English Flashcards
Commensurate
Proportionate , corresponding in size and degree
Concord
Agreement with harmony
Ensue
To follow
Feeble
Weak and without energy
Espouse
To support
Expatriate
Someone who doesn’t live in their own country
Fallacy
An idea that a lot of people believe to be true but is in fact false
Confer
To have a discussion, bestow an honour
Conjure
To call on , to cause the spirits to appear
Conscientious
Feeling a moral responsibility to do your work fairly
Cripple
To incapacitate, to injure someone, to become less effective
Cursory
Quick and not detailed , casual
Gush
To speak in exaggerated enthusiasm, to flow out in large quantity
Husky
Big and strong
Impeach
To claim someone as guilty
Impediment
An obstacle
Hackneyed
Boring , uninspiring
Dainty
Small and delicate
Dash
To go somewhere quickly, to rush
Daunt
To make someone feel frightened, to intimidate
Desist
To stop doing something, to refrain from
Despotic
Tyrannical
Indemnify
To reimburse
Destitute
Poor , penniless
Irksome
Annoying
Jeopardise
To put something such as a plan or a system in danger of being harmed and damaged
Imposter
A person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive
Dwindle
To become smaller , to diminish
Disconsolate
Sad and extremely disappointed
Infirm
ill or weak
Earnest
Sincere , determined
Eccentric
Strange and unusual
Embezzle
To secretly take away money
Encroach
To intrude
Endow
To give a large amount of money , to possess a quality naturally
Consign
To dispatch , deliver
Conspicuous
Noticeable , attracting attention
Coruscate
To flash , gleam
Crafty
Cunning
Countenance
The appearance of expression on someone’s face
Herculean
Needing great strength and determination
Ferocity
Aggression
Figurative
Used not with the literal meaning of the word but with imaginative and metaphorical meaning
Dawdle
To do something slowly , to linger
Deference
Respect , politeness
Defile
To spoil something, to mar
Flimsy
Very thin , fragile
Fortify
To make something strong in order to protect it
Defray
To pay the cost of something
Desecration
The act of showing no respect to something holy
Impertinent
Rude , impolite
Devout
Pious , devoted
Dilapidated
Old and in poor condition
Impel
To urge
Imprudence
Rash , impulsive
Inadvertent
Not intentional
Devoid
Lacking something
Diligence
The quality of working carefully and sincerely
Dogmatic
Not open to others opinions
Inclement
Unpleasantly cold wind or rain
Prodigal
Extravagant, spendthrift
Progeny
An offspring
Lucrative
Profitable
Oblivion
State of being unaware
Orifice
An opening or hole
Onerous
Difficult
Melancholy
Sorrow or dejection
Nefarious
Wicked or morally bad
Nicety
Accuracy
Officious
Domineering, over bearing
Overbearing
Dominating
Palatable
Pleasant to taste
Palpable
Visible , tangible
Paltry
Insignificant , petty
Plague
To cause pain or difficulty
Luxuriant
Lush and abundant
Prefatory
Introductory
Profane
Impious
Lunacy
Insanity , madness
Lament
To mourn , to weep
Propel
To set in motion
Prolific
Producing in great number , lush
Prototype
Preliminary version of something
Provident
Relating to savings for the future
Quack
A fraud
Quash
Forcefully stop something
Quell
To calm , to soothe
Ragged
Ripped or tattered
Rancid
Stale
Reckless
Careless
Remission
Relaxation
Repulsive
Unattractive
Resolute
Determined , purposeful
Repugnant
Unpleasant , offensive
Restoration
Act of returning something to its former condition
Saucy
Rude or showing no respect
Semblance
Similarity
Slothful
Very lazy , languid
Smite
to be attracted to someone, to hit someone suddenly and forcefully
Taciturn
Tending to not speaking much
Limpid
Clearly expressed and easily understood
Memoir
A book or writing based on the writers personal knowledge of famous people , places or events
Misconstrued
To form a false understanding of the meaning or intention of something that someone does or says
Parsing
To examine or think about something carefully in order to understand it
Qua
In capacity of
Contorts
To twist or bend violently and unnaturally into a different shape or form
Repudiation
The act of refusing to accept something or someone as true , good or reasonable
Sacralization
Sanctification or sanctify
To set apart for special use or purpose
Smothering
