Hit Parade #3 Flashcards
Aver
To state as a fact; declare or assert
Bolster
Provide support or reinforcement
Dissemble
To disguise or conceal; mislead;
He dissembled his incompetence at work
Feign - put an appearance of
He dissembled innocence
Endemic
Natural or characteristic of a specific people or place (disease or condition)
Some diseases are only endemic to the Bedouins.
=/= pandemic
Evanesce
Evanescent
Evanescence
To disappear gradually, vanish, fade away
Vanishing, fading away (memory, sight, existence)
I hope my memories of Syria will never evanesce!
Fortuitous / for tyoo itous
Adventitious, happening by accident or chance
Grandiloquent
Grandiloquence
Pompous speech, pompous in speech and writing
Hackneyed
Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
Idolatrous / EYE dolatrous
Idolatry
Given to intense or excessive devotion to someone or something
Impassive
Revealing no emotion
Imperturbable
Perturb
Calm, cannot be upset
To disturb, aggrieve
Implacable
Not capable of being appeased; cannot be placated
Impunity / im pyoon ity
Immunity, an exemption from punishment
Infelicitous / in fel is it us
Inappropriate, awkward - infelicitous remark
Unfortunate, unhapppy
Malevolent
Malevolence
Having or showing often viscous ill will;
Spite, hatred
Mendacity
Mendacious
Condition of being untruthful and dishonest
Occlude
Obstruct or block
Opprobrium
Opprobrious
Extremely disgraceful and shameful
Ostentatious
Pretentious, affected
Obsequious
Obsequience
Excessively submissive
Pedantic
Pedant
Show off about learning; overly concerned with trivial details of learning
Penury / PEN ury
Penurious
Extreme poverty; destitute
Very poor, impecunious BUT ALSO parsimonious
Pine
V - to yearn deeply; suffer with longing (for)
To pine for one’s home
Pirate
Piracy
V - to rob, plunder;
Use or reproduce (music) without legal right/authorization
Pith
Essential or central part; pith of the matter
Pithy
Precise and brief
Placate
To appease, to calm by making concessions
The mayor placated the angry citizenry
Platitude
Statement with moral content but used too often to be interesting or thoughtful
Hackneyed apothegm
Dull, ordinary, commonplace, prosaic
Polemic
Art or practice of engaging in controversial debate or dispute
Polemical
Controversial, argumentative
Prodigal
Wasteful; lavish, extravagant
Profuse - adj
Profusion
Abundant
Also extravagant
Query
N - question; inquiries; mental reservation, doubt
V - To ask a question about something (especially to express doubt or check validity/accuracy)
Rancor
Rancorous
Bitter, resentment, ill will, malevolence, malice
To feel that way^
Recalcitrant
Resisting authority or control; not obedient
Repudiate
Refuse to have anything to do with…
Disown, disclaim, disavow
Spurious
Not genuine, authentic, counterfeit
Subpoena / sub pee nuh
Court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
Succinct
Brief, concise, pithy, laconic
Prolix / pro licks
Verbose, wordy
Superfluous / super fluous
Unnecessary, more than enough
Supererogatory
Surfeit / sur fit
Excess; uncomfortably full due to excessive eating or drinking
Tenacity
Quality of adherence or persistence to something valued
Persistent determination
Tenuous
Weak; lacking a sound basis; unsubstantiated
The lawyer presented a tenuous argument based upon a conjecture.
Transient
Transitory; fleeting, lasting for a short time; impermanent
