Barron's C Flashcards by Nick Murray

irresolute (adj.)

unsure of how to act

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itinerant (adj.)

wandering from place to place

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jaundiced (adj.)

yellow sickness, or envious/resentful

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jocose (adj.)

fond of joking

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kudos (n.)

fame, glory

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labile (adj.)

likely to change

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lambaste (v.)

thrash verbally or physically

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lassitude (n.)

lethargy

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latent (adj.)

present but hidden

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libertine (n.)

One without moral restraint

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lilliputian (adj.)

extremely small

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limpid (adj.)

clear/transparent

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litany (n.)

lengthy recitation

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literati (n.)

scholarly or learned people

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lucre (n.)

money or profits

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lustrous (adj.)

shining

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machinations (n.)

plots or schemes

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maelstrom (n.)

turmoil

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malinger (v.)

feign illness to escape duty

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megalomania (n.)

delusions of power or importance

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menagerie (n.)

variety of animals kept together

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mettle (n.)

courage, endurance

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militate (v.)

to work against

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minutia (n.)

petty details

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mnemonic (adj.)

related to memory

modicum (n.)

limited quantity

motley (adj.)

made up of many parts

multifarious (adj.)

diverse

nexus (n.)

means of connection

nostrum (n.)

medicine of doubtful effectiveness

nugatory (adj.)

of little importance, invalid

officious (adj.)

too helpful, meddlesome

overweening (adj.)

presumptuous, arrogant

pallid (adj.)

lacking in color or liveliness

paragon (n.)

model of excellence or perfection

paucity (n.)

scarcity

peregrination (n.)

a wandering from place to place

peremptory (adj.)

imperative

perfidious (adj.)

faithless, disloyal

perigee (n.)

closest point (opposite of apogee)

petulant (adj.)

rude, peevish

physiognomy (n.)

facial features

piquant (adj.)

stimulating, pungent

plaintive (adj.)

melancholy, mournful

plumb (v.)

To determine depth, examine deeply

poseur (n.)

poser

prate (v.)

To chatter, talk idly

precarious (adj.)

uncertain

precept (n.)

principle, law

prehensile (adj.)

capable of grasping

presage (v.)

to foretell

preternatural (adj.)

supernatural

propriety (n.)

correct conduct

proscribe (v.)

To condemn, outlaw

provident (adj.)

providing for future needs, frugal

punctilious (adj.)

Careful to follow the rules

purport (v.)

to profess

quorum (n.)

number of members necessary to conduct a meeting

raiment (n.)

clothing

rebus (n.)

puzzle where pictures represent words

abstruse (adj.)

secret, hidden

refractory (adj.)

stubborn, unmanagable

repine (v.)

fret, complain

reprise (n.)

repetition, esp in music

reproach (v.)

to blame, find fault with

reprobate (n.)

morally unprincipled

resolution (n.)

determination

riposte (n.)

retaliatory action or retort

rococo (adj.)

ornate 18th cent architecture

rue (v.)

to regret