Batch 1 Flashcards
Anthropocentric
Regard the world in terms of human values
Incisive
Impressively direct and decisive
Genus
A class, kind of group marked by one or more common characteristics
Morphology
Form or structure of animals, study and description of word formation
Volition
The power of choosing
Pulchritude
Beauty
Penury
A cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money)
Deleterious
Harmful (often in a subtle or unexpected way)
Pernicious
Highly injurious or destructive
Profligacy
Reckless extravagance, wastefulness
Spurious
Deceitful, outwardly similar, but without genuine qualities; (of a line of reasoning) apparently but not actually valid
Maladroit
Lacking skill or cleverness, clumsy
Didactic
Moralizing
Panegyrical
Eulogistic, praising formally
Erudite
Having advanced knowledge
Diffidence
Lacking confidence, being shy (due to lack of confidence)
Reticence
Reluctance
Capricious
Volatile, impulsive
Glib
Superficial, insincere
Doughty
Feeling or displaying no fear
Forlorn
Sad
Perfidy
Treacherous, deceitfulness
Expiate
Atone for
Soporific
Sleep inducing
Sedulous
Hardworking
Preternatural
Beyond what is normal
Sophistry
Use of fallacious arguments, especially with the intention to deceive
Teleological
Exhibiting or relating to design or purpose, especially in nature, involving explanation of phenomena in terms of the purpose they serve
Discrepant
Characterized by an illogical or surprising lack of compatibility
Consonant
In agreement or harmony with
Edifying
Providing moral or intellectual instruction
Cadge
To ask for or obtain (something to which one is not strictly entitled to)
Anodyne
(N) eliminating physical pain
(Adj) inoffensive
Mendicate
To beg
