D - F Flashcards
Death / mourning (13)
Bereave
Cadaver
Defunct
Demise
Dolorous
Elegy
Knell
Lament
Macabre
Moribund
Obsequies
Sepulchral
Wraith
Denying self (6)
Abnegate
Abstain
Ascetic
Spartan
Stoic
Temperate
Dictatorial (7)
Authoritarian
Despotic
Dogmatic
Hegemonic / hegemony
Imperious
Peremptory
Tyrannical
Difficult to understand (14)
Abstruse
Ambiguous
Arcane
Bemusing
Cryptic
Enigmatic
Esoteric
Inscrutable
Obscure
Opaque
Paradoxical
Perplexing
Recondite
Turbid
Disgusting / offensive (8)
Defile
Fetid
Invidious
Noisome
Odious
Putrid
Rebarbative
Malodorous
Easy to understand (7)
Articulate
Cogent
Eloquent
Evident
Limpid
Lucid
Pellucid
Eccentric / dissimilar (7)
Aberrant
Anachronism
Anomalous
Discrete
Eclectic
Esoteric
Iconoclast
Embarrass (9)
Abash
Chagrin
Compunction
Contrition
Diffidence
Expiate
Foible
Gaucherie
Rue
Equal (3)
Equitable
Equity
Tantamount
Falsehood (16)
Apocryphal
Canard
Chicanery
Dissemble
Duplicity
Equivocate
Erroneous
Ersatz
Fallacious
Feigned
Guile
Mendacious / mendacity
Perfidy
Prevaricate
Specious
Spurious
Family (10)
Conjugal
Consanguine
Distaff
Endogamous
Filial
Fraternal
Fratricide
Progenitor
Scion
Sorority
Favoring / not impartial (6)
Ardent / ardor
Doctrinaire
Fervid
Partisan
Tendentious
Zealot
Forgiving / make amends (9)
Absolve
Acquit
Ameliorate
Exculpate
Exonerate
Expiate
Palliate
Redress
Vindicate
Funny (10)
Chortle
Droll
Facetious
Flippant
Gibe
Jocular
Levity
Ludicrous
Raillery
Riposte
