General Vocabulary Flashcards by Cameron Belk

Noun
(a) the fact of obeying or respecting someone, or something you do that expresses this.

Obeisance

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Adverb
(a) in a way that is much too much, or much too expensive.

Exorbitantly

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Adjective
(a) not damaged or made dirty by anything.

Unsullied

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Noun
(a) a model of something, or a very clear and typical example of something

Paradigm

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Verb
(a) calm confidence in a person’s way of behaving, or a quality of grace (= moving in an attractive way) and balance in the way a person holds or moves their body.

Poise

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Noun
(a) a feeling of no longer believing in the value of something, especially having learned of the problems with it.

Disenchantment

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Noun
(a) the custom by which all of a family’s property goes to the oldest son when the father dies.

Primogeniture

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Adjective
(a) having similar features to another thing and therefore able to be compared with it.

Analogous

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Noun
(a) a very strong feeling of no respect for someone or something that you think is stupid or has no value.

Scorn

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Noun
(a) unkind words or actions that make someone or something look stupid

Ridicule

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Noun
(a) control of your own actions.

Self-restraint

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Adjective
(a) very good and suitable to be copied by other people.

Exemplary

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Adverb
(a) in a way that shows you have too high an opinion of your own importance, and are too eager to tell people what to do.

Officiously

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Noun
(a) strong dislike, opposition, or anger.

Animosities

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Adverb
(a) in a way that is polite and shows respect.

Courteously

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Noun
(a) the wish to harm or upset other people.

Malice

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Noun
(a) a small amount of money for someone who has provided you with a service, in addition to the official amount and for their personal use.

Gratuity

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Noun
(a) the ability to do something well.

Competence

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Adjective
(a) based on a guess and not on information

Speculative

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Noun
(a) someone who had a job or a position before someone else, or something that comes before another thing in time or in a series

Predecessor

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Adjective
(a) connected with thinking or conscious mental processes

Cognitive

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Adjective
(a) quick and probably not detailed

Cursory

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Noun
(a) criticism of, or unkind remarks about someone or something that show you do not respect them

Disparagement

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Adjective
(a) showing poor mental ability because of old age, especially being unable to think clearly and make decisions

Senile

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Adjective (a) a language or word having the same origin, or are related and in some way similar

Cognate

Adjective (a) examining or liking to examine things in detail, in order to discover more about them

Analytical

Adjective (a) very twisted

Convoluted

Adjective (a) relating directly to the subject being considered

Pertinent

Adjective (a) a short description of the contents of something such as a movie or book

Synopsis

Adjective (a) strongly supporting a person, principle, or political party, often without considering or judging the matter very carefully.

Partisan

Adjective (a) supported by or consisting of two political parties.

Bipartisan

Verb (a) to move money which has been earned illegally through banks and other businesses to make it seem to have been earned legally

Launder

Noun (a) a complaint or a strong feeling that you have been treated unfairly.

Grievance

Noun (a) a charge or list of charges either for services or on goods entering a country.

Tariff

Adjective (a) based on or relating to a particular set of ideas or beliefs.

Ideological

Noun (a) the action of continuously firing large guns to protect soldiers advancing on an enemy.

Barrage

Adverb In a way that is noticeable or significant enough to have an effect.

Appreciably

Verb (a) to make something shorter or quicker, especially by removing the end of it.

Truncate

Adjective (a) (of something bad, such as damage, cruelty, waste) extreme and showing no care at all.

Wanton

Verb (a) adding details that are not completely true in order to make it more interesting.

Embellish

Verb (a) to help or encourage someone to do something wrong or illegal.

Abet

Verb (a) to repeat information without understanding it.

Regurgitate

Noun (a) an afternoon performance of a movie or play.

Matinee

Noun (a) the state of being difficult to describe, find, achieve, or remember.

Elusiveness

Noun (a) physical and mental health and happiness, especially of a person.

Welfare

Adjective (a) larger and containing more detail than necessary, or intended to seem important or great.

Grandiose

Adjective (a) producing a bright light from a heated filament or other part. Literary (b) extremely bright.

Incandescent

Noun (a) the act of saying or doing something repeatedly when there is no longer any reason to do so.

