January / February Flashcards
- Implore
- Inexplicable
- Haggard
- Repugnant
- Enumerate
- Extradition
- Epicenter
Implore [V] (M Plore)
1. To beseech or beg a person to do something.
“To implore forgiveness.”
Inexplicable [Adj] (In X Plick able)
1. Impossible to explain, understand, or account for.
“An inexplicable mystery.”
“He was overcome by inexplicable exhaustion.”
Haggard [Adj] 1. Having a wasted worn out look as from sleeplessness,
illness or hunger. “She looked disheveled and haggard.”
Repugnant [Adj] (RE Pug nant)
1. Disobedient, unwilling, disagreeable, highly distasteful or offensive.
Syn: disagreeable
“Of which most economist find repugnant.”
Enumerate [V] 1. Count. 2. To list one after the other.
To ascertain the number of.
“Your mistakes are too many to enumerate.”
Extradition [N] (Extra Dishen)
1. The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal.
“The gangster was extradited to the USA for his court appearance.”
Epicenter [N] (Ep a center)
1. The center of an earthquake.
2. The center of anything.
“The white house is the Epicenter of world power.”
“Epicenter of confusion”
- Foremost
- Languish
- Symmetrical
- Ubiquitous
- Unflappable
- Veiled Threat
- Beseech
- Introspect/Introspection
- Artifact
- Haze
Foremost [Adj] 1. First; headmost; most advanced in position, rank, influence, reputation.
“Rambo would be foremost to lead the attack.”
Languish [V] 1. Become dull, feeble, or spiritless. Fade.
“Plants led in the drought.” 2. Lose strength.
“After playing tennis for 3 hours, my strokes began to Languish.”
Symmetrical [Adj] 1. Balanced, regular. “A symmetrical garden,
diet, body.” 3. Being that the terms may be interchanged without altering rectitude, value, or character. B. Commensurable.
“The valve is symmetrical, mount it in any position.”
Ubiquitous [Adj] (U Bic quit us)
1.Omnipresent.
Existing or being present everywhere at the same time.
Capable of appearing everywhere or in many places throughout a particular area. “U. gray mud.” “U. eyes of
the irs.” “U. paperbacks” “God is U.”
“U. sight of people starving.”
Unflappable [Adj] 1. Characterized by unshakable composure.
2. Impervious to external influence.
“He remained in unflappable concentration.”
Veiled threat [N] 1. Not openly expressed. A hidden threat.
“For years air pollution has been a veiled threat, but now
everybody is aware of it.”
“Our children, the veiled threat of a lost generation.”
Beseech [V] 1. To implore. To beg earnestly. “I beseech you.”
Introspect [V] 1. Self examination. To look into one’s own mind,
feelings, reactions, etc. Observation and analysis of oneself.
Introspection [N] 1. An inward evaluation. Self examination.
“Before you point your finger at somebody you should introspect
to be certain you aren’t as guilty.” “A little introspection
humbles quickly.” “He’s not introspective at all.”
Artifact [N] 1. Anything produced by human work. 2. In archaeology,
a simple form of primitive art.
“Museums are full of historic artifacts.”
Haze [V] 1. To initiate fellow students by means of horseplay,
practical jokes and tricks, often in the nature of humiliating or
painful ordeals. Hazing.
“Pledges are normally hazed before being accepted into membership.”
- Incredulous
- Propagate
- Purported
- Perpetrate
- Unmitigated
- Omnibus
- Confiscate
- Triglyceride
- Extramural
Incredulous [Adj] 1. Not willing to believe; skeptical. Doubt.
Unbelieving. “Her incredulous statement” “Such boast can only be viewed as incredulous.” “That’s an incredulous line of garbage.”
Propagate [V] 1. Syn: Breed, broadcast, circulate, spread the word. To spread from person to person or generation to generation. “They come among us and propagate their religion.”
Purported [V] 1. To claim or profess, esp. falsely. 2. That which is
suggested to the mind as the meaning or intention.
“He is the purported hero.”
