Day 22-24 Flashcards
prolific
producing many offspring
attest
to bear witness, testify
garrulous
very talkative
cognate
related by birth
vilify
to speak ill of, defame, slander
eschew
to abstain, to keep away from, shun
abysmal
extremely or hopelessly bad
insipid
lacking in flavor, dull
disseminate
to scatter or spread widely
improvident
without planning or foresight; negligent
subvert
to undermine, corrupt
impudence
impertinence, insolence
perpetuate
to make something last
abrogate
abolish, annul
exhort
to urge or incite by strong appeals
respite
interval of relief
turpitude
vile, shameful
perspicacity
keeness of observation or understanding
demur
to doubt, objections
invective
censure, reproach
corupulence
obesity, fatness
mendacious
false, dishonest
extol
to praise highly, laud
incongruous
not fighting, absurd
pedantic
showing off learning
pragmatic
a belief in approaching problems through practical rather than theoretical means
exuberent
widely joyous
deprecate
express disapproval
parochial
limited, narrow in scope
intractable
hard to treat, relieve, or cure
diffident
timid, shy
catharsis
purifying, cleansing
primordial
original, existing from the beginning
curtail
to shorten
corroborate
supporting with evidence, confirming
nadir
lower point
periphery
the relatively minor/irrelevant
salutary
favorable, promoting
disaffected
discontented, disloyal
ascetic
practicing strict self-discipline for moral or spiritual reasons
punitive
having to do with punishment
poignant
pungent to the smell, bitter
parsimony
excessive economy, frugality
intransigent
uncompromising, refsing
desecrate
to abuse something sacred
precipitate
to throw down from the height
querulous
full of complaints
hidebound
excessively rigid, dry and stiff
mundane
worldly, earthly
lugubrious
mournful, dismal
soporific
tending to cause sleep
latent
the state of being dormant
hypochondria
unfounded belief that one is often ill
partisan
reflecting strong allegiance to a particular party
burgeon
to grow, develop
attentuate
to weaken, reduce
depravity
sinfulness, immoral
conflate
to fuse into one entity
benighted
unenlightened
surfeit
to excess
mendacious
false
buttress
something that supports and strengthens
profuse
lavish, extravagent
obtuse
blunt, stupid
flippant
disrespectful, shallow
vicissitude
a change, alternation
lien
right to possess
malediction
curse
sordid
filthy,contemptible
vicarious
indirect
sanctimonious
showing false
bucolic
pastoral, rural