GregMat 25 Flashcards
Adept
Highly skilled or proficient at something
Adverse
Preventing success or development
Appropriate
To take something for one’s own use
Archetype
A very typical example of something
Articulate
Able to express oneself clearly and effectively
Auspicious
Conducive to success; favorable
Bereft
Deprived of or lacking something
Captious
Tending to find fault or raise petty objections
Conclusive
Serving to settle an issue; decisive
Conspire
To plan together secretly to commit an illegal act
Delineate
To describe or portray something precisely
Disentangle
To free something from entanglement
Exhort
To strongly encourage or urge someone to do something
Frailty
The condition of being weak or delicate
Grievance
A real or imagined wrong causing complaint or protest