Flocabulary Myriad Flashcards
Obdurate
Unyielding to persuasion or moral influences
Travesty
A grossly inferior imitation
Abort
To give up on a half-finished project or effort
Sate
To satisfy (an appetite) fully
Exorbitant
Excessive
Ethereal
Heavenly, exceptionally delicate or refined
Aloof
Reserved, distant
Parody
A satirical imitation
Ubiquitous
Existing everywhere, widespread
Compliment
An expression of esteem or approval
Submissive
Easily yielding to authority
Tragedy
A disastrous event, or a work of art in which the hero meets a terrible fate
Aggrandize
To increase or make greater
Anomaly
Something that does not fit into the normal order
Satiate
To satisfy excessively
Pulchritude
Physical beauty
Battery
An assault or an array of similar things intended for use together
Sagacious
Shrewd, showing sound judgment
Torrid
Giving off intense heat, passionate
Obsequious
Excessively compliant or submissive
Complicit
Being an accomplice in a wrongful act
Bard
A poet, often a singer as well
Veneer
A superficial or deceptively attractive appearance, facade
Cajole
To urge, coax
Laceration
A cut, tear
Cursory
Brief to the point of being superficial
Foster
To stimulate, promote, encourage
Callous
Harsh, cold, unfeeling
Succinct
Marked by compact precision
Refrain
To hold oneself back, forbear
Brusque
Short, abrupt, dismissive
Hail
To come from
Akimbo
With hands on hips and elbows extending outward
Terrestrial
Relating to the land
Uncanny
Of supernatural character or origin
Winsome
Charming, attractive
Metamorphosis
A change of form, shape, substance
Brash
Hasty or lacking in sensitivity
Audacious
Excessively bold
Whet
To make more keen, stimulate
Espy
To catch sight of, glimpse
Supplant
To displace and substitute for another
Myriad
Consisting of a very great number
Celestial
Relating to the heveans
Pertinacious
Stubbornly persistent, holding to a belief or position
Credulity
Readiness to believe
Acute
Sharp, severe
Contusion
Bruise, injury
Incisive
Clear, sharp, direct
Brazen
Excessively bold, brash
Presumptuous
Disrespectfully bold
Swarthy
Of dark color of complexion
Ruddy
Having a healthy, reddish color