All Words Flashcards
Alacrity
Enthusiasm ex: she accepted the invitation with alacrity
Aberrant
Out of the norm ex: aberrant chromosomes
Anomaly
Something abnormal
Approbation
Praise
Audacious
Crazy daring
Capricious
Unpredictable: capricious climate
Censure
Rebuke verb to censure
Chicanery
Trickery
Connoisseur
Expert especially in taste: connoisseur in music
Discordant
Harsh
Disparate
1.
essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison.
“they inhabit disparate worlds of thought”
synonyms: contrasting, different, differing, dissimilar, unalike, poles apart; More
antonyms: homogeneous
containing elements very different from one another.
“a culturally disparate country”
Elequent
Well spoken
Enervate
cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken.
synonyms: exhaust, tire, fatigue, weary, wear out, devitalize, drain, sap, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, incapacitate, prostrate; More
antonyms: invigorate
Ennui
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
The endless lecture produced an unbearable ennui.
Equvicate
To use ambiguous language
Exculpate
Exonerate
Exigent
Urgent
Filibuster
Obstruction of legislation