In Class Vocab List Flashcards
Subtle
Difficult to detect; faint; mysterious; likely to elude perception
Devise
To think out, plan, figure out, invent, create
Listless
Lacking energy and enthusiasm
Cunning
Cleverness; slyness
someone who is cunning is clever and good at deceiving people in order to get what they want
SYN crafty
Nuisance
An annoying person or thing
a person, thing, or situation that annoys you or causes problems:
Priggish
Exaggeratedly proper
Inexorable
Inflexible; unyielding; relentless
an inexorable process cannot be stopped
SYN unstoppable
the inexorable decline of Britain’s manufacturing industry
the seemingly inexorable rise in crime
Bemused
Confused; bewildered
looking as if you are confused
SYN bewildered
a bemused expression
Enervate
To reduce in strength
to make you feel tired and weak:
The hot sun enervated her to the point of collapse.
Guileless
Without deceit; frank; straightforward; honest
behaving in an honest way, without trying to hide anything or deceive people
SYN open
Apposite
Appropriate; pertinent; relevant; apropos
suitable to what is happening or being discussed
SYN appropriate
Succor
Help in time of distress
help and sympathy that is given to someone:
They give succour to the victims of war.
Mercurial
Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
having feelings that change suddenly and without warning:
an actor noted for his mercurial temperament
Impecunious
Poor; having no money
having very little money, especially over a long period – sometimes used humorously:
He came from a respectable if impecunious family.
Propitiate
To conciliate; to appease; pacify
to make someone who has been unfriendly or angry with you feel more friendly by doing something to please them
SYN appease
Diffident
Lacking confidence in one’s own ability, worth, or fitness ; timid ; shy
Hedonism
Devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasures of the senses
Dogged
Persistent, stubbornly determined, refusing to give up
dogged behaviour shows that you are very determined to continue doing something:
a dogged determination to succeed
Mollify
To clam or make less severe
to make someone feel less angry and upset about something
SYN placate
Infer
A conclusion one can draw from the presented details
to form an opinion that something is probably true because of information that you have:
infer something from something
A lot can be inferred from these statistics.
infer that
From the evidence, we can infer that the victim knew her killer.
