Deck 33 Flashcards
1
Q
INGENUE
A
naïve, unsophisticated person
2
Q
INGRATE
A
ungrateful person
3
Q
PECCADILLO
A
minor weakness; trivial offence
4
Q
VENEER
A
surface coating
5
Q
FLY-BY-NIGHT
A
unreliable; disreputable
6
Q
INIMICAL
A
hostile
7
Q
PEDANT
A
person who insists on strict adherence to rules or narrow learning
8
Q
FORENSIC
A
concerned with argument or debate (esp. for legal evidence)
9
Q
VENIAL
A
minor; unimportant
10
Q
CODDLE
A
pamper; fuss over; indulge
11
Q
ASCETIC
A
without luxuries; severely simple
12
Q
DIURNAL
A
active in daytime
13
Q
COGENT
A
lucid; well argued
14
Q
COGITATE
A
think over something; ponder
15
Q
FRAUDULENT
A
fake; false
16
Q
INSENTIENT
A
unfeeling
17
Q
MILIEU
A
one’s social environment
18
Q
PENSIVE
A
in a thoughtful mood; thinking deeply
19
Q
PURLOIN
A
steal
20
Q
FRIVOLOUS
A
not serious
21
Q
MIRE
A
swamp; muddy ground
22
Q
PENURY
A
poverty
23
Q
DOLT
A
stupid person
24
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PYROMANIA
A
compulsion to start fires
