Lesson 20 Flashcards
Alacrity
Promptness in response; cheerful readiness
Apathetic
Having or showing little or no feeling, interest or concern
Autocrat
A person who rules with unlimted authority; tyrant
Boorish
rude and unmannerly; insensitive to other’s feelings
Charlatan
A person falsely claiming special knowledge or skill
Consternation
Amazement or dismay that leads to confusion
Debache
A violent disruption; great disaster; complete failure
dissolution
the act or process of dissolving; decay or disintegration
emulate
to strive to equal or excel
excoriating
stripping or peeling off the skin; censuring severely
fickle
inconstant or changeable, especially in loyalty
Gregarious
Fond of company; living in flocks or communities
Impassive
Giving no sign of feeling or emotion; susceptible to pain or emotion
Intransigent
Unwilling to abandon an extreme position or attitude; uncompromising
indignat
Filled with or marked by anger at something unjust to pain or emotion
Licentious
Lacking legal or moral restraints, especially sexual restraints
Myriad
Ten thousand; a great number
Obsolete
No longer useful or in use; discarded or antiquated
Parsimonious
frugal to the point of stinginess
Placate
To soothe, especially by concessions; appease or pacify
Primordial
Existing in or persisting from the beginning; original or fundamental
Raucous
Disagreeably harsh or strident; disorderly
Rescind
To take away, take back, or nullify; revoke or cancel
Sardonic
Bitterly mocking or cynical
Sporadic
Occurring only here and there or occasionally; infrequent
Surfeit
An abundant supply; an immoderate indulgence in something; disgust caused by excess
Trite
Not fresh or original; worn out by constant repetition; banal
Versatile
Turning with ease from one thing to another; having many uses or applications
Willful
Obstinately self-willed; headstrong or stubborn; deliberate or intentional
