english medterm review Flashcards
Assuage
(v.) to sooth
Coalition
(n.) an alliance
Hackneyed
(adj.) stale
Intercede
(v.) to intervene
Lurid
(adj.) gruesome
Prerogative
(n.)A faculty or property distingishing a person or class
Transcend
(v.) be or go beyond the range or limits of
Umbrage
(n.) offense or annoyance
Ameliorate
(v.) to improve
Aplomb
(n.) composure
Drivel
(n.) childish talk
Epitome
(n.) embodiment
Ingratiate
(v.) to establish oneself ass good
Intrinisic
(adj.) natural
Lassitude
(n.) a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy
Permeate
(v.) spread throughout
Surmise
(v.) suppose that something is true without having evvidence to confirm
Abominate
(v.) loathe
Adventitious
(adj.) appearing enexpectedly
Circuitous
(adj.) not direct
Commiserate
(v.) to pity
Expedite
(v.) make (an action or process) be accomplished more quickly.
Inadvertent
(adj.) made through lack of care; negligent
Proclivity
(n.) a tendeency to choose or do something regulary
Tenuous
(adj.) very weak or slight
Vitriolic
(adj.) bitter
Aura
(n.) pervasive quality
Erudite
(adj.) having or showing great knowledge or learning
Infer
(v.) to conclude from evidence
Insular
(adj.) lacking contact with other people
Irrevocable
(adj.) unable to be repealed
Resilient
(adj.) flexible
Reverberate
(v.) be repeated several times on echo
Sleazy
(adj.) filthy
Autonomy
(n.) freedom
Equitable
(adj.) Fair and impartial
Extricate
(v.) to liberate
Flout
(v.) openly disregard
Salutary
(adj.) producing good effects; beneficial
Scathing
(adj.) harmful
Unwieldy
(adj.) unmanageable
Vapid
(adj.) lifeless
Bizarre
(adj.) unusual
Brusque
(adj.) blunt
Contrive
(v.) to scheme
Disbuse
(v.) to set right
Heinous
(adj.) hateful
Surreptitious
(adj.) kept secret, esp because it would not be approved of
Transgress
(v.) spread over
Vicarious
(adj.) acting or done fur another
