Key Terms Group 1 Flashcards
aberrant (adj)
Deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration)
abscond (verb)
To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
alacrity (noun)
eager and enthusiastic willingness
approbation (noun)
an expression of approval and praise
censure (verb)
To criticize severely; to officially rebuke
chicanery (noun)
trickery or subterfuge
disabuse (verb)
To undeceive; to set right
effrontery (noun)
Extreme boldness; presumptuousness
enervate (verb)
To weaken; to reduce in vitality
equivocate (verb)
To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
exculpate (verb)
To exonerate; to clear of blame
exigent (adj)
Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
Extemporaneous (adj)
Improvised; done without preparation
fulminate (verb)
to loudly attack or denounce
ingenuous (adj)
artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
inured (adj)
Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
irascible (adj)
easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
lucid (adj)
clear; easily understood
neologism (noun)
A new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
noxious (adj)
Harmful; injurious
obviate (verb)
To anticipate and make unnecessary
paean (noun)
A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
perfidy (noun)
Intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj form: perfidious)
perspicacious (adj)
Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)
Precipitate (adj)
Acting with excessive haste or impulse
Precipitate (verb)
To cause or happen before anticipated or required
prescience (noun)
foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj form: prescient)
prevaricate (verb)
to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
Solicitous (adj)
Concerned and attentive; eager
Tortuous (adj)
Winding, twisting; excessively complicated
Truculent (adj)
Fierce and cruel; eager to fight
Veracity (noun)
Truthfulness, honesty
Virulent (adj)
Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
