Elevate vocab Flashcards
Meticulous
Precise accordance with details
Effusive
Extravagantly demonstrative
Irascible
Quickly aroused to anger
Fastidious
Attentive to detail
Extroverted
Very outgoing or expressive
Obstreperous
Noisily and stubbornly defiant
Flounder
To have difficulties or behave awkwardly
Subversive
In opposition to a civil authority or gov.
Emphatic
Forceful and definite in expression
Denizen
A person who inhabits a particular place
Garish
Tastelessly showy
Carp
To raise trivial objections
Impetus
Force that moves something along
Coercion
The act of compelling by force of authority
Prevaricate
Speak in an evasive way (evasive means indirectly)
Desolate
Deserted, bleak and dismal emptiness
Opulent
Extremely rich and superior in quality
Malaise
Feeling of discomfort
Anoint
To choose by or as if by divine intervention
Stymie
To hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
Equivocate
Use ambiguity to conceal the truth. (Ambiguity means uncertainty, vagueness)
Panoply
Array of items or a complete collection
Rescind
To cancel officially
Chagrin
Distress from having been humiliated or failed
Illicit
Contrary to or forbidden by law, rules, or custom
Tyranny
Form of government with an absolute dictator
Stagnant
Having no flow or activity, dull
Dissipate
Dissolve
Baroque
Having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation
Inspire
To spur on
Feckless
Generally incompetent and ineffectual (Incompetent means not being able to do something successfully) (ineffectual means not producing a desired effect)
Sidereal
Adj. Determined by or from the stars
Criticastor
An incompetent critic
Incompetent
Lacking qualification or ability, incapable
