GregMat 24 Flashcards
Assail
To attack violently
Benevolent
Well-meaning and kindly
Berate
To scold or criticize angrily
Buoyant
Able to stay afloat or optimistic
Buttress
A structure for support or reinforcement
Condone
To accept or allow behavior that is wrong
Contravene
To violate the prohibition or order of a law
Denounce
To publicly declare to be wrong
Despotic
Tyrannical and oppressive
Deviate
To depart from an established course
Disinterested
Not influenced by personal feelings or interests
Escalate
To increase rapidly
Exorcise
To drive out or attempt to remove an evil spirit
Finicky
Fussy about details or requirements
Foil
To prevent someone from succeeding
Intertwined
Twisted or twined together
Inundate
To overwhelm with things to be dealt with
Ironclad
Impossible to contradict or weaken
Jeopardize
To put something in danger
Mercurial
Subject to sudden changes of mood
Oblivious
Not aware of or concerned about what is happening
Perpetrate
To commit a harmful or illegal act
Plaintive
Sounding sad and mournful
Poignant
Evoking a keen sense of sadness
Quiescent
In a state of inactivity
Reiterate
To say something again or a number of times
Subside
To become less intense or severe
Subsume
To include or absorb something
Surmount
To overcome a difficulty
Tangential
Relating to a peripheral or slightly connected topic