Group 12 Flashcards
Acrimonious
Bitter and sharp in language or tone
Belligerent
Argumentative, threatening or aggressive
Beneficient
Kind and charitable, producing good results or benefits
Canny
Shrewd and cautious
Cavalier
Exhibiting an overly casual attitude, unconcerned
Distressed
Experiencing nervousness, irritation, or sadness
Dwindling
Decreasing steadily in size or quantity
Eclipse
Overshadow or surpass
Encyclopedic
Thorough, comprehensive in scope
Exacerbate
Make a situation or condition worse
Exasperated
Severely irritated or angry
Fungible
Interchangeable for another item of a similar type
Hackneyed
Lacking creativity, derivative and overused
Incongruous
Out of place, lacking harmony
Interchangeable
Capable of being used in place of each other
Laconic
Economic with words, quiet and reserved
Lucrative
Peoducing a significant amount of money
Magisterial
Possesing great authority
Onerous
Involving a heavy burden, challenging or difficult
Approbrium
Severe criticism or public shame
mnemonic: opium (banned drug) you will be critized, humiliated and put to shame
Parsimonious
Extremely frugal or stingy
Peripheral
Of marginal importance, minor
Provocative
Causing outrage or irritation, often intentionally
Renounce
Reject or give up
Tempestuous
- Unrestrained and turbulent
- Extremely stormy
Tenable
Justifiable and rational
Transgression
A violation of a law, rule, or social norm
Urbane
Refined, sophisticated and courteous
Verisimilitude
Apperance or semblance of truth or reality, believability
Vitiate
Impair or corrupt the quality of something