To kill something by covering it and preventing it from receiving the substances and conditions it needs for life
Unconscionable
Morally unacceptable
Verisimilitude
The quality of appearing realistic or true
Vivifies
Make more lively or interesting, enliven
Snug
Cosy and comfortable
Solace
Consolation in times of stress
Staunch
Faithful , committed
Affray
a fight in public
Stout
Robust , rather fat and happy
Subsistence
A state of having what u need in order to survive, but no more
Surmise
To guess or suppose
Synonymous
Similar, closely connected
Tantamount
Equivalent
Solicitude
Quality of caring about other people’s comfort and feelings
Sordid
Filthy , dirty
Spurious
False , specious
Tenacity
Determination, persistence
Skinflint
A miser
Tortuous
Full of twists and turns
Turpitude
Quality of being evil
Tyrant
A cruel and oppressive, ruler
Veil
To cover
Yearn
To wish strongly
Steadfast
Loyal , devoted
Extant
Surviving, remaining
Tenebrous
Dark and shadowy
Indigenous
Something naturally existing in a place
Buoyant
Happy and confident
Wince
To grimace in pain or discomfort
Whimper
To whine
Zenith
The highest point , peak
Woebegone
Sad and gloomy
Peregrination
A long journey
Swerve
To deviate
Personable
Pleasing in personality
Felon
Criminal
Smoulder
To burn slowly with smoke but no flame
Zephyr
A soft breeze
Impending
Imminent
Coy
Shy and modest
Gorge
To eat greedily
Trudge
To walk heavily
Cozen
Fraud , cheat
Conundrum
A puzzle , a dilemma
Scalding
Extremely hot
Debacle
A disaster
Detrimental
Causing harm or damage
Myriad
A very large number of something
Naive
Innocent , gullible
Guileless
Honest and innocent
Bask
To laze , to lie under the sun
Discreet
Low key , cautious
Timid
Fearful and shy
Encomium
A piece of writing / speech that is full with praise
Prim
Formal , neat
Frugal
Thrift , economical
Mundane
Very ordinary, uninteresting
Guffaw
To laugh loudly
Vagrant
A person who moves from place to place because he doesn’t have a home
Dishevelled
Very messy , not neat
Foible
A minor weakness , a small fault
Lacklustre
Without energy , boring , dull
Drawl
To speak slowly and in a lazy manner
Inebriate
Someone who drinks alcohol regularly
Trepidation
Anxiety, apprehension
Gargantuan
Enormous and giant
Libertine
A person who freely indulges in sensual pleasures without regard to moral principles
Adjudication
To judge
Epistle
A letter
Anomaly
A deviation from the normal
Dauntless
Fearless and brave
Decapitate
To cut off the head
Dulcet
Pleasant and soothing sound
Propinquity
The state of being near
Fealty
Loyalty, allegiance
Quintessential
Being the most typical example or most important part of something
Torid
Extremely hot
Preposterous
Absurd , stupid , ridiculous
Trenchant
Severe and piercing criticism
Tutelage
A help , advise or teaching about how to do something
Defalcation
Embezzlement
Laggard
Someone who always lags behind
Throes
Difficulty or intense pain
Clandestine
Covert , secretive
Propitious
Auspicious, favourable
Chary
Cautious, wary
Gibberish
Rubbish , nonsense
Bucolic
Relating to the countryside , rural
Retched
Miserable, unfortunate
Quaint
Out of the ordinary, quirky , eccentric
Despicable
Hateful , Contemptible
Felicity
Intense happiness, joy
Moroseness
The quality of being extremely sad and gloomy
Marauder
A robber
Imbecile
Stupid person , ninkompoop
Chicanery
Use of deception to achieve one’s purpose
Muddle
Confused state
Nippy
Agile , nimble , fast
Retribution
A punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act
Labyrinth
A maze or puzzle
Rummage
To search for something by moving things around carelessly
Opulent
Expensive and luxurious
Dubiety
A state of uncertainty
Zany
Amusingly strange and unconventional
Pandemonium
Chaos, turmoil
Incandescent
Angry , furious
Rigmarole
A saga , long story
Obeisance
Respect, courtesy , salutation
Incarcerated
To confine , to trap
Gnarly
Difficult, laborious
Pulchritudinous
Beautiful
Unscrupulous
Immoral , unethical
Lurch
To make a sudden and unsteady movement
Quarry
A prey
Gaffe
Embarrassing mistake , a fault
Repose
Stillness , quietude
Jejune
Simple , innocent , naive
Barmy
Silly , foolish , stupid
Jiffy
A moment , a short period of time
Lecher
An adulterer , a lecherous man
Virile
Manly , strong , powerful
Doughty
Determined, brave persistent
Browbeat
Intimidate, threaten