Common Words V Flashcards
accolade
an award or praise granted as a special honor
Ravenous
extremely hungry; devouring or craving food in great quantities
Arcane
requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
understood by few; mysterious or secret.
Inimical
Hostile (usually describes conditions or environments)
unfriendly
Munificent
very generous
Inscrutable
not easily understood, unfathomable
Vacillate
verb be undecided about something, waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
Foment
try to stir up public opinion
Insolent
rude and arrogant
Sanction-
give authority or permission to, a legal penalty for a forbidden action
Precipitous
done with very great haste and without due deliberation
very high or steep
Circumscribe-
restrict or confine
Ostracize
exclude from a community or group
Scrupulous
characterized by extreme care and great effort; having a sense or right and wrong, principled
Inveterate-
habitual- adj
Winsome
charming in a childlike or naive way
Antithetical
sharply contrasted in character or purpose
Brazen
unrestrained by convention or propriety
Sporadic
recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances
Irrevocable-
incapable of being retracted or revoked
Lionize
assign great social importance to
Pedestrian
lacking imagination
Audacity
aggressive boldness in social situations
Obsequious
attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner, attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
Arbitrary
based on a random, groundless decision
Sycophant
a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
Prolific
intellectually productive, being in large numbers
Pernicious
exceedingly harmful; working or spreading in a hidden or injurious way
Dilettante
an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
Poignant
emotionally touching
Reverent
feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
Hegemony
dominance over a certain area
Haphazard
marked by great carelessness, dependent upon or characterized by chance
Propitious
presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success
Tempered
moderated in effect
Austere
practicing self denial, unadorned in style or appearance, harsh in manner of temperament
Subversive
in opposite to an established system or institution
Trite
repeated too often, overfamiliar through overuse
Intrepid
fearless
Garrulous
full of trivial conversation
Resurgent
rising again as to new life and vigor
Gauche
lacking social polish
Tractable
readily reacting to suggestions and influences; easily managed (controlled or taught or molded)
Prodigious
so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
Rescind
Cancel Officially
Constituent
a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes, an abstract part of something
Taciturn
habitually reserved and uncommunicative
Admonish
to warn strongly, even to the point of reprimanding
Repudiate
reject as untrue or unfounded
Myriad-
a large indefinite number
