ESL Essential Words12 Flashcards
Chronological
Arranged in the order of time
Clandestine
Secret. Undercover
Cliche
An expression that has become overly familiar or commonplace
Coerce
To restrain or dominate by force
Coherent
Logical. Consistent. Understandable
Condone
To excuse. Pardon. Overlook
Connive
To conspire. To cooperate secretly to perform a wrong act
Corpulent
Having a large Bucky body. Obese. Fat
Covert
Not openly shown. Secret. Clandestine
Criterion
A standard on which a judgment may be based. A measure
Culpable
Guilty. Able to be blamed
Cursory
Papist and superficially performed. Hasty
Decadent
Marked by decay or decline
Devious
Cunning. Deceptive. Roundabout
Digress
To turn aside from the main subject. Stray
Dormant
Inactive. Temporarily suspended
Duress
Forcible restraint. Coercion
Egotist
A person who talks too much about himself. A conceited person
Elusive
Tending to evade. Hard to understand or define
Emulate
To copy or imitate
Eulogy
A speech or writing of high praise
Exacerbate
To make more vent, bitter, or severe
Exhort
To incite by argument or advice, urge strongly
Expedite
To execute promptly. Speed up
Fallacious
Deceiving or misleading
Fracas
A noisy quarrel. Brawl
Furtive
Underhanded. Secret. Stealthy
Garrulous
Talkative.wordy
Gesticulate
To make gestures especially when speaking
Heterogeneous
Consisting of dissimilar ingredients. Mixed
Imbibe
To receive into the mind and retain. Drink
Impasse
No obvious escape. Deadlock
Impeccable
Free from fault or blame. Flawless
