C11-C20 Flashcards
Cajole
To urge with gentle methods
Elicit
To bring out
Enjoin
To prohibit or forbid
Exigency
Urgency, or a crisis situation
Imperious
Domineering; arrogant
Injunction
A command or order
Mendicant
A beggar
Query
A question
Servile
Slavish or submissive
Abound
To be plentiful
Amplitude
Greatness of size or range
Augment
To add to; to increase
Behemoth
A large, powerful thing
Brevity
Shortness of duration
Diminish
To lessen
Infinitesimal
Too small to measure
Modicum
A small amount
Prodigious
Extensive or extraordinary
Quotidian
Everyday; common
Banal
Commonplace
Camouflage
Concealment by disguise
Emulate
To imitate
Mimicry
Imitation
Platitude
Overused remark
Prototype
Test model
Redundant
More than necessary
Rendition
An interpretation of a performance
Sham
A fake
Simulation
Reproduction of a situation
Adverse
Opposing
Averse
Feeling dislike
Ingenious
Very clever
Ingenuous
Openly straightforward
Persecute
To cruelly mistreat
Prosecute
To bring action against in court
Quorum
Number needed to vote
Quota
Amount assigned
Respectfully
Politely; with regard
Respectively
Referring to things in the order given
Beseech
To beg, plead, or implore
Abdicate
Give up high office
Absolve
Release from obligation
Catharsis
An emotional release
Countermand
To cancel
Impunity
Exemption from punishment
Recant
Take back
Recoup
Regain
Renounce
To formally give up
Rescind
Repeal
Waive
Give up voluntarily
Arbitration
Submitting a dispute to a judge
Attaché
Special staff in a diplomatic office
Consul
A diplomat who represents his or her government in a foreign country
Covenant
A legal contract
Discretion
Good judgement and self-restraint
Entente
Informal agreement among political powers
Insular
Isolated
Machiavellian
Cunning and deceitful
Protocol
Ceremonial conduct
Status quo
Existing state of affairs
Culminate
To reach completion
Eclipse
To exceed or surpass
Epitome
A representative example
Impeccable
Having no flaws
Inimitable
Matchless; unique
Optimum
Best
Peerless
Incomparable
Quintessence
The purest essence
Sublime
Impressive
Zenith
The peak
Affront
An insult
Altercation
A noisy quarrel
Bellicose
Eager to fight
Breach
A violation
Contentious
Likely to cause disagreement
Decimate
To destroy
Dissension
Disagreement
Rancor
Bitter resentment
Retribution
Something justly deserved
Schism
A split within a group
Apocryphal
Doubtful
Bona fide
Authentic
Candor
Frankness
Cant
Boring talk filled with platitudes
Charlatan
An imposter
Chicanery
Trickery
Feign
To pretend
Insidious
Secretly harmful
Rectitude
Righteousness
Veritable
Real; actual
Accrue
To accumulate
Arbiter
The judge in a dispute
Audit
To examine finances
Cartel
Group of businesses formed to control pricing
Collateral
Something pledged as security for a loan
Commodity
A product
Conglomerate
A corporation made up of a number of companies
Liquidate
To settle a debt by selling something off
Lucrative
Profitable
Security
A stock or bond