FF Vocabulary 2 Flashcards
Abject
Of the most contemptible kind
Abberation
A state or condition markedly different from the norm
Abjure
Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief
Abnegation
The denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief
Abrogate
Revoke formally
Abscond
Run away
Abstruse
Difficult to penetrate
Accede
Yield to another’s wishes or opinions
Accost
Speak to someone
Accretian
An increase by natural growth or addition
Acumen
Shrewdness shown by keen insight
Adamant
Impervious to pleas, persuasion, request, reason
Admonish
Take a task
Adumbrate
Describe roughly or give the main points or summary of
Adverse
In an opposing direction
Advocate
A person who pleas for a cause, person, or idea
Affluent
Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
Aggrandize
Add details to
Alacrity
Liveliness and eagerness
Alias
A name that has been assumed temporarily
Ambivalent
Uncertain or undecided on what course to follow
Amenable
Dispose or willing to comply
Amorphous
Having no shape or definite volume
Anachronistic
Chronologically misplaced
Anathema
a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
Annex
Attach to
Antediluvian
Of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
Antiseptic
Thoroughly clean and free of disease causing organisms
Apathetic
Showing little or no emotion or animation
Antithesis
Exact opposite
Apocryphal
Being of questionable authenticity
Approbation
Official approval
Arbitrary
Based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
Arboreal
Resembling a tree in form or branching structure
Arcane
Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
Archetypal
Of an original type after which other things are patterned
Arrogate
Seize or take control without authority
Ascetic
Someone who practices self-denial as a spiritual discipline
Aspersion
A disparaging remark
Assiduous
Marked by care or persistent effort
Atrophy
A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
Bane
Something causing misery or death
Bashful
Self-consciously timid
Beguile
Influence by slyness
Bereft
Sorrowful through loss or deprivation
Blandishment
Flattery intended to persuade
Bilk
Cheat someone of something out of what is due
Bombastic
Ostentatiously lofty in style
Cajole
Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
Callous
Having callouses
Calummy
A false accusation of an offense
Camaraderie
The quality of affording easy familiarity or sociability
Candor
The quality of being honest and straightforward
Capitulate
Surrender under agreed conditions
Carouse
Engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
Carp
Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
Caucus
Meet a select candidate or promote a policy
Cavort
Play boisterously
Circumlocution
An indirect way of expressing something
Circumscribe
To draw a geometric figure around another figure
Circumvent
Surround so as to force to give up
Clamor
Utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
Cleave
Separate or cut with a tool
Cobbler
Someone who makes or repairs shoes
Cogent
Powerfully persuasive
Cognizant
Having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization
Commensurate
Corresponding in size or degree or extent
Complement
Something added to embellish or make perfect
Compunction
A feeling of deep regret or misdeed