Group 4 Flashcards
penury
Extreme poverty
Disabuse
Persuade someone that an idea or belief is mistaken. To undeceive, to set right.
Hedonism
The pursuit of pleasure; sensual self indulgence
Effrontery
Insolent or impertinent behavior
Obfuscate
Render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible. Confuse someone
Dissemble
Conceal ones true motive, feeling, or beliefs
Occlude
Stop, close up or obstruct an opening, orifice, or passage
Stratify
Arrange, classify
Rancorous
Characterized by bitterness or resentment
Amity
A friendly relationship
Bile
Fluid in stomach. Anger, irritability
Détente
The easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries
Assignations
An appointment to meet someone in secret; typically made by lovers. The allocation or attribution of something or someone as belonging to someone
Ebullience
The quality of being cheerful and full of energy
Vitriol
Cruel and bitter criticism
Despondent
In low spirit from loss of hope or courage
Disavows
Deny any responsibility or support for.
Conjecture
An opinion of conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information
Purport
Appear or claim to be or do something, especially falsely. The meaning or substance of something, typically a document or speech
Avow
Assert or confess openly
Preclude
Prevent from happening; make impossible
Forestalls
Prevent or obstruct by taking action ahead of time
Engenders
Cause or give rise to
Negates
Nullify; make ineffective. Deny the existence of something. Make negative in meaning
Abate
Become less intense or widespread. Cause to become smaller or less intense. lessen reduce or remove.
Accord
Give or grant someone (power, status or recognition). Be harmonious or consistent with.
Abrogate
Repeal or do away with (Law, right, or formal agreement)
Preempted
Take action in order to prevent an anticipated event from happening. Interrupt or replace.
Stifles
Make someone unable to breath properly, suffocate. Restrain a reaction or stop oneself acting on emotion. Prevent or constrain an activity or idea.
Celerity
Move swiftly
Assimilate
Take in information and understand fully. Absorb and integrate (culture, ideas) into a wider culture. Cause something to resemble
Disburse
Pay out money from a fund
Dissent
The expression or holding of opinions at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially held.
Tangentially
In a way that related only slightly to a matter. Peripherally. In the manner, position, or direction of a tangent
Virtuoso
An individual who possesses outstanding talent and technical ability in a particular art or field
Bent
An inclination or tendency
Inured
Accustom to something, especially something unpleasant. Come into operation; take effect
Penchant
A strong or habitual liking or tendency to do something
Propensity
An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way
Qualms
An uneasy feeling of doubt, or fear, especially about one’s own conduct
Defer
Put off for a later time, prospone
Prone
Likely to or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something, typically something regrettable or unwelcomed
Facile
Appearing neat and comprehensive only by ignoring the true complexities of an issue. Superficial
Inadvertent
Not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning
Insular
Ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or people outside one’s own experience.
Forgo
Omit or declined to take something pleasant or valuable; go without
Impoverished
Make a person or area poor. Exhaust the strength or vitality of something
Incommensurate
Out of keeping or in proportion with
Thwart
Prevent someone from accomplishing something
Apoplectic
Overcome with anger; extremely indignant .
