Day 12 Flashcards
Vitiate
impair
Verisimilitude
believability
Urbane
sophisticated
Tenable
justifiable & rational
Tempestuous
emotions unrestrained & turbulent
Peripheral
minor
Parsimonious
extremely frugal or stingy
Opprobrium
public shame
Onerous
involving a heavy burden
Magisterical
possessing great authority
Laconic
simple with words ; quiet & reserved
Incongruous
out of place
Hackneyed
lacking creativity
Fungible
interchangeable; equivalent
Exasperated
severely irritated
Encyclopedic
thorough
Cavalier
overly casual; unconcerned
Canny
shrewd & cautious
Acrimonious
bitter & sharp tone
Rapacious
greedy
Predilection
preference or bias
Preclude
prevent something from occurring
Pervasive
spread quicky
Perilous
risky
Perfunctory
lack of effort
Truculent
aggressive
Panacea
perfect cure for something
Ostentatious
pretentious / flamboyant
Obeisance
reverence
mawkish
overly sentimental / insincere
Limpid
clear and easy to understand
Fractious
unruly
Droll
quirky
Clandestine
secretive
Churlish
rude or lacking good manners
Abhor
detest
Tout
praise
stoic
showing no emeotion
Provincial
narrow in perspective
Portend
foreshadow, predict
Furtive
sneaky
Feign
pretend
Exculpate
clear from blame
Esoteric
understood by few
Acumen
good judgment
Trifling
lacking importance
Irascible
easily angered
Impetuous
rash
Haphazard
lack order
Felicitous
well suited / apt
Perfidy
betrayal
Indiscriminate
lacking judgment
Conjectural
guess with limited data
Tendentious
biased provocative views
Sedulous
attention to detail
Intransigent
stubborn
Dearth
lack
Specious
reasonable but wrong
probity
strong ethical standards
Pertinacious
stubbornly holding onto a belief
Empirical
based on observation
Irresolute
uncertain
Inimical
damaging