Essential Words IV Flashcards
Tractable
Able to be led, obedient, easily managed
Abstracted
Withdrawn into one’s mind
Unobtrusive
Not noticeable or attention-drawing
Abstruse
Hard to comprehend
Invective
Bitter criticism, denunciation
Vehement
Passionate, nearly violent
Provenance
Source, or history ownership
Contravene
Oppose, violate, or contradict
Verify
Confirm as true
Veracity
Truthfulness or truth
Divert
Turn aside or distract
Versatile
Able to adapt easily, ready for many uses
Divert
Turn aside or distract
Controvert
Dispute in argument, engage in controversy
Equivocate
Say something open to more than one interpretation in order to mislead or to avoid commitment
Vociferous
Shouting loudly and angrily
Benevolent
Kindness, readiness to do good for others
Malevolent
Wishing harm, ready to do evil
Voluntary
Done of one’s own free will
Agnostic
Someone who isn’t sure (often about God’s existence)
Anarchy
Chaos, lack of government.
Anachronism
Something out of place in time
Amorphous
Shapeless
Abstain
Refrain from
Abstracted
Withdrawn into one’s mind
Abjure
Renounce or reject
Abject
In a low, hopeless, depressed condition
Abrogate
Abolish, nullify (a law or rule)
Abstruse
Hard to comprehend
Abstemious
Moderate in appetite or drinking.
Accrete
Grow or pile up bit by bit
Aggregate
Collect together
Assimilate
Make or become a similar part of something
Arrogate
Claim or take (without the right)
Attenuate
Make or become thinner or weaker
Antecedent
Earlier event or cause
Antediluvian
Ancient, primitive
Antipathy
Strong dislike
Antagonism
Opposition, active hostility
Autocratic
Like an absolute ruler or tyrant
Begrudge
Give unwillingly
Beguile
Deceive, divert in an attractive way
Benighted
Unenlightened, in figurative darkness
Beseech
Beg, implore
Besiege
Surround, press upon
Besmirch
Make dirty
Benediction
Blessing
Beneficent
Doing good for others
Benevolence
Kindness, readiness to do good for others
Benign
Favorable, gentle, harmless