Final words Flashcards
to defame; to characterize harshly
Vilify
very talkative
Loquacious
expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles
Dogmatic
pompous; grandiloquent
Bombastic
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship
Onerous
free from reserve, restraint or dissimulation; candid; sincere; artless; innocent; naive; frank; straightforward; guilteless
Ingenuous
having the polish and suavity regards as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities. Reflecting elegance, sophistication
Urbane
a universally recognized principle
Axiom
fierce and cruel; eager to fight
Truculent
one who hates all other humans
Misanthrope
an image-breaker
Iconoclast
transparent
Diaphanous
of doubtful authority or authenticity
Apocryphal
to overwhelm with wordy phrase
Vituperate
exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
Obdurate
on the point of dying
Moribund
anything forbidden, as by social usage
Anathema
an explanation; interpretation
Explication
chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree
Quixotic
not following any one system, as of philosophy, medicine, etc, but selecting and using what are considered the best elements of all systems
Eclectic
