Lesson 12 Flashcards
Arboreal (adj)
relating to or resembling a tree or trees
Amiable (adj)
friendly; agreeable; good-natured
Belligerent (adj)
eager to fight; hostile or aggressive
Benign (adj)
Kind and gentle
Brevity (n)
briefness or conciseness in speech or writing
Byzantine (adj)
extremely complicated
Cantankerous (adj)
ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable
Circumlocution (n)
speaking in circles; roundabout speech
Colloquial (adj)
pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational
Concise (adj)
using few words in speaking or writing
Contentious (adj)
quarrelsome
Deleterious (adj)
having a harmful effect
Diffuse (adj)
spread out; wordy
Digress (v)
to wander off from the subject or topic spoken about
Eloquence (n)
artful ease with speaking; masterful speech
Exacerbate (v)
to make worse; aggravate
Flippant (adj)
disrespectfully humorous or casual; carefree
Garrulous (adj)
talkative; loquacious
Insolent (adj)
boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior
Invocation (n)
a call (usually upon a higher power) for assistance or support
Laconic (adj)
using few words in speech
Nefarious (adj)
evil; vicious
Parody (n)
a work that mocks or imitates the style of another literary work
Pernicious (adj)
extremely harmful; deadly
Pithy (adj)
brief but full of meaning and substance; concise
Quiescent (adj)
quiet, still, or at rest; inactive
Rancorous (adj)
marked by bitter; deep seated ill-will
repugnant (adj)
disgusting, offensive or repulsive
Reticent (adj)
quiet; reserved
Sanguine (adj)
cheerfully confident; optimistic
Stratify (v)
to layer or separate into layers
Succinct (adj)
clearly and briefly stated; concise
Taciturn (adj)
silent; sparing of words
Tawdry (adj)
gaudy and cheap
Terse (adj)
rudely abrupt; short with words
Variegated (adj)
having streaks, marks, or patches of a different colors
Verdant (adj)
green with vegetation
Viable (adj)
able to sustain life, practicality, or effectiveness
