Group 11 Flashcards
Abhor
Regard with disgust and hatred
Boisterous
noisy, energetic and cheerful/(of weather) stormy
Chivalrous
Courteous and gallant especially towards women
Churlish
Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way
Clandestine
Kept secret or done secretively
Complacent
Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements/self-satisfied
Cumbersome
Large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use/unwieldy/complicated, inefficient
Debilitating
Make someone weak and infirm/hinder, delay
Deliberate
Done consciously and intentionally
Droll
Curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement/funny/comic/amusing
Eccentric
(of a person)unconventional and slightly strange
Fractious
irritable and quarrelsome/difficult to control, untruly
Limpid
Completely clear and transparent/accessible or melodious
Mawkish
sentimental in an exaggerated or false way
Obeisance
deferential respect, bow or curtsy
Ostentatious
Characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress
Panacea
A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases
Perfunctory
carried out without real interest/casually, feeling/desultory
Perilous
Something that is dangerous and very risky
Pervasive
(unwelcome influence) spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people
Preclude
prevent from happening; making impossible
Predilection
a preference or special liking for something/bias in favor
Rapacious
aggressively greedy or grasping
Relish
Great enjoyment/pleasurable anticipation
satiricial
Containing or using satire/mocking another’s weakness
Sham
A person who pretends to be someone or something they are not
Skirt
Be situated along or around the edge of/avoid dealing with
Sluggish
Slow moving, lacking energy or alertness
Spartan
Austerity or lack of comfort or luxury/harsh/hard/frugal
Truculent
Eager to argue; aggressively defiant
