Group 1 Words Flashcards
Axiomatic
Taken as a given; possessing self evident truth
Chicanery
Trickery; subterfuge
Extemporaneous
improvised; done without preparation
Deleterious
Hurtful morally or physically. Harmful
Fatuous
Foolish or silly, especially in a smug, self-satisfied way
Subterfuge
Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
Alacrity
Eager and enthusiastic willingness
Deliquesce
To melt away
Derogate
To take away; detract; to deviate from a standard
Scurrilous
Grossly indecent or vulgar; offensive
Arduous
Strenuous, taxing, requiring effort
Audacious
Daring and fearless; recklessly bold
Aberrant
Deviating from the norm
Austere
Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
Assuage
To ease or lessen; to pacify
Abase
Cause to feel shame; to hurt the pride of
Anomaly
Deviation from the normal order, form or rule
Ascetic
Avoiding pleasure and comfort
Canonical
Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
Sebaceous
Pertaining to, appearing like fat
Antedate
To be of an earlier date than; precede in time. To affix a date earlier than he actual date
Injurious
Causing or tending to cause injury; offensive or insulting
Deluge
To overwhelm with a flood of water
Ataraxia
Peace of mind. State of freedom from emotional disturbance and anxiety
Demulcent
An application soothing to a surface
Capricious
Inclined to change ones mind impulsively; erratic
Manumit
To free from bondage or slavery
Bacarole
Boat song of a Venetian gondolier
Convoluted
Complex or complicated
Censure
To criticize severely
Antedate
Be earlier I time; go back further. Precede, predate
Onerous
troubling; burdensome
Bestir
To cause to become active; to rouse
Scruple
An uneasy feeling arising from conscience or principle that tends to hinder action; moral compass
Approbation
An expression of approval or praise
Obtuse
lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
Dendroid
Like a tree
Artless
An inability to mask ones feelings; not devious, simple, showing lack of art
Aberrant
markedly different from an accepted norm
Ennui
dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
Disabuse
to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking
Abscond
To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
Disparate
fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
Equivocate
to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
Anomaly
deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
Connoisseur
An informed and astute judge in matters of taste
Discordant
conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
Eloquent
well-spoken; expressive; articulate
Demurrage
The detention of a vessels beyond the time allowed
Enervate
to weaken; to reduce in vitality
Effrontery
brazen boldness; presumptuousness
Erudite
very learned; scholarly
Exculpate
to clear from blame; prove innocent
Ingenuous
artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
Fulminate
to loudly attack or denounce
Inured
accustomed to accepting something undesirable
Irascible
Easily angered
Exigent
urgent; requiring immediate action
Laud
to praise highly
Filibuster
intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
Magnanimity
the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving
Martial
associated with war and the armed forces
Mundane
of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
Paean
a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
Parody
humorous imitation
Prescience
foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring
Nascent
coming into being; in early development
Prattle
to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
Lucid
easily understood; clear
Nebulous
hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused
Noxious
harmful; injurious
Torque
a force that causes rotation
Perspicacious
acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
Neologism
new word or expression
Static
not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
Obviate
to anticipate and make unnecessary
Perennial
(adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent; (n.) a plant that lives for many years
Synthesis
the combination of ideas into a complex whole
Perfidy
Intentional breach of faith; treachery
Precipitate
acting with excessive haste or impulse
Predilection
a predisposition in favor of something
Sordid
characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
Prevaricate
to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
Qualms
misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
Voracious
having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
Perfunctory
cursory; done with minimum effort or reflection
Recant
To retract, esp. a previously held belief
Refute
to disprove; to successfully argue against
Relegate
to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
Reticent
quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
Veracity
truthfulness
Solicitous
concerned and attentive; eager; showing interest
Waver
to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
Sporadic
occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
Tortuous
winding; twisting; excessively complicated
Stymie
to block; thwart
Truculent
fierce and cruel; eager to fight
Squander
to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
Virulent
extremely poisonous; full of malice; spiteful
Stupefy
to stun, baffle, or amaze
