Group 24 Flashcards
Assail
Attack physically or verbally
Benevolent
Showing kindness or goodwill
Berate
Scold or criticize harshly
Mnemonic: they showed B-rated movie to children and they were critiziced
Buoyant
Lighthearted and liverly; having a cheerful attitude
Mnemonic: boy+ant
Buttress
Support or reinforce
Condone
Forgive, excuse, or overlook
Contravene
Go against or violate a rule, law, or convention
Denounce
Criticize or speak out against
Despotic
Of a ruler with absolute power; tyrannical
Deviate
Go off course from; stray from some norm
Desinterested
Unbiased
Escalate
Increase or intensify
Exorcise
Drive out (such as a evil sprit or some other thing) from a person, place, or thing
Finicky
Fussy or hard to please
Foil
Prevent (something) from being accomplished
Intertwined
Twisted or linked closely together
Inundate
Flood or overwhelm
Ironclad
Unbreakable or extremely strong
Jeopardize
Put in danger; threaten
Mercurial
Having a volatile character; fickle
Oblivious
Not aware of or not noticing something
Perpetrate
Commit something (often a crime) carry out
Plaintive
Expressing sorrow or melancholy
Poignant
Emotionally moving
Quiescent
Being at rest; inactive or quiet
Reiterate
Say or do again, multiple times
Subside
Become lower; decrease; become less intense
mnemonic: subside as (sub)marine, which sinks down. Sink-lessen, decrease
Subsume
Include or contain something else
Surmount
Overcome something, typically a challenge
Tangential
Only superficially relevant
