Hitlist 2 Flashcards
Abate
to lessen in intensity or degree
Accolade
an expression of praise
Adulation
excessive praise
intense adoration
Aesthetic
dealing with
appreciative of
or responsive to art or the beautiful
Ameliorate
to make better or more tolerable
Avarice
greed esp for wealth
Axiom
a universally recognized principle
Ascetic
Self-discipline
Self-denial
Burgeon
to grow rapidly or flourish
Bucolic
rustic and pastoral
characteristic of rural areas and thier inhabitants
Cacophony
harsh, jarring, discordant sound
dissonance form
Canon
an established set of principles or code of laws
often religious in nature
Castigation
severe criticism or punishment
Catalyst
a person or thing that causes change
Caustic
burning or stinging
causing corrosion
Chary
wary
Every cautious
Not giving freely- sparing
Cogent
appealing forcibly to the mind or reason
convincing
Complaisance
the willingness to comply with the wishes of others
Contentious
argumentative
quarrelsome
causing controversy or disagreement
Contrite
regretful
seeking forgiveness
Culpable
deserving blame
Dearth
smallness of quantity or number
scarcity
a lack
Demur
to question or oppose
Didactic
intended to teach or instruct
Discretion
cautious reserve in speech
ability to make responsible decisions
Disinterested
free of bias or self interest
impartial
Penurious
penny pinching
excessively thrifty
ungenerous
Oscillation
the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm
Opaque
impenetrable by light
not reflecting light
NOT CLEAR
Odious
evoking intense aversion or dislike
Morose
sad
sullen
melancholy
Inveigle
to obtain by deception or flattery
Intransigent
refusing to compromise
Innocuous
harmless, causing no damage
Inert
unmoving, lethargic, sluggish
Incipient
beginning to come into being or to become apparent
Impecunious
lacking funds
without money
Hyperbole
an exaggerated statement
often used as a figure of speech
Heretical
Departure from accepted beliefs or standards
Unorthodox
Harangue
to deliver a pompous speech or tirade
a long pompous speech
Gregarious
sociable
outgoing
Furtive
SNEAKY
CARRIES THINGS AWAY LIKE THIEF
marked by stealth
covert
surreptitious
Fallacy
an incorrect notion
a mistaken belief
Facetious
playful
humorous
Exonerate
to remove blame
Eulogy
a speech honoring the dead
Esoteric
intended for or understood by a specific, small group
Ephemeral
brief
fleeting
Enigmatic
mysterious
obscure
difficult to understand
Empirical
based on observation or experience
Emollient
soothing espectially to the skin
making less harsh
an agent that softens or smoothes the skin
Elegy
a mournful poem esp one lamenting the dead
Eclectic
composed of elements drawn from various sources
Ebullience
the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
Dogmatic
expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles
Pernicious
extremely harmful
potentially causing death
Peruse
to examine with great care
Pious
extremely devout
showing strong religious devotion
Precursor
one that precedes or announces another
Preen
to dress up
to primp
to groom oneself with elaborate care
Prodigious
abundant in size, force, or extent
extraordinary
Prolific
produces large volumes or amounts
productive
Putrefy
to rot
to decay and give off a foul odor
Quaff
to drink deeply
Quiescence
stillness
motionlessness
quality of being at rest
Redoubtable
awe-inspiring
worthy of honor
Sanction
authoritative permission or approval
a penalty intended to enforce compliance
to give permission or authority to
Satire
a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision
Squalid
sordid
wretched and dirty as from neglect
Stoic
indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain
steadfast
Supplant
to take the place of
to supersede
Torpid
lethargic
sluggish
dormant
Ubiquitous
existing everywhere at the same time
constantly encountered
widespread
Urbane
sophisticated
refined
elegant
Vilify
to defame
to characterize harshly
Viscous
thick
sticky
