Day 6 Flashcards
1
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yen
A
longing, urge
2
Q
vouchsafe
A
to grant condescendingly; to guarantee
3
Q
waffle
A
to speak equivocally about an issue
4
Q
welter
A
turmoil
bewildering jumble
5
Q
vituperative
A
abusive and scolding
6
Q
vitiate
A
to spoil the effect of
7
Q
viscous
A
sticky, gluey
8
Q
vindicate
A
to clear from blame
9
Q
vicissitude
A
change of fortune
10
Q
vicarious
A
acting as a substitute
11
Q
vestige
A
trace or remains
12
Q
verisimilitude
A
appearance of truth
likelihood
13
Q
verbiage
A
pompous array of words
14
Q
venal
A
capable of being bribed
15
Q
valedictory
A
pertaining to farewell
16
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vaunted
A
boasted or bragged
17
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vagrant
A
stray or random
18
Q
vagary
A
caprice or whim
19
Q
vacillate
A
to waver or fluctuate
20
Q
upbraid
A
to severely scold or reprimand
21
Q
unwonted
A
unaccustomed
22
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unwieldly
A
awkward or cumbersome
23
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untenable
A
indefensible, not able to be maintained
24
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unprepossessing
A
unattractive
25
unobtrusive
inconspicuous
not blatant
26
unmitigated
absolute
unrelieved or immoderate
27
unexceptionable
not offering any basis for criticism
28
unconscionable
unscrupulous or excessive
29
unbridled
violent
30
unassailable
not subject to question
31
umbrage
resentment or anger
32
ubiquitous
being everywhere
33
tyro
beginner or novice
34
tutelary
protective
pertaining to guardianship
35
turpitude
depravity
36
trenchant
forceful and vigorous
cutting
37
travesty
parody
38
travail
painful physical or mental labor
39
transmute
to change, convert to something different
40
traduce
to expose to slander
41
tractable
docile, easily managed
42
torrid
passionate, hot, or scorching
43
timorous
fearful, demonstrating fear
44
tendentious
biased
designed to further a cause
45
temporize
to act evasively to gain time
46
temerity
boldness or rashness
47
tautological
needlessly repetitious
48
tacit
understood, not put into words
49
sycophant
servile flatterer
50
surfeit
satiate, stuff, indulge to excess
51
supposititious
assumed, counterfeit, hypothetical
52
supposition
hypothesis, surmise
53
supplicate
to petition humbly
54
supererogatory
superfluous
55
supercilious
arrogant
56
sundry
various, several
57
succor
to aid, assist, comfort
58
subterfuge
pretense, evaasion
59
subsume
to include, encompass
60
subpoena
writ summoning a witness to appear
61
suborn
to persuade to act unlawfully
62
subjugate
to conquer
63
stymie
to present an obstacle
to stump
64
stultify
to cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent
65
strident
loud and harsh
66
stricture
critical comments
67
strategem
clever trick
68
stolid
dull or impassive
69
stodgy
stuffy or boringly conservative
70
stipulate
to make express conditions or specify
71
stint
to be thrifty or to set limits
72
stilted
bombastic, or stiffly pompous
73
spurious
false, counterfeit
74
sportive
playful
75
specious
seemingly reasonable but incorrect
76
sordid
filthy, file
77
sophistry
seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning
78
solicitous
worried, concerned
79
slapdash
haphazard, careless, sloppy
80
skildruggery
dishonest behavior
81
skinflint
stingy person, miser
82
sinecure
well-paid position with little responsibility
83
serendipity
gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident
84
sequester
isolate, retire from public life
85
sententious
terse, concise, aphoristic
