Group 25 Flashcards
Adept
Well skilled; completely versed
mnemonic: a+depth. Person who has deep knowledge
Adverse
Unfavorable or opposed to one’s interests or desire
Appropiate
- Take something forcefully, usually without the owner’s agreement
- Suitable or fit a situation
Archetype
A typical example of something
Articulate
Able to express ideas or feelings fluently and clearly
Auspicious
Favorable and indicative of good luck
Bereft
Lacking or mourning something or someone
Captious
Fault-finding (expecially petty ones)
Conclusive
Without doubt
Conspire
Secretly work together for something bad
Delineate
Describe or depict precisely; outline
Disentangle
Free from entanglement or confusion; make clear
Exhort
Strongly persuade, encourage, or urge
Frailty
Quality or state of being weak; weakness
Grievance
An issue or problem
Harangue
A long angry rant
Ploy
A strategy or tactic used to gain an advantage
Poise
A state of balance, equilibrium or stability
Pomposity
The quality of being pompous; self importance
Proxy
A substitue (usually for a person) that is compatible
Relent
- Abandon a harsh intention or attitude by giving in
- Reduce in intensity
Rhetoric
Persuasive speech or writing
Rigor
Thoroughness and strictness
Sparse
Not dense and meager; having widely speaced intervals
Steadfast
Fixed or unchanging; steady
Suspect
Viewed with suspicion
Tedious
Boring and slow, without variety
Vitality
Strength and energy
Whimsical
- Playful or silly
- Unpredictable
mnemonic: whimsy-cal. Cal is playful, joyful and unpredictable, and he is chasing his whims
Yield
- Produce or generate a result, product, or amount
- GIve up or surrender
