Key Terms Group 1 Flashcards
Aberrant
Deviating from the norm (noun: aberration)
Abscond
To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
Alacrity
Eager and enthusiastic willingness
Approbation
An expression of approval or praise
Assuage
To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
Anomaly
Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality
Arduous
Strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort
Audacious
Daring and fearless; recklessly bold
Austere
Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
Axiomatic
Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
Canonical
Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
Capricious
Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
Censure
To criticize severely, to officially rebuke
Chicanery
Trickery or subterfuge
Connoisseur
An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
Convoluted
Complex or complicated
Disabuse
To undeceive; to set right
Discordant
Conflicting; dissonant, or harsh in sound
Disparate
Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
Effrontery
Extreme boldness; presumptuousness
Eloquent
Well-spoken, expressive, articulate
Enervate
To weaken; to reduce in vitality
Ennui
Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
Equivocate
To use ambiguous language with deceptive intent
Erudite
Very learned; scholarly
Exculpate
To exonerate; to clear of blame
Exigent
urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
Extemporaneous
Improvised; done without preparation
Filibuster
Intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speechmaking
Fulminate
To loudly attack or denounce
Ingenuous
Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
Inured
Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
Irascible
Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
Laud
To praise highly
Lucid
Clear; easily understood
Magnanimity
The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving
Martial
Associated with war
Mundane
Of the world; typical or concerned with the ordinary
Nascent
Coming into being; in early developmental stages
Nebulous
Vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
Neologism
A new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
Noxious
Harmful; injurious
Obtuse
Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
Obviate
To anticipate and make unnecessary
Onerous
Troubling; burdensome
Paean
A song or hymn of praise and thanks
Parody
A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect
Perennial
Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
Perfidy
Intentional breach of faith; treachery
Perfunctory
Cursory; done without care or interest
Perspicacious
Acutely perceptive, having keen discrenment
Prattle
to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
Precipitate
Acting with excessive haste or impulse (adj.) // to cause or happen before anticipated or required (v.)
Predilection
A disposition in favor of something; preference
Prescience
Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occuring
Prevaricate
To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
Qualms
Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
Recant
To retract, especially a previously held belief
Refute
To disprove; to successfully argue against
Relegate
To forcibly assign, especially lower
Reticent
Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts + feelings
Solicitous
Concerned and attentive; eager
Sordid
Characterized by filth, grime, or squalor
Sporadic
Occuring only occasionally
Squander
To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
Static
Not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
Stupefy
To stun, baffle, or amaze
Stymie
To block or thwart
Synthesis
The combination of parts to make a whole
Torque
A force causing rotation
Tortuous
Winding, twisting; excessively complicated
Truculent
Fierce and cruel; eager to fight
Veracity
Truthfulness
Virulent
Extremely harmful of poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
Voracious
Having an insatiable appetite; ravenous
Waver
To sway; to be unsettled in opinion
