Group 11 Flashcards
Abhor
Detest or regard with deep hatred
Boisterious
Energic, boisy, and lively
Chivalrous
Honorable and polite
Churlish
Rude or lacking in good manners
Clandestine
Secretive, avoiding attention
Complacent
Smugly self satisfied, often without awareness of potential dangers
Cumbersome
Large, heavy, slow or complicated
Debilitating
Weakening or impairinf strength
Deliberate
- Think over or discuss carefully
- Intentional
Droll
Amusing in a quirky or unusual way
Eccentric
Deviating from conventional behavior, quirky
Fractious
Quarrelsome and irritable, unruly
Limpid
Clear, transparent, or easy to understand
Mawkish
Overly sentimental in a way that seems exaggerated or insincere
Obeisance
Reverence for an individual
Ostentatious
Showy or designed to impress
Panacea
A perfect cure for something
Perfunctory
Done without enthusiasm or effort
mnemonic: per- factory. Do a job quickly just to finish it and not caring enough
Perilous
Risky and hazardous
Pervasive
Spreading quickly and in great numbers
Preclude
Prevent something from happening
Predilection
Preference or bias towards something
Rapacious
Very greedy
Relish
Take great pleasure or delight in
Satirical
Using humor or irony to criticize or mock
Sham
Fake, not genuine
Skirt
Go around or avoid something, especially an issue or obstacle
Sluggish
Lacking energy, slow and listless
Spartan
Marked by simplicity, frugal, and avoidance of luxury
Truculent
Aggressively combative or confrontational
