Final Vocab Flashcards
Having to do with beauty or order
Aesthetic
Hostility or hatred
Antipathy
Not interested; having no strong emotion towards.
Apathetic
Having no interest in politics; not political
Apolitical
Intended to serve as a warning
Cautionary
To avoid by going around; bypass.
Circumvent
Having to do with the business of a town or community.
Civic
Of or related to informal speech; conversational.
Colloquial
A coming together.
Congress
An image or idea associated with a word.
Connotation
Diligent and careful
Conscientious
Exhibiting harsh sharpness in speech or mood
Acrimonious
Wordy or sophisticated
Cosmopolitan
To lower in dignity or esteem, insult
Degrade
Having certain characteristics in common, such as age, race, or gender.
Demographic
The dictionary definition of a word.
Denotation
(1) To speak aloud in order that one’s words may be copied or recorded
(2) To give an order; to make necessary
Dictate
Highly spirited; Animated
Effervescent
Powerful and expressive
Eloquent
Calling forth a vivid image or impression.
Evocative
Passionately excited or enthusiastic.
Fervent
Drink; Soak up
Imbibe
A curse
Imprecation
An attack on another’s territory; a raid.
Incursion
Lazy; adverse to work
Indolent
Curious; asking many questions
Inquisitive
Dull; uninteresting.
Insipid
Not based on reason or logic
Irrational
Style or action of speaking.
Locution
A recital of words intended to harm; a curse.
Malediction
Having an effect on a large area or region.
Pandemic
Habit or type.
Persuasion
Threatened or unsafe.
Precarious
That which comes before; forerunner.
Precursor
To rot; to decompose.
Putrefy
To bring back into agreement.
Reconcile
Help for a problem; a solution.
Recourse
Act of ordering or demanding something.
Requisition
Not obeying moral laws; unscrupulous.
Unconscionable
Masculine; manly.
Virile
Right action, moral goodness.
Virtue
Someone extraordinarily skilled in a particular art.
Virtuoso
