascertain
To learn without question.
The doctor ascertained the cause of her illness.
Animosity
Strong dislike
Colin showed a strong animosity towards her.
Assent
To agree
Colin assented to the agreement
Annex
To add or attach
To make part of an existing nation or city
An addition to a building
Arid
Extremely dry with a lack of rainfall
Antagonistic
Characterized by or showing dislike or hostility
Having opposite effects or acting in different directions as a pair of muscles
Authentic
Real, genuine, or true
Assail
To attack with vigor or violence
Anguish
Terrible pain or suffering of the mind or body
Androgynous
Both male and female qualities
Possessing both staminate and pistillate flowers
Antipathy
A deep dislike
The object of such a feeling
Brazen
Shameless, bold
To face or endure in a bold defiant way
Cacophony
Dissonance- a harsh discordance mixture of songs
Ghastly
Horrible
Trepidation
Fear
Lampoon
V- to publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm- satirize
N-a speech or text criticizing someone or something in this way
Feeble
Ineffective
Mangle
Inflict serious damage
Wharf
Dock
Succinct
Direct
Congenital
Inborn—- for example - he has a congenital pigmented nevi
Aptitude
Ability
Inalienable
Assured
Paltry
Meager
Prodigal
Wasteful
Depict
To show, describe, or portray in a painting, sculpture, or written work
Deft
Skillful, quick, and clever in action
Defiant
Showing no respect for authority
Cunning
Skill used in a sly or tricky way
Corpulent
Fat, portly,obese
Cordial
Warm and friendly
Contrite
Feeling deep guilt for one’s wrongdoing
Resulting from or expressing remorse
Consensus
A general agreement
Conniving
To join secretly in a plot or scheme
To ignore or fail to report a wrongdoing
Congenial
Suited to or compatible
Having a pleasing, sociable personality
Confound
To perplex or bewilder
To refute
To put shame
To make less effective
Condescending
To act as if one we’re of superior rank or station, treating others as inferior
Condemn
To call wrong evil, or inadequate
To declare as not safe or fit for use
To order punishment to be given to
Concise
Saying much in a few words
Commodities
Something that can be bought and sold
Coerce
To persuade or pressure to do something
To compel
Coalesce
To unify
To grow together or unite
Chasm
A deep crack in the earth’s surface
Chagrin
Embarrassment or humiliation from failure
To cause to feel chagrin
Capricious
Tending to act on impulse
Tiresome
Causing weariness, impatience, or boredom
Annoying
Thwart
To hinder, oppose, or frustrate
Crossing one’s purposes
Terse
Effectively brief and to the point
Tenacious
Tending to cling to another substance or surface
Taper
To narrow
To slowly come to a complete stop
To cause to narrow at one end
A long thin candle
Tangible
Capable of being touched
Tact
The ability to say or do the right thing when dealing with others in difficult situations
Surrogate
One that acts in another’s place, especially in official capacity
Acting as or considered to be a substitute or replacement
Superfluous
Being beyond a sufficient amount
Not required
Sullied
To make dirty or tarnished
To ruin the purity or perfection of
Succinct
Briefly but clearly stated
Characteristically clear and concise
Subside
To become less
To sink to a lower or normal level
Stringently
Rigorous or exacting
Steadfast
Able to be trusted or relied on
Not likely to change
Stagnate
To be or become motionless, fouled, or lacking in energy, originality, or development
Sporadic
Occurring irregularly or in a thinly scattered manner in time or space
Soothe
To make less angry
To help take away
Mundane
Of or pertaining to what is common and everyday
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the earthly world
Muddled
To cause to be confused
Morose
Gloomy or sullen
Molten
Made liquid by very high heat
Mirage
An illusion in which something is seen in the distance, but is not really there
Meticulous
Carefull, attentive to every small detail
Menace
That which presents a danger or threat
To direct a threat against
Needle
To take part in matters that concern someone else, without being asked
Meander
To wind back and forth
To wander in speech or movement without a goal or direction
Meager
Low in amount, strength, or value
Lucrative
Producing monetary gain
Lofty
Of great height
Noble/or/superior
Showing a belief that one is better than other people
Liberate
To fare or let out
Lament
To mourn for or regret
Kinetic
Of, concerning, or caused by motion
Laudatory
Expressing praise
Pompous
Showing or inclined to show an exaggerated air of dignity or importance
Marked by showiness or bombast
Characterized by Pomp and ceremony
Plunder
To steal by force
Stolen goods
Plight
A state or situation, especially an unhappy one
Plea
A serious or sincere call for help
A statement given in a court of law by someone charged with breaking the law
Placate
To calm down and make less angry, esp. by appeasement
Pious
Showing love for a god or gods in thoughts and action
Having religious content
Pinnacle
The highest point or part of anything,apex;summit
To provide with or as if with a pinnacle
To put above all else on or as if on a pinnacle
Pilfer
To steal, esp, trifling amounts or things of small value
Petty
Of little importance or interest
Mean, or having a narrow mind
Pessimistic
Feeling in a negative way about things
Don’t be pessimistic
Pervasive
Spreading or present everywhere or throughout.
