Essential Words II Flashcards
Equable
Uniform, steady, unchanging
Rarefy
Make thin, pure, less dense
Verify
Confirm as true
Sanctify
Make holy
Beneficent
Doing good for others
Maleficent
Doing harm or evil
Facile
Easily done or understood, lacking depth or authenticity
Facilitate
To make easy, help to happen
Factitious
Artificial, made-up, fake
Proliferate
Multiply in number
Vociferous
Shouting loudly and angrily
Effervescent
Being bubbly, showing exhilaration
Perfervid
Overexcited, overwrought
Diffidence
Hesitant, lacking in self-confidence
Perfidious
Disloyal, treacherous
Confluence
A flowing together
Superfluous
Unnecessary, wasteful
Mellifluous
Having a smooth flow like honey
Effluvium
By-product, (bad) exhalation
Gentry
Upper class
Gentility
High social status, or conduct becoming of that status
Heterogeneous
Consisting of diverse parts
Homogeneous
Consisting of one substance
Agnostic
Someone who isn’t sure (often about God’s existence)
Diagnosis
Identification of (medical) causes & issues
Prognosticate
Predict, foretell
Cognoscente
Expert in a subject
Monograph
A written report or paper on a narrow subject
Retrograde
Moving backward
Transgression
Violation of a law or rule
Digress
Deviate from a subject
Aggregate
Collect or add up
Congregate
Gather together
Egregious
Conspicuously bad, flagrant
Gregarious
Sociable, companionable
Adhere
Stick to
Cohesive
Sticking or fitting together
Abject
Extremely bad
Abjure
Renounce or reject
Adjure
Command, urge
Neologism
New word or expression
Eulogy
Speech of praise (often after death)
Circumlocution
Wordiness or evasion in speech
Elocution
Art of speaking well in public
Loquacious
Very talkative
Lucid
Clear, sane, full of light
Elucidate
Make clear, explain
Translucent
Permitting (some) passage of light
Pellucid
Absolutely clear
Lackluster
Dull, lacking brilliance