Essential Words V Flashcards
Bisect
Cut in half
Bifurcate
Split into two branches
Cacophonous
Unpleasant sounding
Circumambulate
Walk around in a circle
Circumlocution
Wordiness or evasion in speech
Circumspect
Cautious, prudent
Cohesive
Sticking or fitting together
Compelling
Convincing, forceful, attention-grabbing
Confluence
A flowing together
Cognoscente
Expert in a subject
Countervail
Compensate for, counteract, oppose
Contravene
Oppose, violate, contradict
Controvert
Dispute in argument, engage in controversy
Decadent
In a state of decline, often self-indulge
Derivative
Originating from something else, lacing originality
Depose
Remove a leader, or take testimony
Dichotomy
Division into two opposing parts
Diachronic
Relating to change over time
Dispel
Scatter, make vanish
Divert
Turn aside or distract
Dissonance
Discord, clash of sounds
Distend
Bloat, swell, expand
Diffidence
Hesitant, lack in self-confidence
Digress
Deviate from subject
Dystopia
future/imaginary world
Duopoly
Condition in which there are only two sellers.
Endemic
Native to a population
Eulogize
Praise highly (often after death)
Euphony
Pleasing sound (usually of words)
Excision
Act of cutting out, removing
Elocution
Art of speaking well in public
Egregious
Conspicuously bad, flagrant
Elucidate
Make clear, explain
Effluvium
By-product, exhalation (often bad)
Extrinsic
External to something’s nature
Homophone
A word pronounced like another word
Hyperbole
Exaggeration
Hypodermic
Injected beneath the skin
Incisive
Cutting to the heart of a matter, direct
Induct
Admits as a member
Interpolate
Fill in missing pieces, words, or data
Intrinsic
Internal to something’s nature
Magnanimity
Nobility of spirit
Malevolent
Wishing harm, ready to do evil
Maleficent
Doing harm or evil
Maladroit
Lacking skill
Megalomania
Insane belief that one is all-powerful
Misanthropy
Hatred of humankind
Misogyny
Hatred of women
Monograph
A written report or paper on a narrow subject
Monopoly
Condition in which there is only one seller
Multifarious
Diverse, varied