informal words Flashcards
Beckon
invite or attract someone
Apt
perfectly appropriate
Irrefutable
impossible to deny
Forge
create something strong with large effort
Hamper
slow down progress
Inept
wrong, unable to do well
Brittle
hard but easy to crack
Exacting
requiring and demanding accuracy
Morph
change in shape; to become something new
Baffles
confused
Profuse
grow or produce in a large number
Augment
enlarge or improve
Urbane
sophisticated, confident and polite
Rebound
increase after a low point
Nuance
small detail, small difference in detail
Pseudonym
false name used in public
Fastidious
giving attention to detail
Iull
short period of calm or inactivity
Erode
slowly destroy by rain or wind
Craze
something popular for a short period of time
Plausible
possibly true, realistic
Perpetuate
to cause to continue
Agile
move quickly and lightly
Oblong
longer in one direction
Oblivious
unaware unconscious
Arduous
difficult and requiring a lot of effort
Abstain
to chose not to do something
Ensue
to happen as a result
Dreary
sad and boring or colorless
Sheer
only, nothing other than, outright, completely
Predominant
common. Most frequent
Subsume
contain or include
Anomalous
not normal, aberrant,
Backassward.
Elude
not to be caught
Stall
to delay to get more time
Confer
meet and discuss before deciding
Ominous
giving a feel that something bad will happen
Refute
to prove something to be false
Innate
existing from birth, not learned
Intrinsic
belonging to the most basic nature of something, impossible to remove
Thrive
to go strong and healthy
Jagged
uneven and sharp
Proliferate
to grow in number quickly
Blatant disregard
showing no regard
Jolt
setback or reverse, move abruptly, sharp movement
Consensus
agreement, unity, unison
Dazed and speechless
unable to think clearly
Miniature
small scale or reduced scale
Treasure trove
a collection or store of valuable or delightful things
surreal
unreal, bizarre, unusual
Flagship product
the best or most important thing owned or produced by aparticular orgz
nitwit
urchins
stupid person
Superfluous
more than it is needed
Harness
take control and use it
Affluent
wealthy
Elicit
to cause feelings to come out
Pivotal
extreme important in order to succeed
Profound
extremely strongly felt
Ragged
uneven edges, torn
Meager
not enough
Implausible
describing a statement that is not true
Colossal
extremely large
Paradox
a situation that seem impossible because it is made of two opposite things
Viable
possible to do
Ingenuity
quality of being clever or original.
Potent
with a very strong effect
Brisk
energetic and quick
Apprehension, apprehensive-
feeling that something bad will happen
Novel
interestingly new or different
Interspersed
to place among or in-between things
Remnants
a small piece that is left when most is gone
Tenacious
unchanging and stubborn.
Waive
to say officially that a requirement isn’t required
Upheaval
a sudden and large change.
Irrevocable
impossible to reverse
Dormant
inactive now but will be later
Feature
to break something esp.hard
Obsolete
old, not in use again