Perseveration

Adjective (a) harmful.

Injurious

Verb (a) to make something less harmful, unpleasant, or bad.

Mitigate

Adjective (a) very old and not modern enough.

Antiquated

Noun (a) an ancient Chinese belief that the way your house is built or the way that you arrange objects affects your success, health, and happiness.

Feng Shui

Noun (a) a group of soldiers living in or defending a town or building, or the buildings that the soldiers live in.

Garrison

Adverb (a) having or showing good judgement in making decisions.

Judicious

Adjective (a) behaving in a clam manner, often in a way that suggests you are not interested or do not care.

Nonchalant

Noun (a) a written statement made by someone who has sworn to tell the truth, which might be used in a court of law.

Affidavit

Adjective (a) based on what seems to be the truth when first seen or heard.

Prima facie

Verb (a) to express to someone your strong official disapproval of them.

Reprimand

Noun (a) goods that are secretly or illegally brought into or taken out of a country.

Contraband

Noun (a) the act of making a formal statement accusing someone of something.

Indictment

Verb (a) to say that a judge or a member of a jury should not be involved in a trial because they have a special interest in its final result.

Recuse

Verb (a) to take temporary possession of someone's property until they have paid money that is owed or until they have obeyed a court order.

Sequester

Noun (a) the crime of telling lies in court when you have promised to tell the truth.

Perjury

Verb (a) to give a detailed explanation of something.

Expound

Noun (a) threats used to force a person to do something.

Duress

Adjective (a) very noticeable or attracting attention, often in a way that is not wanted.

Conspicuous

Verb (a) to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all.

Inundate

Verb (a) to add information in support of an idea, opinion, or statement.

Corroborate

Noun (a) the fact that someone or something can be believed or trusted.

Credibility

Noun (a) an official decision made in a court at the end of a trial.

Verdict

Verb (a) to think or talk seriously and carefully about something.

Deliberate

Noun (a) a legal process in a law court where someone is accused of a particular crime and asked to say if they are guilty or not.

Arraignment

Plea bargainNoun (a) an agreement to allow someone accused of a crime to admit to being guilty of a less serious crime, in order to avoid being tried for the more serious one.

Plea bargain

Adjective (a) wishing to fight or argue.

Belligerent

Adjective (a) relating to a way of speaking or writing that makes someone or something sound bigger, better, more, etc., than they are.

Hyperbolic

Adjective (a) not serious about a serious subject, in an attempt to be funny or to appear smart.

Flippant

Noun (a) quick uncontrolled movements of the eyes.

Nystagmus

Noun (a) a fight between a small number of soldiers that is usually short and not planned, and happens away from the main area of fighting in a war

Skirmish

Verb (a) to make a serious decision to stop doing something

Forswear

a special arrangement of soldiers, aircraft, or ships

Echelon

Noun (a) a repeat of something

Reprise

Verb (a) to admit, often unwillingly, that something is true:

Concede

Noun (a) a person who has an important position in a society

Dignitary

Noun (a) a long, high bridge, usually held up by many arches, that carries a railroad or a road over a valley

Viaduct

Adjective (a) planned or done in secret, especially describing something that is not officially allowed

Clandestine

Adjective (a) designed to cause fires

Incendiary

Noun (a) a way of criticizing people or ideas in a humorous way, especially in order to make a political point, or a piece of writing that uses this style

Satire

Adverb (a) successfully and without any problems

Swimmingly

Noun (a) someone or something that causes a problem for other people, an area, etc. that may be able to be solved by the law

Nuisance

Noun (a) someone or something that causes a problem for other people, an area, etc. that may be able to be solved by the law

Mischief

Noun (a) an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling formed without enough thought or knowledge

Prejudice

Adjective (a) behaving in ways that are not expected or not normal, often in a way that causes damage

Rogue

Adjective (a) having a close relation or friend who has recently died

Bereaved

Verb (a) to officially take something away from someone, sometimes for a limited period, because they have done something illegal

Confiscate

Noun (a) the leaves of a plant or tree, or leaves on the stems or branches on which they are growing

Foliage

Noun (a) a long period of time, especially one in which there are new developments and great change

Epoch