Day 51 Flashcards
rile
irritate; vex; muddy
delusion
false belief; hallucination; deluding
extrovert
person interested mostly in external objects and actions
exiguous
small in amount; minute
exemplary *
outstanding, setting a good example
ubiquitous
existing everywhere, omnipresent
preliminary
introductory, beginning
vulgar
rude, crude, unsophisticated
dictum
official order or statement
pert
impertinent; forward; trim; jaunty
augmenting
increasing in size or number
forerunner
predecessor; one that comes before and indicates the approach of another
affix
to attach, to fasten
intransigence
refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
permissible
allowed
belittle
disparage; depreciate
torso
trunk of statue with head and limbs missing; human trunk
paradoxically
counter to what one would think; contradictory
sophistry
deceptive reasoning
derided
mocked
layman
man who is not cleric; man who is nonprofessional
qualm
doubt or fear
navigable
wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through
ovoid
egg-shaped
wry
twisted; with a humorous twist (expressing displeasure)
objectivity
being unbiased; scientific attitude
indecipherable
cannot be decoded
wrongheaded
stubbornly wrong
civ
citizen
reserve *
self-control; self-restraint; formal but distant manner; reticence
analgesia
condition of being unable to feel pain
distinct
clearly different; clearly noticed
morph (v)
to change or transform
simil
like, resembling
minuscule
tiny, minute
glitch
mistake, failure (small)
discernment
judgement
rag
scrap of cloth
ragged = old and torn
ensemble
troupe (musicians); group; set of clothes
pandemonium
wild tumult (commotion); wild noisy disorder