CHAPTER 1: CORE VOCABULARY- PART 1 Flashcards
Mixed feelings
AMBIVALENT
A deviation from the norm
ANOMALY & ATYPICAL
Derisive mocking comments
SARCASTIC & SARDONIC
A scarcity or shortage
DEARTH & PAUCITY
To babble incessantly
PRATTLE
Dry humor
WRY
Not ordinary or typical
UNCONVENTIONAL & UNORTHODOX
Highly detailed
PAINSTAKING, METICULOUS, EXACTING
Very bold; daring
AUDACIOUS
Lack of interest or concern
INDIFFERENT & APATHETIC
Lacking self-confidence
DIFFIDENT
Practical; sensible
PRAGMATIC
An imaginative recreation
EVOCATION
Overbearing; impertinently bold
PRESUMPTUOUS
Very stubborn; defiant
RECALCITRANT & OBDURATE
A timely benefit
BOON
A source of harm
BANE
A secretive; not aboveboard; covert
CLANDESTINE & SURPETITIOUS
An agreeable; friendly
AFFABLE, AMIABLE, GENIAL, GREGARIOUS
Puzzled; confused
CONFOUNDED, PERPLEXED, MYSTIFIED
An enormous; massive
PRODIGIOUS
An unclear; not definitive
AMBIGUOUS
To scold; rebuke
REPROACH & CENSURE
A sentimental longing for the past
NOSTALGIA
An inference
CONJECTURE & SUPPOSITION
No longer in use
OBSOLETE
Very favorable
AUSPICIOUS
Very depressed
MOROSE & DESPONDENT
Failure to reach an agreement
IMPASSE
Not in the proper time period
ANACHRONISM
To give a false impression
BELIE
To ease; relieve, lessen
MITIGATE, MOLLIFY, ASSUAGE, ALLEVIATE
To strongly desire; to crave
COVET
Direct opposite
ANTITHESIS & ANTIPODAL
An original model
PROTOTYPE
Detached; reserved
ALOOF
It is a commonplace.
TRITE, HACKNEYED, PEDESTRIAN, PLATITUDINOUS, BANAL
A preceding event
ANTECEDENT & FORERUNNER
Believable
PLAUSIBLE
Not believeble
IMPLAUSIBLE
Careful; cautious
PRUDENT
It is an appreciation of what is beautiful or attractive.
AESTHETIC
A seeming contradiction that expresses a truth.
PARADOX
A mysterious; baffling
ENIGMATIC & INSCRUTABLE
To comply
ACQUIESCE
Unsophisticated
NAIVE & CREDULOUS
Native to an area
INDIGENOUS & ENDEMIC
Everywhere; widespread; prevalent
UBIQUITOUS & PREVALENT
It is a widespread epidemic.
PANDEMIC
It is a strength of mind.
FORTITUDE