Perpetrate [V] Syn: Perform, commit, do, practice. 1. To do or
perform something evil. “He perpetrated a blunder.” “The
mysterious perpetrator who dropped an axle on my new tool box.” “Which his leaders are trying to perpetrate.”
Unmitigated [Adj] Syn: Unalleviated, downright, out and out. 1. Not softened or lessened in severity. “Unmitigated liar.”
“Unmitigated bonehead” “Pure unmitigated hell.”
Omnibus [Adj] (om knee bus)
1. Catchall, inclusive, comprehensive.
“Reagan’s signing of omnibus drug legislation.”
“Omnibus answer to all problems”
Confiscate [V] 1. To seize by an authority, usually as a penalty.
“The contraband was confiscated at the border.”
Triglyceride [N] (Try gliser ride)
1. A combination of 3 acid radicals united by oxygen
to glycerol..ie turn to fat.
“She failed to lower her triglyceride level.”
Extramural [Adj] (Extra mural)
Syn: Extracurricular
1. Taking part in extension courses or facilities. Existing beyond
the boundaries of an organized unit.
“Extramural classes.” “Extramural reading.”
“I do Extramural research on tennis strokes from people I play.”
- Lambasted
- Narcissism
- Lucid
- Extricate
- Licentious
- Efficacious
- Stringent
Lambasted [V] (lam bAss ted)
Slang 1. To beat or scold, castigate.
Lambaste [V] “He was lambasted for his efforts.”
Narcissism [N] (Nar cess ces im)
1. Excessive admiration for or fascination with
oneself. The stage of development in which the self is the object
of one’s erotic interest. Narcissistic. [Adj]
“A manipulative, narcissistic message or stridency.”
Lucid [Adj] (Lou cid)
1. Easily understood. very clear, mentally sound.
2. Shining bright.
“A lucid explanation” “A lucid discussion.”
Extricate [V] (EXTRA Kate)
1. To free from entanglement, hindrance, or
difficulties. 2. To emit as gas or moisture. Extricated, cating.
“Bush, who is eager to extricate himself from central america.”
“I was extricated from stopping to repair that ID”.
Licentious [Adj] (Lie SIN chus)
1. Lacking in moral restraint.
“Licentious demeanor”
Efficacious [Adj] (Eff a KA chus)
1. Producing an intended effect.
“It’s safe and efficacious.”
- *Stringent** [Adj] (Strin gent)
1. Requiring strict adherence to regulations or
requirements. “Such stringent laws” Syn: Austere, strict.
- Incongruous
- Exuberant
- Rancor
- Correlate
- Malevolent
- subcutaneous
Incongruous [Adj] (In con grew lous)
1. Inappropriate, unsuitable. 2. At odds with.
Consisting of elements not properly belonging together.
“Incongruous with.” Consisting of elements not properly belonging
together. “Incongruous images” Incongruous presidents”
“Incongruous replacement parts” Syn: Incompatibility.
Exuberant [Adj] 1. Full of joy. Abounding in high spirits.
2. Growing luxuriantly. “Exuberant foliage”
“Exuberance found in the USA.”
“After winning the match he was exuberant.”
Rancor [N] 1. Bitter enmity; spitefulness. Rancorous-adj.
Vindictiveness, hatred. “Gordie’s rancorous personality.”
Victimized [V] 1. To make a victim of, esp. by defrauding or
swindling; cheat, stung.
“I was victimized in my recent marriage.”
Correlate [V] (Coral late)
1. To place or put in reciprocal order. 2. To be
mutually or reciprocally related. “Tom had to correlate the forms
before placing them in the envelopes.”
“Although the correlations are highly suggestive.”
Malevolent [Adj] (Mal level lent)
1. Wishing evil toward others; malicious. “Allergy
sufferers who are staring malevolently at the household cat.”
Subcutaneous [Adj] (Sub que TAin E US)
1. Found beneath the skin. “Subcutaneous fat.”
2. Applied beneath the skin as an injection. “The body breaks down
subcutaneous fat into glucose, instead of muscle.”
