Day 6 Flashcards
yen
longing, urge
vouchsafe
to grant condescendingly; to guarantee
waffle
to speak equivocally about an issue
welter
turmoil
bewildering jumble
vituperative
abusive and scolding
vitiate
to spoil the effect of
viscous
sticky, gluey
vindicate
to clear from blame
vicissitude
change of fortune
vicarious
acting as a substitute
vestige
trace or remains
verisimilitude
appearance of truth
likelihood
verbiage
pompous array of words
venal
capable of being bribed
valedictory
pertaining to farewell
vaunted
boasted or bragged
vagrant
stray or random
vagary
caprice or whim
vacillate
to waver or fluctuate
upbraid
to severely scold or reprimand
unwonted
unaccustomed
unwieldly
awkward or cumbersome
untenable
indefensible, not able to be maintained
unprepossessing
unattractive
unobtrusive
inconspicuous
not blatant
unmitigated
absolute
unrelieved or immoderate
unexceptionable
not offering any basis for criticism
unconscionable
unscrupulous or excessive
unbridled
violent
unassailable
not subject to question
umbrage
resentment or anger
ubiquitous
being everywhere
tyro
beginner or novice
tutelary
protective
pertaining to guardianship
turpitude
depravity
trenchant
forceful and vigorous
cutting
travesty
parody
travail
painful physical or mental labor
transmute
to change, convert to something different
traduce
to expose to slander
tractable
docile, easily managed
torrid
passionate, hot, or scorching
timorous
fearful, demonstrating fear
tendentious
biased
designed to further a cause
temporize
to act evasively to gain time
temerity
boldness or rashness
tautological
needlessly repetitious
tacit
understood, not put into words
sycophant
servile flatterer
surfeit
satiate, stuff, indulge to excess
supposititious
assumed, counterfeit, hypothetical
supposition
hypothesis, surmise
supplicate
to petition humbly
supererogatory
superfluous
supercilious
arrogant
sundry
various, several
succor
to aid, assist, comfort
subterfuge
pretense, evaasion
subsume
to include, encompass
subpoena
writ summoning a witness to appear
suborn
to persuade to act unlawfully
subjugate
to conquer
stymie
to present an obstacle
to stump
stultify
to cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent
strident
loud and harsh
stricture
critical comments
strategem
clever trick
stolid
dull or impassive
stodgy
stuffy or boringly conservative
stipulate
to make express conditions or specify
stint
to be thrifty or to set limits
stilted
bombastic, or stiffly pompous
spurious
false, counterfeit
sportive
playful
specious
seemingly reasonable but incorrect
sordid
filthy, file
sophistry
seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning
solicitous
worried, concerned
slapdash
haphazard, careless, sloppy
skildruggery
dishonest behavior
skinflint
stingy person, miser
sinecure
well-paid position with little responsibility
serendipity
gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident
sequester
isolate, retire from public life
sententious
terse, concise, aphoristic