Groups G, H, I, J Flashcards
Alacrity
Eager and enthusiastic willingness
Aberrant
Deviating from the norm
Austere
Without adornment , bare, severely simple, ascetic
Discordant
Conflicting, dissident or harsh in sound
Disparate
Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
Fervent
Greatly emotional or zealous
Idolatrous
Given to intense or excessive deviation to something
Intreactable
Not easily managed or directed, stubborn, obstinate
Intrepid
Steadfast and courageous
Obdurate
Unyielding, hardhearted, intreactable
Obstinate
Stubborn, hardheaded, uncompromising
Peruse
To examine with great care
Pristine
Pure, uncorrupted, clean
Probity
Adherence to highest principles, uprightness
Quotidian
Occurring or recurring daily, commonplace
Solicitous
Concerned and attentive, eager
Tenacity
The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued
Untenable
Indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable
Vacillate
To waver indecisively between one course of action and another, waver
Variegated
Multicolored, characterized by a variety of patches of different color
Vigilant
Alertly watchful
Waver
To move to and fro, to sway, to be unsettled in opinion
audicious
daring and fearless; recklessly bold
chary
wary; catious; sparing
contiguous
sharing a border; touching; adjacent
ephrmeral
brief; fleeting
evanscent
tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
extemporaneous
improvised; done without preperation
fortitous
happening by fortunate accident or change
ingenuous
artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
meticulous
characterized by extre care and precision; attentive to detail
oscillation
the act of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm
precipitate
acting with excessive haste of impulse
predilection
a disposition in favor of something; preference
presceince
foreknowledge of events; knowing of event prior to their occurence
proclivity
a natural predisposition or inclination
stoic
indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast
supplant
to take the place of; supersede
tenuous
having liitel substance or strength; filmsy; weak
transient
fleeting; passing quickly; briefly
Reverance
Admire, awe, veneration
Discern
To notice, distinguish
Intimate
Suggest
Pithy
Brief
acerbic
having a sour or bitter taste or character
astrigent
having a tightent effect on living tissue; harsh; severe
Bucolic
rustic and pastoral; chracteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
dissemble
to disguise or conceal; misleading
divulge
to disclose something secret
ebullience
the quality of liverly or enthusiastic thoughts and feelings
gregarious
sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
impassive
revealing no emotion
implacable
not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
impunity
immunity from punishment or penlty
infelictious
unfortunate; inappropriate
insipid
without taste of flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
inveigle
to pbtain by deception or flattery
maverick
an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
obseqious
exhibiting a fawing attentiveness
obtuse
lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or percise in thought or expression
obviate
to anticipate and make unnecessary
odious
evoking intense aversion or dislike
pernicious
extermely harmful; potentially causing death
pervasive
haing the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
pirate
to illegally use or reproduce
plummet
to plunge or drop stright down
percursor
on that preceds and indicates or announces another
pungent
characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste
presumptous
overstepping due bounds (as of prepriety or courtesy); taking liberties
querulous
prone to complaining or grumbling; quarrelsome
recalcitrant
obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
refulgent
radient; shiny; brilliant
relegate
to forcibly assign to a lower place or position
vexation
annoyance; irritation
repudiate
to refuse to have anything to do with; disown
reverent
marked by, feeling or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
salubrious
promoting health or well-being
shard
a piece of broken pottery or glass
subpoena
a courst order requiring appearance and/or testimony
torque
a force that causes rotation
abscond
to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
arduous
strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort
demur
to question or oppose
enervate
to weaken; to reduce in vitality
ennui
dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
furtive
marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
inert
unmoving
morose
sad; sullen;melancholy
onerous
troubling; burdonsome
phlegmatic
calm; sluggish; unemotional
pine
to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
prevaricate
to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
quixotic
foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals
recondite
hidden; concealed; difficult to understand
renege
to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise
sedulous
diligent; persistent; hard-working
soporific
causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
stupefy
to stun, baffle, to amaze
torpid
lethargic; sluggish; dormant
tortuous
winding; twisting; excessively complicated
trenchant
sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
viscous
thick; sticky
