First 25 Flashcards
Repudiate
To reject as having no authority or binding force.
Palimpsest
A parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
Multifarious
Having many different forms, elements, parts, etc.
Annihilation
An act or instance of annihilating, or of completely destroying or defeating someone or something
Demeanor
Conduct; behavior; deportment.
Gambol
To skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
Futile
Incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful.
Equivocal
Allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, especially with intent to deceive or misguide; susceptible of double interpretation; deliberately ambiguous.
Contempt
The feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
Inscrutable
Incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
Odious
Deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.
Deride
To laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
Specious
Apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible.
Plausible
Having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable.
Nebulous
Hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused.
Furtive
Taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret.
Contrived
Obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained
Ampoule
A sealed glass or plastic bulb containing solutions for hypodermic injection.
Doublethink
The acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.
Syringe
A small device consisting of a glass, metal, or hard rubber tube, narrowed at its outlet, and fitted with either a piston or a rubber bulb for drawing in a quantity of fluid or for ejecting fluid in a stream, for cleaning wounds, injecting fluids into the body, etc.
Stratosphere
Any great height or degree, as the highest point of a graded scale.
Rotund
Round in shape; rounded
Writhe
To twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc.
Delude
To mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive.
Derange
To throw into disorder; disarrange.
