High freq words Flashcards
conciliatory
making or willing to make agreements
tenuous
thin, tender, like a spider web
transgression
something that is against a command or law
intransigence
stubborn refusal to compromise or change
equivocate
be diliberalty ambigous or unclear
facetious
joke with sarcasm
immutable
not changeable
prohibitive
discourage
pedantic
scholarly
abate
become less in amount of intensity
malinger
pretending to be sick
belie
to contradict, to decieve by lying
disparage
belittle
invective
abusive language used to express blame or censure
flout
treat with contemptuous disregard
sanction
give authority or permission to
propitiate
to make peace with
futile
producing no result
compendium
collection
felicitous
happy
reprobate
deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper
irresolute
uncertain how to act or proceed
harangue
address forcefully