GREY Flashcards
What is the meaning of agility?
Synonyms: briskness, liveliness, sharpness.
What does burgeoned mean?
Synonyms: Boost, Blossom, Amplify
What is discrimination?
Synonyms: bigotry, favoritism, hatred, inequity, judgment.
What does it mean to forge?
Synonyms: Cheat, Build, Contrive, Copy, Construct
What is the definition of intentional?
Done with intention or on purpose; intended.
Synonyms: calculated, considered, designed.
What does deleterious mean?
Injurious to health; harmful.
Synonyms: toxic, poisonous, lethal.
What does munificent mean?
Extremely liberal in giving; very generous.
Synonyms: beneficent, benevolent, lavish, generous.
What is the meaning of plaintive?
Expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful.
Synonyms: mournful, melancholic, nostalgic.
What does redress mean?
To provide compensation or reparation for a loss or wrong experienced.
Synonyms: restore, remedy, rectify.
What is the definition of terse?
Abruptly concise; brief and unfriendly.
Synonyms: abrupt, short, brief, curt.
What does enervate mean?
To deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.
Synonyms: weaken, debilitate, hinder.
What is the meaning of sordid?
Morally ignoble or base; vile; squalid; wretchedly poor and run-down.
Synonyms: disgusting, low, distasteful, grimy.
What does venerable mean?
Commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity.
Synonyms: respected, esteemed, revered.
What is the definition of undaunted?
Not afraid of or deterred by the prospect of defeat, loss, or failure.
Synonyms: unconcerned, fearless, undeterred.
What does vapid mean?
Without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious.
Example: a vapid party; vapid conversation.
Synonyms: flat, dull, bland, boring.
What is the meaning of wary?
Watchful; being on one’s guard against danger.
Synonyms: careful, cautious, alert, attentive.
What does equivocal mean?
Allowing the possibility of several different meanings, especially with intent to deceive or misguide; deliberately ambiguous.
Synonyms: vague, ambiguous, unclear.
What is erudition?
Knowledge acquired by study, research, etc.; learning; scholarship.
Synonyms: sophistication, learning, scholarship.
What does excerpt mean?
A passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like.
Synonyms: citation, extract, fragment.
What does grovel mean?
To humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
Synonyms: plead, beg, cringe.
What is the meaning of heinous?
Hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible.
Synonyms: monstrous, hideous, horrendous.
What does improvident mean?
Unconcerned about future needs; without foresight.
Synonyms: extravagant, heedless, reckless.
What is the definition of impunity?
Exemption from punishment.
Synonyms: dispensation, exception, exemption, immunity.
What does intrepid mean?
Resolutely fearless; dauntless.
Example: an intrepid explorer.
Synonyms: brave, courageous, daring.
What is the meaning of iridescent?
Displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow.
Synonyms: lustrous, many-colored, opalescent.
