AP English:Vocab unit 15-16 Flashcards
circumspect
careful; cautious; prudent
demure
modest; shy
dispassionate
fair; impartial; calm
dolorous
painful; mournful
edacious
devouring; consuming
effete
worn out; spent and sterile
feisty
touchy; excitable; quarrelsome
flaccid
weak; feeble; flabby
flippant
disrespectful; saucy; impertinent
florid
ruddy; rosy; ornate
glabrous
bald; smooth
imperious
overbearing; arrogant; domineering
intractable
hard to manage; unruly; stubborn
intransigent
uncompromising; refusing to come to an aggreement
ingenious
clever, original; inventive; resourceful
alchemy
a method of miraculous change of one thing into another
arcane
beyond comprehension; mysterious; secret
conundrum
a riddle; any puzzling question of problem
demonology
the study of demons or of beliefs about them
exorcise
to drive away an evil spirit by charms or incantations
illusion
a mistaken perception of reality
inscutable
mysterious; completely obscure; unfathomable
pallor
lack of color; unnatural paleness
polygraph
an instrument that records changes in blood pressure, respiration, pulse, rate, etc
purfoin
to steal
ritual
a system of rites, religious or otherwise; a prescribed form or procedure; ceremony
shamus
private detective
soothsayer
one who predicts the future
thaumaturgy
magic; the supposed working of miracles
warlock
sorcerer; conjurer; male witch