- Culpable
- Defray
- Pristine
- Eschew
- Exploit
- Arcane
- Axiom
- *Culpable** [Adj] 1. Deserving blame. “The culpability of the
government. “ “Col. North’s culpability”
Defray [V] 1. To pay the cost, expenses, etc.
“To defray the expense of building a new shop.”
Pristine [Adj] 2. Extremely pure, untouched, unspoiled.
“The pristine beaches.”
Eschew [V] (es SHOE)
1. To shun, as something unworthy or injurious.
“Because of knee problems I had to eschew bike riding for a week.”
“The church has eschewed public displays in this country.”
To avoid.
Exploit [N] 1. To use meanly for one’s own gain or advantage.
“To exploit workers.” 2. To utilize for profitable ends.
“To exploit water power.”
“A 1986 study proved they could profitably exploit the fact that…”
Arcane [Adj] (OUR Cane)
1. Secret; hidden. “The arcane rules of the IRS.”
A mystery, clandestine.
Axiom [N] (AXE E um)
1. A principle, rule, or maxim with general acceptance.
Syn: Principle “Television axiom” “The axioms of wisdom
- Ameliorate
- Blithe
- Debunk
- Decorum
- Emaciate
- Futility
- Heretofore
Ameliorate [V] (a MEAL ya rate)
Syn” Improve. 1. To make better; to improve.
“Ameliorating conditions “ “The situation has ameliorated.”
“This will ameliorate job losses.”
Blithe [Adj] 1. Joyful, cheerful, glad, happy. 2. Without due
thought; casual, heedless.
“Merry “Americans remain blithely unconcerned about the problem.”
“Acting in blithe ignorance of historic precedent.”
Debunk [V] 1. To expose the sham, false pretensions of.
“Either verifying or debunking quotes…”
“To debunk the witch doctors.”
Decorum [N] 1. Conformity to the requirements of good taste or
social acceptance. Propriety in demeanor, dress, etc.
Syn: Decency, protocol.
“He encouraged reporters to maintain decorum.”
“Strict in her notions of decorum.”
Emaciate [V] (E MACE she ate)
1. To make abnormally lean; cause to lose flesh.
“She stretched forth her emaciated hand.”
Futility [N] (Fuel till ity)
1. Uselessness. An abortive attempt or useless
gesture. 3. A lack of serious purpose.
“The futility or winning a match against him.”
Futile-adj. Ineffective.
Heretofore [Adv] 1. Before now. Previously.
“It has been used heretofore as a variable.”
Incipient [Adj] (IN SIP E nt)
1. Beginning or becoming apparent: commencing,
initial. “The Incipient stage of fever.”
“Incipient light of day.” “Incipient obesity.”
- Luxuriate
- Obtuse
- Postulate
- Palpable
- Resurgence
- Stratagem
- Triage
Luxuriate [V] (Lux your rate)
1. To grow profusely. Flourish, thrive,
proliferate and expand.
“The garden luxuriated from the many rains.”
“To find enjoyment of tennis, I luxuriated in a huge slurpee.”
Obtuse [Adj] (oB TUSE)
1. Lacking sensibility or perceptions.
Not being alert or aware. Dense
“Too Obtuse to take a hint.” “A dull, obtuse person.”
“Are you always this obtuse.”
Postulate [V] (Poss to late)
1. To claim, demand or require. Urgently beg for.
2. To assume the truth or reality of.
“I would postulate Len for permanent presidency.”
N. 1. A self-evident truth. 2. A prerequisite.
3. A fundamental principle.
“It boils down to the proven postulate-hard work begets achievement.”
“He postulates that…” “Can you postulate that it’s her coat?”
Palpable [Adj] (Palp able)
1. Capable of being touched or felt. 2. Readily
perceived; Obvious. 3. Perceptible by touching.
Syn” Evident, plain, clear, lucid, unquestionable.
“In Harvard, the devotion of making high grades is palpable.”
Resurgence [N] 1. A rising again into life, activity, or prominence.
