Hard Stuff Flashcards by Muhammad Khadafi

Acumen (n.)

Keen; accurate judgement or insight

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Abate (v.)

To lessen in intensity

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Abscond (v.)

To steal and hide

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Amenable (adj.)

Agreeable; responsive to suggestion

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Alacrity (n.)

Eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Approbation (n.)

Expression of approval

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Aver (v.)

To state as fact

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Ascetic (n.)

One who practice self-denial (act of religious devotion)

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Dissemble (v.)

To disguise or conceal; to mislead

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Credulous (adj.)

Tending to believe too readily; gullible

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Desiccate (v.)

To dry out or dehydrate; to make dry

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Dilettante (n.)

One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge

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Fervent (adj.)

Greatly emotional or zealous

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Flout (v.)

To show contempt for, as in rule or convention

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Fortuitous (adj.)

Happening by accident or chance

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Glib (adj.)

Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; superficial

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Halcyon (adj.)

Calm and peaceful

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Inimical (adj.)

Damaging; harmful; injurious

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Hegemony (n.)

The consistent dominance of one ideology over others

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Disabuse (n.)

To undeceive

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Obfuscate (v.)

To deliberately obscure; to make confusing

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Obstinate (adj.)

Stubborn; hard-headed; uncompromising

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Contrite (adj.)

Regretful; seeking forgiveness

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Ostentatious (adj.)

Characterised by or given to pretentious display; showy

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Infelicitous (adj.)

Unfortunate; inappropriate

Probity (n.)

Adherence to highest principles; uptightness

Ebullience (n.)

Quality of lively expression of feelings

Propensity (n.)

A natural inclination or tendency; penchant

Emollient (adj.)

Soothing (to the skin)

Recondite (adj.)

Hidden; concealed; obscure

Quotidian (adj.)

Occurring or recurring daily; commonplace

Obdurate (adj.)

Unyielding; hardhearted

Refulgent (adj.)

Radiant; shiny; brilliant

Obsequious (adj.)

Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

Occlude (v.)

To obstruct or block

Opprobrium (n.)

Disgrace; contempt; scorn

Sedulous (adj.)

Diligent; persistent; hard-working

Pedagogy (n.)

The profession or principles of teaching

Pedantic (adj.)

Overly concerned with trivial details of learning; show-offish about one's knowledge

Spendthrift (n.)

One who spends money wastefully

Exigent (adj.)

Urgent

Trenchant (adj.)

Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating

Penury (n.)

Poverty; destitution

Untenable (adj.)

Indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable

Variegated (adj.)

Multicoloured; characterised by a variety of patches of different colour

Vituperante (v.)

To use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate

Inured (adj.)

Accustomed to something undesirable

Furitive (adj.)

Marked by stealth; covert

Facetious (adj.)

Playful; humorous

Proliferate (v.)

To grow or increase swiftly or abundantly

Incipient (adj.)

Beginning to come into being

Recalcitrant (adj.)

Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

Repudiate (v.)

To disown; refuse anything to have anything to do with

Intransigent (adj.)

Refusing to compromise

Inveigle (v.)

To obtain by deception

Morose (adj.)

Sad; Melancholy

Specious (adj.)

Seeming true, but actually fallacious; misleadingly attractive

Odious (adj.)

Evoking intense aversion or dislike

Spurious (adj.)

Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

Penurious (adj.)

Penny-pinching; thrifty

Surfeit (v.)

An over-abundant supply; excess

Pernicious (adj.)

Extremely harmful; potentially causing death

Transient (adj.)

Fleeting; passing quickly; brief

Tenuous (adj.)

Having little substance or strength; filmsy; weak

Perfunctory (adj.)

Done without care or interest

Perspicacious (adj.)

Acutely perceptive

Precipitate (Adj.)

Acting with haste or impulse

Precipitate (v.)

To cause before anticipated or required

Redoubtable (adj.)

Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor

Squalid (adj.)

Sordid; wretched as form of neglect

Prevaricate (v.)

To avoid truth; mislead

Solicitous (adj.)

Concerned and attentive; eager

Esoteric (adj.)

Understood by a small, specific group

Truculent (adj.)

Fierce and cruel

Reticent (adj.)

Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express feelings

Perfidy (n.)

Intentional breach of faith; treachery