Last One Flashcards
Soporific
Causing sleep or drowsiness
Sophistic
Seemingly valid but actually invalid
Staid
Serious and sedate, esp. in a boring and old-fashioned way. Sedate, respectable, and unadventurous.
Stalwart
Loyal and dependable; strong and sturdy
Surfeit
An excessive amount
Tawdry
Showy but low quality
Tendentious
Favoring a particular point of view, esp. a controversial one; biased
Timorous
Fearful
Titular
Having a title but no real power or responsibilities
Torpor
A state of mental and physical inactivity
Tractable
Easy to manage, control, or deal with
Trappings
The visible signs of something
Truculent
Quickly angered and eager to argue
Umbrage
Offense, a feeling of annoyance
Upbraid
Criticize severely, to scold
Vapid
Boring because showing no intelligence or imagination
Venal
Willing to behave dishonestly for money, corrupt
Verve
Energy and enthusiasm
Vitiate
To make defective and ineffective
Vituperation
Angry and abusive criticism
Yoke
Joining together
Reductive
Overly simplofied
Discerning
Showing good judgement
Bemused
Confused
Deft
Neatly skillful and quick in one’s movements.
Hidebound
narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible
Equanimity
mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation.
Puerile
childishly silly and trivial
Unseemly
Not proper or appropriate
Underhanded
Secretive
Feebly
Lack strength
Notwithstanding
Despite, in spite of
Surreptitious
Secret
Outmoded
No longer in use (synonym: obsolete)
Buck
Oppose or resist
Punctuated
Scatter among things (interspersed)
Frivolous
Not serious (unimportant)
Attentuation
Reduction of force
Profusion
Abundance
Partial
Prefer
Ornate
Elaborate or decorated or adorned
Consequential
Important (e,g, significant)
Bridle
Restraint