“A resurgence of religious feeling.” To rise again.
“Resurgence of inflation.”
Stratagem [N] 1. A trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the
enemy. A clever trick for gaining an advantage.
“The professor’s stratagem for getting points quickly.”
Triage [N] (Tree aage)
Sorting, sifting, to pick, to cull. 1. The process of
grading marketable produce. 2. The sorting of battle casualties in collection stations at the front. Before their evac. to hospitals.
“I’ll need to triage the remnants before I develop my parts’ list.”
“Triage parts” (noun of action)
- Repatriate
- Expatriate
- Compatriot
- Para
- Skulduggery
- Lurid
- Renege
- Diminutive
Repatriate [V] (Ree PA Tree ate)
1. To send back to one’s own country, or place of
citizenship. “Just the way a foreign car manufacturer must
repatriate it’s U.S. profits to keep building cars for the U.S.
market.” “Senthel is in danger of being repatriated to India if he
finds a replacement.”
Expatriate [V] 1. To exile, to banish “The drug lords are limitless
in the ways they can expatriate that money.”
Compatriot [N] 1. A fellow countryman. 2. Colleague.
“Our Southern Compatriots”
Para [Adj] 1. Prefix Associated in an accessory capacity.
(paramilitary) 2. Closely resembling the true form. Almost.
“I got a job as a paralegal assistant.”
Skulduggery [N] 1. Dishonest, underhanded, unfair or unscrupulous
behavior. “Counterfeiting is a prehistoric form of gainful
skulduggery”
Lurid [Adj] 1. Shocking and sensational. “All the lurid details”
Gaudy.
- *Renege** [V] 1. To recant. To fail to fulfill a promise. Revoke.
2. To break one’s promise. “I’ll not renege on my loan”
Diminutive [Adj] 1. Very small size. tiny.
“They are too diminutive to be picked up on radar.”
“Diminutive in stature”
- *Faux pas** [French] (FOOL pa)
1. A false step
syn: Error, a blunder. “A minor faux pas”
- Notwithstanding
- Surreptitious
- Askew
- Exquisite
- Proselyte
- Vogue
Notwithstanding [Adv] or [Conj] 1. Nevertheless, although,
yet however. B. To withstand.
“The city was heavily bombed, notwithstanding we held our ground..” “Exxon’s efforts notwithstanding”
Surreptitious [Adj] (Sir rip TISH us)
1. Accomplished by secret or improper means;
Clandestine. 2. Acting secretly or by stealth. Syn: Stealthy
“He spent months surreptitiously gathering pollution samples.”
Askew [Adj] (a SKEW)
1. Awry, to one side. Lopsided. Distorted.
“The nation’s priorities are askew.”
Exquisite [Adj] 1. Marked by some rare quality. 2. Being a high
degree of excellence; consummate; admirable: “An exquisite skill.”
4. Extremely refined; very fastidious. “Headache sufferers may be exquisitely sensitive to light and sound.”
Proselyte [N] (PROSS a light)
1. One who has been brought over to any opinion, belief
or party. ESP. from one religious belief to another.
Proselyted [V] proselyting
“And you don’t need to worry about proselytizing.”
Vogue [N] 1. The prevalent way or fashion. 2. Popular favor; general acceptance. “In vogue” “Deregulation was the vogue.”
- Matrix
- Verity
- Garner
- Dearth
- Amiable
- Biodegradable
- Ingenuous
- Obsequious
Matrix [N] 1. The womb. That in which anything originates,
takes shape, or is contained. 2. A mold from which anything is cast. “Matrix for US&WR.”
Verity [N] 1. Verities The quality of being correct or true.
2. A true statement, principle, fact.
“Regard for these eternal verities of soldiering separated the
living from the dead.”
Garner [N] 1. Accumulation. To store. Something that is collected.
Earn, reap. “He garners publicity” “Garnered financial support
from business circles.”
Garnering “He has been garnering $1899 per day.”
Dearth [N] 1. Want, famine. 1. Scarcity that makes dear. Lack.
