Chunks 7 & 8 Flashcards
Extirpate
Verb.
To destroy, to exterminate, cut out, excind
Forswear
Verb.
Renounce; disallow; repudiate;
Agree to give up or do without something.
Ignoble
Adjective.
Dishonorable; common; undignified
Ostensible
Adjective.
Seeming; appearing as such; professed; stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.
Illusory
Adjective.
Deceptive; an illusion
Overweening
Adjective.
Presumptuously arrogant; overbearing; immoderate; being a jerk
Wag
Verb
To be incessantly active; to waddle
Noun
Also a mischievous person.
Lucubrate
Verb
Write in scholarly fashion
Impetuous
Adjective
Impulsive; forceful, with energy
Bellicose
Adjective
Belligerent; pugnacious; warlike; demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.
Cabal
Noun
A scheme or plot; a group of plotters
Irresolute
Adjective
Unresolved; indecisive
Complaisance
Noun
Tending to comply; obliging; willingness to please
Apprise
Verb
Give notice to; inform
Polemical
Adjective
Controversial; argued
Lucent
Adjective
Easily understood; lucid; clear
Engender
Verb
Cause people are produce; give rise to
Dissemble
Verb
To hide; conceal; disguise
Equanimity
Noun
Classes of temperament; mental calmness
Ingenuous
Adjective
Naive; young artless; frank; honest; sincere; innocent and unsuspecting
Epicure
Noun
Food lover; a connoisseur of food
Salient
Adjective
Prominent; protruding; conspicuous; highly relevant; most noticeable or important
Inchoate
Adjective
Not fully informed; rudimentary; elementary
Pugnacious
Adjective
Contentious; quarrelsome; given to fighting; belligerent; easier or quick to argue
Peremptory
Adjective
Urgent; imperative; unchallengeable; ending debate
Exigency
Noun
Emergency; an urgent situation; urgent need/demand
Umbrage
Noun.
Offense, resentment
