Final Flashcards
Aggrandizement
an increase in rank or wealth; growth in power.
Arduous
hard to do; strenuous.
Copious
abundant.
Equivocate
to use double meanings in order to mislead; to be shifty; to quibble.
Extol
to praise highly.
Indigent
poverty-stricken.
Malicious
spiteful; intentionally mischievous or harmful. (the noun form “malice” means “active ill will” or spite.”)
Parsimonius
too thrifty; stingy.
Repugnant
disgusting; loathsome; objectionable; incompatible.
Surmise
to imagine or infer on slight grounds.
Viable
able to live or exist; practicable.
Acquiesce
to accept the conclusions or arrangements of others; to accede; to give consent by keeping silent.
Clemency
a mercy; mildness.
Condone
to forgive or overlook.
Fervor
intense emotion; great warmth of feeling.
Incisive
deep; penetrating.
Officious
meddling; giving unnecessary or unwanted advice or services.
Profusion
abundance; a great or generous amount; extravagance.
Recalcitrant
refusing to obey rules or follow orders; unmanageably resistant.
Taciturn
habitually untalkative; laconic; uncommunicative.
Vitriolic
extremely biting or caustic; sharp and bitter.
Ameliorate
to make better or more tolerable; to improve.
Capricious
changeable; fickle.
Emulate
to try to equal or surpass.
Enigma
a puzzle; a baffling situation.
Incongruous
inappropriate; out of place.
Relegate
to put in a less important position; to assign; to banish.
Terse
using only a few words but clear and to the point; polished (generally has a negative connotation).
Verbose
wordy; tedious.
Caustic
stinging; biting.
Deprecate
to express strong disapproval of.
Expunge
to erase; to remove completely.
Immutable
never changing.
Repudiate
to reject; to refuse to recognize, acknowledge or pay; to divorce or discard.
Squalid
dirty or wretched in appearance; morally repulsive; sordid.
Sycophant
one who tries to win favor or advance himself by flattering persons of influence; a servile self-seeker.