“New openings in the nurse dearth.”
“There came a dearth over the land of Egypt.”
Amiable [Adj] (Aim E able)
1. Generally agreeable; good natured and well
intentioned. Congenial. Syn. Good natured, obliging; complaisant.
“An amiable friend” “An amiable gathering.” “Amiable americans”
Biodegradable [Adj] 1. Capable of being broken down esp. into
innocuous products by the action of living beings.
“Many plastics are being outlawed because they are not
biodegradable and will last for thousands of years.”
Ingenuous [Adj] 1. Showing childlike innocence, candor, simplicity,
frankness. 2. Naive. Marked by lack of analysis or consideration.
Simple, unaware. Naturally minding one’s own business and not being
officious. “Ingenuous explanation.”
Obsequious [Adj] (ob C kwE US)
1. Submission. exhibiting ready and proper
compliance to the will of another. Dutiful on the wishes of one in authority. “Obsequious behavior”
- Nonplus
- Inaugurate
- Primordial
- Frenetic
- Indomitable
- Opulent
Nonplus [N] 1. pl. A state of bafflement or perplexity. Inability to
proceed or decide. “Smitty was nonplussed after the statement.”
Syn. Puzzle, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor, stump.
Inaugurate [V] 1. To begin or commence upon formally; initiate.
“I’m about to Inaugurate a new system.”
Syn: Introduce, coin, develop, establish, initiate, launch.
Primordial [Adj] (Pry more de el)
1. First in time; original’ elemental. A first
principle. “Customer focus is our Primordial objective.”
Syn: Original, a first.
Frenetic [Adj] (Fra net tic)
1. Feverishly excited; frenzied; frantic.
“A frenetic person”
Syn: Hectic, bustling, frantic, pell-mell.
Indomitable [Adv] (In domit able)
1. Not easily defeated or subdued.
“Webb has an indomitable volvo team.”
Syn: Unassailable, impregnable, indestructible, invincible.
Opulent [Adj] (Op U lent)
1.Possessing great wealth; rich; affluent.
2. Plentiful; abundant; profuse. Opulence-N. Wealth.
“The opulent side of the family.”
“God has blessed us with great opulence.”
Syn: Wealthy, affluent, monied, fortune, riches.
- Decrepit
- Advocate
- Testosterone
- Endothermal
- Extrothermal
- Optimum
- Privation
- Riposte
Decrepit [Adj] 1.Worn out by old age or excessive use.
“New York’s infrastructure is becoming more decrepit.”
Syn: Shriveled, atrophied, gnarled, shrunken, wrinkled.
Advocate [N or V] 1. To speak or write in favor of;
defend; recommend. 2. One who pleads the case of another;
an intercessor. 3. One who espouses or defends a cause by argument.
“Roy Tyler is an advocate of tennis.”
Syn: Champion, backer, defender, supporter, proponent.
Testosterone [N] (Tess Sta stir rone)
1. The male sex hormone. A white substance from the
testes. Testosterone influences development of large muscles in
men. “When a man ages, his testosterone level drops, making it
harder to keep gaining extra muscle mass.”
Endothermal [Adj] 1. What makes an object feel cold because the heat is absorbed from your fingers, thus it feels cold.
“The man’s hand was frozen from an endothermal reaction with the liquid oxygen.”
Extrothermal [Adj] 1. What makes an object feel hot because
the heat is absorbed into your fingers from an outside source,
thus it feels hot.
“The woman burst into flames, resulting from an extrothermal brush
with the flaming automobile.”
Optimum [N] 1. The condition or degree producing the best result.
2. Conducive to the best result.
“For optimum performance, clean up your hard drive.”
Privation [N] (Pri vA shun)
1. The state of lacking something necessary or
desirable; esp want of common comforts of life.
“Sexual privation”
Syn: Poverty, beggary, deprivation, destitution, impoverishment.
Riposte [N] 1. A return thrust as in fencing.
2. A quick clever reply.
“Clara peller’s riposte, ‘Where’s the beef?’”
