Hot Prospect Flashcards
Antediluvian
Ridiculously old-fashioned.
Antipathy
A deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion.
Arable
Used or suitable for growing crops
Atrophy
Waste away, typically due to the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution.
Audacious
Showing a willingness to take bold risks: “an audacious takeover”, Showing an impudent lack of respect: “an audacious remark”.
Avarice
Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
Avert
prevent - divert - avoid - head off - stave off
Beguile
deceive - cheat - delude - trick - swindle - hoodwink
Bequeath
Leave (a personal estate or one’s body) to a person or other beneficiary by a will: “an identical sum was bequeathed by Tomo”.
Blighted
Spoil, harm, or destroy: “the scandal blighted the careers of several politicians”; “his father’s blighted ambitions”.
Certitude
certainty - assurance - sureness - surety - confidence
Circumlocution
The use of many words where fewer would do, esp. in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive.
Complementary
Combining in such a way as to enhance or emphasize each other’s qualities, supplementary - additional - further - expletive
Confluence
An act or process of merging
Depose
Remove from office suddenly and forcefully OR Testify to or give (evidence) on oath, typically in a written statement.
Desiccate
dry - exsiccate - drain - parch - dry up - wither
Disquiet
A feeling of anxiety or worry.
Edify
Instruct or improve (someone) morally or intellectually.
Efface
obliterate - erase - delete - expunge - rub out
Elegy
A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead, A piece of music in a mournful style.
Elucidate
explain - clarify - illuminate - illustrate - expound
Emaciated
bony: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; “emaciated bony hands”; “a nightmare population of gaunt men
Equanimity
Mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, esp. in a difficult situation.
Evanescent
Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing.
