common Flashcards
1
Q
to criticize, to hate, to attack
A
- admonish (to warn)
- aspersion
- besiege
- castigate
- daunt
- diatribe
- excoriate
- fulminate
- flout (to contempt, usually of rules)
- harangue
- invective
- imprecation (curse)
- malediction (curse)
- impugn (attack authenticity)
- rancorous (resentment)
- reproach
- revile
- scathing
- tirade
- upbraid
- undermine
- vituperate
2
Q
Not easily understood, obscure
A
- abstruse
- arcane
- esoteric
- equivocate (use unclear language)
- recondite
- rarefied
- opaque
- tortuous
3
Q
Disobedient, rebellious
A
- contumacious
- restive
- insurrection
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- sedition
- vociferous (noisily crying out, as in protest)
4
Q
Silent, not talking much
A
- laconic (concise)
- quiescent
- reticent
- taciturn
- terse (concise)
opposite
- gregarious (sociable)
- garrulous
- loquacious
5
Q
Tendency, likeliness
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- bent
- disposition
- penchant
- predilection
- predisposed
- proclivity
- propensity
6
Q
To soothe, calm
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- assuage
- alleviate
- mollify
- placable
- lull
- palliate (lessen pain)
- propitiate (attempt reconcile, reduce animosity)
- ameliorate (improve)
- analgesia, anodyne (medicine)
7
Q
Redundant, boring
A
- banal
- hackneyed
- insipid
- lackluster
- monotony
- mundane
- platitude (overused statement)
- prosaic
- trite
8
Q
Lazy, late to respond, lacking in spirit
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- indolent
- inert
- lethargic
- lassitude
- languid
- listless
- torpor
9
Q
Belittle
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- denigrate
- deride
- disparage
- lampoon (satire)
- pejorative
- sardonic
10
Q
Peaceful, tranquil
A
- bucolic
- halcyon
- placid
- repose
- pastoral
11
Q
Lying, deceptive, cheat
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- apocryphal (false, questionable authenticity)
- bilk (사기 치다)
- calumny (malicious intent)
- canard (rumor)
- chicanery
- dissemble (mislead, conceal truth)
- dissimulate
- fallacious
- guile (Clever deceit, cunning, craftiness)
- legerdemain (trickery or deception)
- mendacious (habitually dishonest)
- perfidious (disloyal, betraying)
- phony (fake)
- prevaricate
- specious (deceptively attractive)
- treacherous
- belie (give false impression)
opposite
- fidelity (loyalty)
- probity
- veracity
- verisimilar
12
Q
Unpredictable
A
- capricious
- erratic (inconsistent)
- desultory (inconsistent)
- fanciful
- inconstancy
- impetuous
- mercurial
- precarious (dangerously insecure)
- skittish (산나운)
- tempestuous (stormy)
- vagaries
- volatile
- vicissitude
13
Q
Mournful
A
- lachrymose (tearful)
- lugubrious
14
Q
Clear, transparent, easy to understand
A
- intelligible
- limpid
- lucid
- pellucid
- unequivocal
- perspicuous
15
Q
Harsh, sour in taste
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- acerbic
- acidulous
- asperity
- caustic (very critical or sarcastic)
- piquant (pleasant)
- trenchant (caustic, or forceful)
- vitriol (something caustic)
16
Q
Fair, unbiased
A
- disinterested
- dispassionate
- impartial
- indifferent
- equitable
opposite
- tendentious
17
Q
Lack of interest
A
- aloof
- apathy
- detached
18
Q
appropriate
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- apposite
- germane
- pertinent
- propriety
- felicitous
- expedient
opposite
- incongruous
- tangential
- unseemly
19
Q
annoying, causing irritation
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- abrasive
- exasperating
- fractious
- grating (sound)
- nettle
- umbrage (take umbrage)
- vex
20
Q
Overly showy
A
- affectation
- baroque
- bombastic
- grandiloquent
- grandstand
- ostentatious
- rococo
- turgid
- verbose
21
Q
Remorseful, sorry for one’s sins
A
- contrite
- penitent
- repentant
- rue (regret)
22
Q
Free from blame or responsibility
A
- exonerate
- exculpate
23
Q
Not important
A
- eclipse (make less important)
- futile (producing no useful result)
- inconsequential
- nominal
- peripheral
- trifling
- frivolous
- base (morally low)
opposite
- cardinal
24
Q
Poor
A
- impecunious
- indigence
- penury
25
Q
Just begun, undeveloped
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- inchoate
- incipient
- nascent
- neophyte
- tyro (beginner)
26
Q
Harmful
A
- adverse (opposing)
- bane
- inimical
- noisome
- pernicious
- virulent (infectious)
opposite
- benign
- innocuous
27
Q
Not showing emotions
A
- insensible
- impassive
- imperturbable
- impervious
- phlegmatic (hard to excite)
- stolid
- stoic
28
Q
Wise, sensible, knowledgeable
A
- judicious
- conversant
- perspicacious (good insight)
- percipient
- prescient (foresight)
- sagacious
29
Q
generous, giving
A
- liberality
- largess
- magnanimous
- munificent
- philanthropy
- unsparing
opposite
- stingy
30
Q
Stubborn
A
- obdurate
- intransigent
- intractable
- obstinate
- pertinacious
31
Q
diligent
A
- assiduous
- sedulous
- scrupulous (attentive)
32
Q
Submissive
A
- adulatory
complaisant - compliant
- fawn
- grandstand
- groveling
- ingratiate (Make an effort to gain favor with)
- inveigle (Entice, lure; get something by flattery)
- obsequious
- toady (someone who flatters)
- sycophant (someone who flatters)
- unctuous
33
Q
Combative, cruel, savage
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- truculent
- irascible
- pugnacious
- belligerent
- bellicose
34
Q
Be indecisive
A
- vacillate
- dither
- irresolute
- quandary (dilemma)
35
Q
weaken
A
- attenuate
- enervate
- impair
- undermine
- tenuous (weak or slight)
- sap
36
Q
timid
A
- craven
- deterrent (something that restrains or discourages)
- timorous
- pusillanimous
- daunt
- trepidation (apprehension)
37
Q
Devoted to pleasure
A
- sybarite
- hedonist
- libertine (morally or sexually unrestrained)
- voluptuous
opposite:
- ascetic
- stoic
38
Q
Brave
A
- audacious
- hardy
- intrepid
- plucky
39
Q
Plentiful, fruitful, abundant
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- copious
- bountiful
- fecund
- lavish
- profuse
- rife
- replete
40
Q
Swell
A
- Balloon
- Bloat
- Distend
- Dilate
- Turgid
41
Q
Offhand
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- aloof
- extemporaneous
- glib
- nonchalant
- perfunctory
- terse
