English vocab Flashcards
Alfresco
In the open air, outdoors
Abscond
Depart secretly and hide, especially to avoid prosecution
Alias
Assumed name
Bibliophile
Lover of books
Brace
Two of a kind; pair; couple
Cache
Safe place for hiding and storing treasure, supplies, etc
Claustrophobia
Dread of being in closed or narrow spaces
Con
Swindle, after first gaining the confidence of the victim; trick; coax
Decimate
Destroy ten or more percent, or a large portion
Extraneous
Coming from the outside; not an essential parts; irrelevant
Feign
Make a false show of; pretend; simulate; counterfeit
Garrulous
Talking too much about unimportant things; loquacious; talkative
Genesis
Origin; coming into being
Hypercritical
Excessively fault-finding; captions
Kleptomania
One who has a persistent neurotic impulse to steal, though not in need
Kudos
Praise for an achievement; glory; fame (game)
Millennium
Period of 1,000 years
Monotonous
Tiresome because of lack of variety
Multilateral
Having many sides; participated in by more than two participants
Polygamist
Person married to two or more mates at the same time
Slatternly
Dirty; untidy; slovenly
Subterfuge
Plan or trick to conceal one’s true objective; stratagem; deception
Subservient
Useful in an “under” or subordinate, capacity; excessively submissive
Supernatural
Beyond what is natural or observable; not explainable by the laws of nature
Triumvirate
Ruling body of three
Unilateral
Involving or affecting one side only; one-sided
