Group 2 Flashcards
Abate
To lessen in intensity or degree
Accolade
An expression of pride
Adulation
Excessive praise; intense adoration
Aesthetic
Dealing with, appreciative of,nor responsive to art or the beautiful
Ameliorate
To make better or more tolerable
Ascetic
One who practices rigid self-denial, ESP. As an act of religious devotion
Avarice
Greed, ESP. For wealth (adj. form avaricious)
Axiom
A university recognized principle (adj. form axiomatic)
Burgeon
Tomgrownrapidly or flourish
Bucolic
Rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
Cacophony
Harsh, jarring, discordant sound, dissonance (adj. form cacophonous)
Canon
Annestablishednset of principles or codemofmlaws, often religious in nature (adj. canonical)
Castigation
Serve criticism or punishment (v. Form castigate)
Catalyst
Ansubstancenthat accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes changes
Caustic
Burning or stinging; causing corrosion
Chary
Wary; cautious sparing
Cogent
Appealingnforciblynto the mind or reason; convincing
Compliance
The willingness to comply with the wishes of others (adj. form compliant)
Contentious
Argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
Contrite
Regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness (n. form contrition)
Culpable
Deserving blame (n. culpability)
Dearth
Smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack
Demur
To question or oppose
Didactic
Intended to teach or instruct
Discretion
Causes reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions (adj. form discrete)
Disinterested
Free of bias or self-intense; impartial
Dogmatic
Expressing a rigid opinion based in unproved or improvable principles (n. form dogma)
Ebullience
The quality of lively or enthuastic expression of thoughtsnandnfeelings (adj. ebullient)
Eclectic
Composed of elements drawn from various sources
Elegy
A mournful poem, ESP. One lamenting the dead (adj. form elegiac)
Emollient
Soothing ESP. To the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that of tens or smoothes the skin
Empirical
Based on operations or experiment
Enigmatic
Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand (n. form enigma)
Ephemeral
Brief; fleeting
Esoteric
Intended for or understood by a small specific group
Eulogy
A speech honoring the dead (v. Form eulogize)
Exonerate
To remove blame
Facetious
Playful; humorous
Fallacy
An invalid or incorrec notion; a mistaken belief (adj. form fallacious)
Furtive
Marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
Gregarious
Sociable, outgoing, enjoying the company of other people
Harangue
To deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long pompous speech
Heretical
Violating accepted dogma or convention (n. form heresy)
Hyperbole
An exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech (adj. form hyperbolic)
Impecunious
Lacking funds; without money
Incipient
Beginning to come into being or become apparent
Inert
Unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
Innocuous
Harmless;causing no damage
Intransigent
Refusing to compromise (n. form intransigence)
Inveigle
To obtain by deception or flattery
Morose
Sad; sullen; melancholy
Odious
Evoking intense aversion or dislike
Opaque
Impenetrable by light; note reflecting light
Oscillation
The act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm (v. Oscillate)
Penurious
Penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
Pernicious
Extremely harmful; potentially causing death
Peruse
To examine with great care ( n. form perusal)
Pious
Extremely reverent or devour; showing strong religious devotion (n. form piety)
Precursor
One that precedes and indicates or announce another
Preen
To dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
Prodigious
Abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary
Prolific
Producing larg volumes or amount; productive
Putrefy
To rot; to decay and give off a foul odor (adj. form putrid)
Quaff
To drink deeply
Quiescence
Stillness; motionless ness; quality of being at rest (adj. form quiescent)
Redoubtable
Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
Sanction
Author active permission or approval; a penalty tended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to
Satire
A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision (adj. form satirical)
Squalid
Sordid; wretched and dirty as form neglect (n. form squalor)
Stoic
Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast (n. form stoicism)
Supplant
To take the place of; to supersede
Torpid
Lethargic; sluggish; dormant (n. form torpor)
Ubiquitous
Existing everywhere as the same time, constantly encountered; widespread
Urbane
Sophisticated; refined; elegant (n. form urbanity)
Vilify
To defame; to characterize harshly
Viscous
Thick; sticky (n. form viscosity)
