Derivatives #1-25 Flashcards
Espouse
V, to make one’s own
Equanimity
N, levelheadedness
Exigency
N, a necessity, urgency, emergency
Exasperate
V, to annoy, irritate
Fallible
Adj, able to be wrong
Fastidious
Adj, attentive to details
Feasible
Adj, doable
Fathom
V, to understand, comprehend
Fervor
N, intense and passionate feeling
Abtruse
Adj
Pushing away, obscure
Affable
Adj
Friendly, social
Aesthetic
Adj
Concerned with beauty, designed to give pleasure through beauty
Amenable
Adj
Willing to follow, tractable, submissive
Approbation
Noun
Commendation, official approval
Appropriate
Verb
To take possession of, to make one’s own
Compendium
Noun
A hanging together, collection, summary, list, inventory
Capacious
Adj
Roomy, spacious
desultory
Adj
lacking consistency, random
disabuse
V
to free from deception; to set right
disingenuous
Adj
insincere
disparage
V
to make less equal, to depreciate
eclectic
Adj
diverse; choosing from various sources
effervescent
Adj
bubbly, lively
emulate
V
to try to equal or excel