Group 1 Flashcards
Aberrant
(Adj) - deviating from the norm
Alacrity
(N) - eager and enthusiastic willingness.
Anomaly
(N) - deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality.
Approbation
(N) - an expression of approval or praise.
Arduous
(Adj) - strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort.
Assuage
(V) - to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
Audacious
(Adj) - daring and fearless; recklessly bold.
Austere
(Adj) - without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
Axiomatic
(Adj) - taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth.
Canonical
(Adj) - following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards.
Capricious
(Adj) - inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable.
Abscond
(V) - to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide.
Censure
(V) - to criticize severely; to officially rebuke.
Chicanery
(N) - trickery or subterfuge.
Connoisseur
(N) - an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert.
Convoluted
(adj) - complex or complicated
Disabuse
(V) - to undeceive; to set right
Discordant
(adj) - fundamentally distinct or dissimilar.
Effrontery
(N) - extreme boldness; presumptiousness
Eloquent
(adj) - well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun form: eloquence).
Enervate
(V) - to weaken; to reduce in vitality.
Ennui
(N) - dissatisfaction and recklessness resulting from boredom or apathy.
Equivocate
(V) - to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent. (adj. form: equivocal)
Erudite
(adj) - very learned; scholarly (norm form: erudition)
Exculpate
(V) - exonerate; to clear of blame
Exigent
(adj) - urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention.
Extemporaneous
(Adj) - improvised; done without preparation.
Filibuster
(N) - intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action.
Fulminate
(V) - to loudly attack or denounce.
Ingenuous
(adj) - artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
Inured
(adj) - accustomed to accepting something undesirable.
Laud
(V) - to praise highly (adj form: laudatory)
Irascible
(adj) - easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts.
Lucid
(adj) - clear; easily understood
Magnanimity
(N) - the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving.
Martial
(adj) - associated with war and the armed forces.
Mundane
(adj) - of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary.
Nascent
(adj) - coming into being; in early developmental stages.
Nebulous
(adj) - vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form.
Neologism
(N) - a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses.
Noxious
(adj) - harmful, injurious.
Obtuse
(adj) - lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
Obviate
(V) - to anticipate and make unnecessary.
Onerous
(adj) - troubling; burdensome.
Paean
(n) - a song of praise or triumph; a thing that expresses enthusiastic praise.
Parody
(N) - a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art.
Perennial
(adj) - recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly.
Perfidy
(N) - intentional breach of faith (adj form: perfidious).
Cursory
(adj) - hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.
Perfunctory
(adj) - cursory; done without care or interest.
Perspicacious
(adj) - acutely perspective; having keen discernment.
Prattle
(V) - to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner.
Precipitate
(adj) - acting with excessive haste or impulse.
Predilection
(n) - a disposition in favor of something; preference.
Precipitate
(v) - to cause or happen before anticipated or required.
Prescience
(n) - foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring.
Prevaricate
(V) - to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead.
Qualms
(N) - misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy.
Recant
(V) - to retract, especially a previously held belief.
Refute
(V) - to disprove; to successfully argue against.
Relegate
(V) - to forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position.
Reticent
(adj) - quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts or feelings.
Solicitous
(adj) - concerned and attentive; eager.
Sordid
(adj) - characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul.