Syn: Retort, comeback, counter, repartee, rebuttal
- Demarcation
- Inebriate
- Selective Memory
- Presumptuous
- Prescient
- Vacuous
- Germane
- Affront
- Repartee
- Paltry
Demarcation [N] 1. The fixing or marking of boundaries or limits.
A parameter. “A clear line of demarcation.”
Syn: Differentiation, discrimination, distinction, separation.
Inebriate [V,N,Adj] (in KNEE BRE ATE)
1. To make drunk; intoxicate.
2. To exhilarate; to excite.
“She drank too much and was thoroughly inebriated.”
“We became inebriated when I was serving for match point.”
Syn: Drunkard, boozer, alcoholic, dipsomaniac, lush, drunk.
Selective Memory [Adj] 1. Only remembering what he desires to.
“My boss has a selective memory.”
Presumptuous [Adj] 1. Unduly confident or bold; audacious; arrogant.
“If you try something great you appear grandiose and presumptuous.”
Prescient [Adj] (PRE shent)
1. Having prescience-the knowledge of events before
they happen; foreknowledge. farseeing. clairvoyant.
“Today they consider his words prescient.”
“Jesus always spoke in a prescient manner.”
Syn: Predictable, portentous, oracular.
Vacuous [Adj] 1. Having no contents; empty.
2. Lacking intelligence; blank. 3. Idle; unoccupied.
“Don’t use vacuous resume jargon like ‘innovative, hands on achiever” “The vacuous mind of a truck driver”
Syn: Meaningless, empty, inane, hollow, pointless, senseless.
Germane [Adj] (Ger MAIN)
1. Related to what is being discussed or considered;
pertinent, relevant. “It’s tempting to focus on your favorite
accomplishment, for example, even though it took place 20 years ago
and isn’t really germane to the job you are after now.”
Syn: Fitting, pertinent, relevant, appropriate, applicable, suited.
Affront [V] 1. To insult openly; treat with insolence. Syn: offend,
face to face insolence. N-“It was an affront to him.”
“Much more serious affronts.”
Syn: Insult, discourtesy, disgrace, outrage, indignity.
Repartee [N] (Rep Par tee)
1. Conversation marked by quick and witty replies.
2. A quick or witty reply. A riposte.
“He always is quick with a repartee of his own.”
Syn: Retort, comeback, counter, riposte, rebuttal.
Paltry [Adj] 1. Having little or no worth or value; trifling; trival,
petty, Measley.
“He won a paltry $10 in Nader’s lawsuit.”
Syn: Meager, insubstantial, inappreciable, insignificant.
- Lilliputian
- Photovoltaic
- Intellectually flaccid
- Prima Donna
- Purview
- Bemuse
- Curmudgeon
Lilliputian [N] or [Adj] 1. Very small, diminutive, dwarfed
“You Lilliputian brained idiot!”
From Gulliver’s Travels story.
Photovoltaic [Adj] (Photo vO TA ek)
1. Solar cell-photoelectric.
“Most calculators don’t require batteries anymore because of the photovoltaic cells built into the top of the calculator.”
Intellectually flaccid [Phrase]
“I went back to school because I feared becoming intellectually
flaccid.”
Prima donna [N] 1. Informal-A temperamental or vain person.
Conceited person. “Roy is our team prima donna.”
Purview [N] 1. Juristriction. The extent or scope of anything, as of official authority. 3. Law: The body or scope or limit of a
statute. “Warned everybody in the government’s purview”
“Cma’s purview.”
Syn: Scope, extension, range, reach.
Bemuse [V] 1. To preoccupy, to stupefy-to deprive of sensibility to make full or dead to external influences. “The movie star was
bemused by the entourage of cameramen and reporters. “
“A bemused Kennedy complied, standing in his shorts.”
Curmudgeon [N] (come midge on)
1. A gruff or irritable person, esp. an elderly man.
“Mom is mostly a curmudgeon these days.”
“Andy Rooney, the curmudgeon of Sixty minutes.”
