Final Exam Vocab Flashcards
Abnormal
Not normal
Apparition
Ghost
Seeing something your not sure of
Aptitude
Being good at something
Astral
Stellar
Star-shaped
Acidulous
Sharp, caustic
Sarcastic
Sickly taste, acidic
Attest
To bear witness to
Certify
Administer
To manage, apply
Aquiline
Curved and comes back
Shaped like an eagle’s beak
Hooked
Advent
Start
Beginning/arrival of something
Appalled
Shocked, disgusted
Abstinence
To refrain from doing something
Self-restraint
Adjunct
Something added to another thing but not essential
Anticlimax
Low point in something
Event less striking than expected
Bleak
Bare, desolate
Baleful
Deadly
Something that will cause harm
Vindictive
Benevolent
Being kind
Charitable
Desire to help others
Buffoon
Acting like a moron, idiot
Person who amuses others by tricks, jokes
Cloister
Place of religious withdrawal
Courtyard, monastery
Any quiet secluded place
Counterfeit
Made in imitation
Consecutive
Following one another in uninterrupted order
Successive
Conversant
Familiar in use or study
Well versed in something
Cache
Hiding place
Supply of something stored away
Calumny
Slander
Something said to hurt/ruin someone’s reputation
Craven
To act cowardly
Chicanery
Fraud, cheating
Trickery, deception
Deceive
Choleric
Extremely irritable
Easily angered
Contagious
Easy to spread
Conscientious
Overly aware
Dedicate to what is right
Good
Meticulous
Countermand
To reverse
To go against
to contradict
Delta
4th letter in Greek alphabet
Mouth of a river
Anything triangular
Doughty
Strong
Strength of character
Bold
Demise
Death of something
To pass on something
Diction
Style of speaking or writing
Devious
Not straight foreword
Deceiving
Crafty, sneaky in a bad way
Defunct
No longer in effect or use
Out of circulation
Outdated
Delude
To mislead
Deceive
Evade, elude
Dilate
To enlarge
Denizen
Natural inhabitant
Native
Efface
To clean by time
To wipe out
Do away with
Ennui
Exhaustion, wearisome, boredom
Euphoria
State of intense happiness and self-confidence
Ellipsis
Three dots (…) indicating an omission in text
Ensure
To secure, gaurentee
Elocution
Delivery of speech
Envoy
Diplomatic agent
Messenger
Representative
Ethereal
Heavenly, awesome
Light, airy
Exemplify
Illustrate by example
Ellipse
Oval shaped, curved
Emanate
To send forth, emit
Poor out of something
Evince
To reveal, show, prove
Peal back and expose
Effusive
Overly dramatic
Overflowing
Fluent
Spoken or written with ease
Foretell
Predict
To tell of beforehand
Futile
Incapable of producing any result
Ineffective, useless, pointless
Fallible
Liable to err
Not accurate
Furor
Uproar
Outburst of enthusiasm
Feasible
Capable of being done
Able to happen, possible
Gingerly
With great care or caution
Carefully
Gauntlet
Long leather glove
Organized system of doing something
Gaudy
Tacky, trashy
Showy, flashy
Guile
Extreme cunning, skill
Glean
To gather bit by bit
Gloss
Gaze quickly
Superficial luster, glaze
Heretic
Someone who goes against established teachings of the Church
Heterodox
Somebody who goes against established routine
Go against religion
Hackneyed
Something that loses its affect because of overuse
Humdrum
Boring, dull
Lacking variety
Hydraulic
Operated by pressurized liquids
Incongruous
Not going well together
Inconsistent
Irony
The use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite of its literal meaning
Idolatry
Worship of idols or physical objects
Blind adoration, devotion
Irrelevant
Not having to do with
Impel
To drive, urge forward
Press on, propel
Impermeable
Not permeable
Unable to be penetrated
Not porous
Impervious
Unaffected by anything
Impetuous
Doing something without thinking
Impulsive
Illiterate
Unable to read and write
Implication
Conclusion drawn by something
Something implied, naturally understood
Ingenious
Something that is original, remarkable
Jaded
Tired, bored
Lacking enthusiasm after period of time
Dulled by overindulgence
Lacerate
To tear open
To cut open
Licentious
Acting like a slut
Lascivious
Immoral, lawless
Latent
Present but not visible
Existing as potential
Leach
To pull out of something
Lateral
Of, or pertaining to, the side
Lissome
Flexible
Agile
Nimble
Matyr
Someone who dies for what they stand for
Mitigate
To lessen in severity, force, intensity
To make less severe
Modicum
Small amount
Myriad
A lot
Malingerer
Person who feigns illness to avoid work
Misanthrope
Hater of humankind
Malevolent
wishing harm on others
Evil, bad
Meticulous
Paying attention to details
Methodical
Finicky, fussy
Miscreant
Bad person
Nefarious
Extremely wicked
Villainous
Evil
Nominal
Small amount
In name only
Theoretical
Noncommittal
Not fully committed to something
Neophyte
Beginner
Novice
Person newly baptized
Obese
Overweight
Corpulent
Osier
Dried willow sticks used to make furniture
Omniscient
Knowing all things
Ordinance
Edict issued by town
Ostentatious
Of actions intended to attract notice
Odometer
An instrument or measuring distance traveled
Obeisance
Paying homage to something
Act of respect
Bow
Oscillate
To swing back and forth
Obsequious
Overly fawning
Kiss up
Prudent
Very wise
Careful in decision
Provident
Pious
Very religious
Pall
A cloth for spreading over a coffin
Anything that covers, especially with darkness or gloom
Pithy
Something that is short, but is meaningful
Prevalent
Widespread
Having superiority
Predominant
Porous
Full of pores
Prolific
Highly fruitful
Highly productive
Producing offspring
Prone
Natural inclination or tendency to something
Lying flat
Pacify
To soothe
To please somebody
Quiet, calm
Prate
Talk a lot
Babble
Papyrus
Ancient paper
Profess
To declare openly
To put forth
Pretentious
Overly snobby
Posterity
All descendants f one person