Personify
To be a perfect or typical example of
To attribute human characteristics to a nonhuman or inanimate thing
To represent in a human figure or a particular person
Rendezvous
A meeting that has been arranged ahead of time
The place chosen for such a meeting
Repugnant
Extremely distasteful to ones scenses or principles
In direct opposition
Repudiate
To reject completely as invalid or untrue
To separate oneself from
To refuse to be bound by
Reproach
To express disapproval
To bring disgrace upon
Repress
To restrain or prevent the expression of
Reprehensible
Deserving of blame or reproof
Replete
We’ll-supplied
Filled with food and drink
Porous
Having many pores
Exile
The condition of being sent away from one’s country and not allowed to return as a punishment.
Exemplify
To serve as an example of
To demonstrate or explain by providing examples
Exasperate
To bother or annoy to the point of causing anger
Evade
To get away from by using skill or tricks
To avoid or fail to obey
Exalt
To raise in rank, power, dignity, or the like
To honor or glorify
Euphemism
The word or expression so substituted
Esteem
To have a high opinion of
Esoteric
Understood or known only by a few people who have special training, access, or interests
Intended for a select few
Erratic
Not expected or predicted
Not usual or accepted
Equity
The quality of being fair and reasonable
Epitome
Person, thing, or action that represents of some type of quality
A brief summary that gives the essence of a longer work
Ephemeral
Lasting for only a short period
Lasting or living for only a day
Enigma
A person or thing that is puzzling or hard to understand
Endeavor
To make an effort
A serious attempt
Embryonic
Of, relating to, or in the state of being an embryo
In an undeveloped or early stage
Embodiment
The act of embodying
A person or thing that embodies some principle
Elongate
To make longer
Elegy
A sorrowful or mournful poem
Egress
The act, instance, method, or place of exit or emergence
The right to exit
Egotist
A conceited person
A self-centered person
Dubious
Having or showing doubt
Distort
To twist out of shape
To make false or change the meaning of
Distasteful
Not to one’s liking
Dissect
To cut open or apart in order to examine
To examine closely
Disparage
To lower in esteem or rank
To depreciate or belittle
Dispel
To scatter or drive away in all directions
Disavow
To deny any knowledge of, responsibility for, or connection with
Dilute
To make thinner or weaker by adding a liquid
Dignity
One’s sense of worth
Detrimental
Causing harm
Exquisite
Very beautiful
Homely
Not pretty or handsome
Simple
Not fancy or special
Hinder
To hold back or stop the progress
Haughty
Proud in a way that shows a low opinion of others
Hasten
To move or act with speed
To cause or encourage to act or move quickly
To make happen or faster
Feisty
Touchy, quarrelsome , or quick-tempered
Determined, spirited, or mettlesome
Fathom
A unit of length equal to six feet
To get to the bottom of or understand completely
Fallow
Plowed but not planted with seeds
Land on a farm that has been plowed but not planted for one or more seasons
Fallacy
A false or misleading idea or notion
A logically unsound element in an argument or line of reasoning
The nature or quality of being incorrect or misleading in reasoning
Facet
One of the small, flat, polished surfaces of a cut gem
Extol
To speak of with high praise or enthusiasm
Grievances
An injustice considered a cause of complaint, or the complaint resulting from such an injustice
Glint
A brief flash or flicker of reflected light
Glean
To gather or discover
Germane
Having relevance to a given matter
Genial
Cheerful and friendly
Mild, pleasant, and comfortable
Frugal
Likely to try to save money
Small in amount or cost
Foolhardy
Unreasonably bold or daring
Flotsam
Floating wreckage and cargo of a ship that has sunk
Discarded items
Fleeting
Passing quickly
Flaccid
Without firmness
Feign
To pretend or fake
Feeble
Without strength
Feasible
Capable of being done
Capable of being used
Plausible or probable
