hstp word Flashcards
abet
to aid
antediluvian
a very old (or old fashioned) person
antithesis
the opposite
apex
the highest point (of something)
apocryphal
doubtful in authenticity
ardor
passion
assuage
to make easier
astute
practical intelligence, clever
autocrat
a cruel and dictatorial leader
avuncular
like an uncle
bellicose
warlike
benefactor
gives financial help to people/institutions
benighted
lacking knowledge or culture
diminutive
small
discreet
modest
discrete
separate
divulge
to tell
dormant
not active
dross
removable worthless material
edible
eatable
egress
an exit
elegy
a mournful poem
engender
to bring forth
enmity
a state of deep-seated ill-will
equivocate
to lie
facile
expressing yourself clearly
feign
to pretend
fulsome
disgustingly excessive
garrulous
full of trivial conversation
guile
the quality of being cunning and crafty
hamper
to hinder, to get in the way of, to interfere with
haughty
showing arrogant superiority
heinous
shockingly brutal or cruel
hew
strike with an axe
ignoble
not of nobility
impair
make worse of less effective
impede
block passage through
inane
complacently or inanely foolish
incite
provoke or stir up
incredulous
unbelievable
indelible
cannot be removed, washed away or erased
indolent
disinclined to work or exertion
innocuous
harmless
intrepid
invulnerable to fear or intimidation
ire
anger
jocular
characterized by jokes and good humor
jubilant
joyful and proud
laudable
worthy of high praise
lax
loose, not strict
lexicon
dictionary
lithe
gracefully slender
lucid
transparently clear
malcontent
a person who is discontented or disgusted
meander
a curve in a stream
mendicant
a begger
mettle
the courage to carry on
mimic
to imitate
mollify
make less rigid or softer
morose
showing a brooding ill humor
mundane
ordinary
nadir
lowest point
noisome
having an offensive odor
obdurate
showing unfeeling resisitance to tender feelings
oblique
indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way
obstreperous
boisterously and noisily aggressive
odious
unequivocally detestable
opulent
rich and superior in quality
ostracize
to exclude
palpable
capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind
panegyric
a formal expression of praise
paragon
an ideal instance
paramount
having superior power and infulence
pathos
rouses emotions
perfidious
tending to betray
peripatetic
a person who walks from place to place
pernicious
extremely harmful
petty
contemptibly narrow in outlook