Group 4 Flashcards
abstain
- restrain oneself from doing or enjoying somethin g
- formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion
approbation
approval or praise
cherish
- protect and care for someone lovingly
- keeping a hope or ambition in ones mind
corroborate
confirm or give support to a statement, theory or finding
disparate
essentially different in kind, not able to be compared
emulate
match or surpass a person or achievement, typically by imitation
enervate
make someone feel drained of energy or vitality
ephemeral
lasting for a very short time
fervid
intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree
garrulous
excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters
incendiary
- tending to stir up conflict
- designed to cause fires
inimical
tending to obstruct or harm
intimate
- closely acquainted; familiar
- state of make known
invigorate
give strength or energy to
mitigate
make something less bad, severe, serious, or painful
obsolete
no longer produced or used; out of date
opaque
- not able to be seen through; not transparent
- especially of language - hard or impossible to understand
paradigmatic
- serving as a typical example or something, serves as a model
- of or denoting the relationship between a set of linguistic items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles
pedantic
excessively concerned with minor details or rules, over scrupulous
placid
- not easily upset or excited
- calm and peaceful, with little movement or activity
polemical
expressing a strongly critical attack on or controversial opinion
precipitate
cause (an event or situation, typically one that is undesirable) to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely
profundity
great depth of insight or knowledge
prophetic
accurately predicting what will happen in the future
prudent
acting or showing with care and thought for the future
punctilious
showing great attention to detail or correct behavior
recondite
(of a subject or knowledge) little known, abstruse
scrupulous
(of a person or process) careful, thorough and extremely attentive to details
tranquil
free form disturbance; calm
vacillate
waver between different options or actions, be indecisive