Group 2 Flashcards
Adulterate
Render poorer in quality by adding another substance
Advocate
Publicly recommend or support
Aggrandize
Increase power, status, reputation of someone
Alacrity
brisk and cheerful readiness
Ambivalent
Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas
Ameliorate
Make something bad better
Amenable
Susceptible, easily persuaded, open to suggestions
Anachronistic
Belonging to a period other than that being portrayed conspicuously old-fashioned
Audacious
Willingness to take surprisingly bold risks, showing impudent lack of respect
Avaricious
Showing extreme greed for wealth or material gain
Banal
Lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring
Benign
Gentle and kind, not harmful to the environment
Brazen
Bold and without shame
Calumny
False and slanderous statement about someone
Candid
Truthful and straightforward
Castigate
Reprimand severely
Caustic
Sarcastic in a bitter way, chemical
Construe
Interpret in a particular way
Contrite
Feeling or expressing remorse that one has done wrong
Convoluted
Extremely complex and difficult to follow and twisted
Covet
Yearn to possess something belonging to another
Craven
Cowardly
Decorum
Behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety
Deft
demonstrating skill and cleverness
Demur
Raise objections or show reluctance
Derivative
Imitative of the work of another
Desiccate
Cause to become completely dry
Diatribe
A forceful and bitter verbal attack
Incredulous
Unwilling or unable to believe something
Ingenuous
Innocent, naive or unsuspecting
