Bla Bla Flashcards
Abrogate
To abolish.
To end.
To arrest.
Abscond
Leave hurriedly and secretly, especially to avoid detection.
Adversary
Opponent.
Anarchist
A person who turns to overturn the authority.
Antidote
A medicine to counteract a particular poison.
Artifact
Objects made by human, especially hand made and with historical values.
Artisan
Manually skilled worker.
Ascendancy
Control influence provided by hierarchy.
Braggart
Boaster.
Modest by nature.
Commemorate
Honor the memory of.
Conflagration
Great fire.
Cordial
Gracious.
Heartfelt.
Warm.
Delineate
To portray.
To sketch.
To depict.
Deterrent
Something that discourages.
Hindrance.
Digression
Wandering away from the subject.
Diligence
Steadiness.
Effort.
Diminution
Reduction in size.
Eloquence
Expressiveness.
Euphemism
Mince.
Exalt
To raise in rank or dignity.
To praise.
Exuberance
Overflowing abundance.
Joyful enthusiasm.
Lavishness.
Inconsequential
Unimportant.
Inundate
To overwhelm.
Materialism
A materialist emphasizes the needs of the body.
An idealist emphasizes the needs of a soul.
Methodical
Systematic.
Negate
To cancel out.
To nullify.
Notoriety
Disrepute.
Ill fame.
Pacifist
One opposed to use force for any means.
Perpetuate
To make something last.
Precocious
Advanced in development.
Profusion
Over abundance.
Ratify
To approve formally.
Rebuttal
Refutation.
Present contrary evidence.
Disprove.
Rectify
To set right.
Repel
To drive away.
Reprimand
To reprise severely.
To rebuke.
Reserve
Self control.
Formal but distant manner.
Resign
To accept one’s fate.
Resolve
Determination.
Reverent
Respectful.
Rhetorical
Related to effective eloquence.
Saturate
To soak thoroughly.
Turbulence
In a state of violence agitation.
Agitate
To make someone troubled or nervous.
Turmoil
In a state of great disturbance, confusion.
Unwarranted
Unjustified.
Groundless.
Undeserved.
Virtuoso
Highly skilled artist.
Vaporize
To turn into vapor (anything aerial).
Truncate
To cut short.
Threadbare
Becoming thin and tattered with age, especially clothes.
Tantamount
Equivalent.
Virtually the same.
Swagger
To walk or behave in a confident and arrogant way.
Stolid
Calm.
Dependable.
Impassive.
Phlegmatic.
Steadfast
Resolute.
Spurn
To reject with disdain.
Savory
Serving to the category being salty or spicy.
Acceptable.
Wholesome
Pleasant.
Replete
To fill up.
Filled.
Remission
Palliative.
Temporary abatement.
Rant
To talk excitedly.
To scold.
Quagmire
Soft, wet, boggy land.
Complex situation where it is difficult to free oneself out.
Precarious
Uncertain.
Risky.
Pithy
Concise.
Meaningful.
Pernicious
Harmful.
Very destructive.
Penury
Severe poverty.
Stinginess.
Nefarious
Wicked.
Villainous.
Mosaic
Picture made out of colorful tiles.
Misnomer
Wrong name/designation.
Mirth
Merriment.
Laughter.
Lithe
Flexible.
Supple.
Incidental
Not essential.
Minor.
Illicit
Illegal.
Glacial
Extremely cold.
Foolhardy
Rash.
Fitful
Occurring in breaks.
Spasmodic.
Intermittent.
Falter
To hesitate.
Fallow
Keeping lands uncultivated.
Equitable
Fair.
Impartial.
Emend
To correct.
Elegy
Lamenting song or poem.
Ebullient
Shoeing excitement.
Overflowing with joy or enthusiasm.
Distend
To expand.
To see all out.
Discrepancy
Lack of consistency.
Difference.
Discourse
Formal discussion.
Conversation.
Corrugated
Wrinkled.
Corrode
To destroy by chemical reaction.
Converge
To approach.
To tend to meet.
To come together.
Confluence
Flowing together.
Crowd.
Combustible
Easily burned.
Circumlocution
Indirect and roundabout.
Certitude
Certainty.
Carping
Censorious.
Finding fault.
Blighted
Suffering from a disease.
Destroyed.
Beguile
To mislead.
To delude.
Aviary
Enclosure for birds.
Avert
To prevent.
To turn away.
Assiduous
Diligent.
Arable
Cultivable land.
Amorphous
Formless.
Lacking shape.
Acrimony
Bitterness.
Acrid
Sharp.
Bitter.
Pungent.
Abate
To reduce.
Abortive
Unsuccessful.
