Group 2 Flashcards
Sanction
- (POSITIVE meaning) Official or authoritative permission or authorization; support or encouragement
(v) To approve or authorize officially;
to support or tolerate by showing approval - (NEGATIVE meaning) A penalty meant to force compliance;
a military or economic measure adopted by several nations and meant to coerce another nation violating international law
(v) To penalize, especially for a violation of international law
Complaisant
(adj.) Agreeable, eager to please, obliging
UBIQUITOUS
(adj.) Existing or present everywhere; constantly encountered or widespread
DISTEND
(v) To extend; to swell from internal pressure
VACILLATE
(v) To hesitate or waver in forming an opinion or making a decision
(v) To fluctuate or oscillate
PERFIDY
(n) 1. The quality or state of being disloyal; treachery; faithlessness
2. An act of disloyalty
DERIVATIVE
(adj.) Not original; secondary or copied
(adj.) Derived
FRACAS
(n) A noisy, loud quarrel, brawl, or disturbance
EXPLICIT
(adj.) Fully and clearly expressed, without leaving anything to implication
(adj.) Fully developed or defined
(adj.) Forthright and unambiguous in expression
PRESUMPTUOUS
(adj.) Overstepping the bounds of what’s right or proper; inappropriately forward or taking liberties
EXTRANEOUS
Irrelevant, unrelated, not pertinent
Nonessential, not vital
Coming from outside
SLIGHT
(v) 1. To treat as unimportant or make light of
2. To treat with distain or discourteous inattention
3. To do inattentively or negligently
(n) An instance of being slighted
(adj.) 1. Slim or delicate of body
2. Small in size, extent, or quantity
3. Trifling, trivial, or unimportant
4. Lacking strength or substance; flimsy
VIGOR
(n) Active strength or energy; vitality
TRANSPARENT
(adj.) Permitting the passage of light; sheer enough to see through
(adj.) Frank, candid, and free of deceit or pretense
(adj.) Obvious; readily seen or understood
(adj.) Open with regards to methods or practices, especially in business
PRISTINE
(adj.) Belonging or related to the original, earliest condition; primitive
(adj.) Remaining in a pure, unspoiled state; untouched by civilization
(adj.) Clean as if new
CONFOUND
(v) To confuse, perplex, or stump; to throw into disorder
(v) To mix up; to fail to notice differences
(v) To refute, prove wrong, or put to shame
CONSOLE
(v) To comfort; to alleviate someone’s grief, suffering, or sense of loss
(n) 1. a cabinet (such as for a television) designed to stand on the floor
2. the control unit of a computer, electrical system, vehicle, etc.
DISCRETE
(n) Separate or distinct; an individual thing
(n) Consisting of unconnected individual parts; not continuous
SPECIOUS
(adj.) Deceptive in attractions or allure
(adj.) Falsely appearing true, genuine, or plausible
APPROBATION
(n) Official approval
(n) Commendation; praise; a warm expression of approval
CONCUR
(v) To agree, cooperate, or coincide
NADIR
(adj.) The lowest point
(adj.) A point on the celestial sphere, opposite the zenith and below the observer
TRACTABILITY
(n) Capacity for being led, controlled, or taught; docility
(n) Malleability; ease of being handled or worked with
IMPERMEABLE
(adj.) Impassable; not permeable; preventing passage through or into itself (such as by a liquid—e.g., an impermeable raincoat)
DENUNCIATION
(n) 1. Public condemnation or censure
2. An accusation of a crime
LACKLUSTER
(adj.) Without luster or brilliance; dull
FOMENT
(v) To foster or promote the development of; to incite or rouse
COLLUDE
(v) Conspire; cooperate for illegal or faudulent purposes
VERACITY
(n) Conformity or adherence to the truth or accuracy
DIFFUSE
(adj.) Dispersed; spread out
(adj.) Wordy and poorly organized
INNOCUOUS
(adj.) Harmless or without negative effect
(adj.) Unlikely to offend or inspire a strong reaction; insipid or bland
AUDACIOUS
(adj.) Recklessly bold
(adj.) Insolent or contemptuous of rules
(adj.) Original and spirited
EXCULPATE
(v) To clear from a charge or guilt
ABATE
(v) To reduce in degree, amount, or intensity
OBSTINATE
(adj.) Stubbornly sticking to an attitude, opinion, purpose, or course against argument or persuasion; difficult to control, subdue, or remedy
PRODIGIOUS
(adj.) Impressive or extraordinary in bulk, amount, or degree; enormous
(adj.) Marvelous; eliciting amazement
STOLID
(adj.) Unemotional or impassive
ALLEVIATE
(v) To mitigate, lessen, or make bearable
LEVY
(v) 1. To impose and collect (such as a tax)
2. To draft troops into military service
3. To declare and wage war
EXACERBATE
(v) To make more severe, violent, or bitter; to aggravate, intensify, or inflame
COVERT
(adj.) Not openly done, acknowledged, or avowed; veiled
(adj.) Sheltered or covered
APPRISE
(v) To inform, tell, or give notice to
RECALCITRANT
(adj.) Stubbornly resisting or defying authority or guidance
DERISION
(n) Ridicule, mockery, or scorn
TACITURN
(adj.) Disinclined to speak by temperament
BLITHE
(adj.) Lighthearted, carefree, joyous, or gaily cheerful
(adj.) Thoughtless, heedless, or without regard or consideration
CONVOKE
(v) To call (as a group of people) to a meeting
CATHOLIC
(adj.) Universal, broad-minded
MARTINET
(n) Person who adheres to rules extremely closely; a disciplinarian
PONDEROUS
(adj.) Of great weight; unwieldy due to heaviness and bulk
(adj.) Labored, dull, or lifeless
