Lesson 12 Definitions Flashcards
Alacrity
Prompt and cheerful response
Antipathy
A dislike, distaste, or enmity
Augment
To make greater or to supplement
Bombastic
Using inflated language, pompous
Decry
To speak against, to rail against, to disparage
Eclectic
Coming from a variety of diverse sources
Enhance
To make better, to improve
Euphonious
Pleasant or agreeable (sound); dulcet
Fervid
Ardent, burning, impassioned
Impecunious
Without money
Ingratiate
To make effort to gain good favor with someone
Abridge
To shorten, to diminish
Luxuriant
Abundant in growth, very fertile
Paltry
Trifling; petty; worthless
Pedantry
Act of showing off learning in a manner that is needless and unimaginative
Placid
Peaceful, calm
Preclude
To make impossible
Promontory
Land or rock projecting into a body of water
Raze
To completely destroy
Secular
Nonreligious, worldly
Static
Having no motion, showing little change
Tact
A keen sense for what is appropriate or tasteful in delicate situations
Torpid
Sluggish, inactive, dull
Vindicated
Cleared of accusations or charges
Vindictive
Revengeful, spiteful