Lesson 30 Flashcards
Master
Clever
Intelligent
Syn: astute (syn: perceptive)
Endure
To last; suffer pain
Syn: persevere
Forfeit
To give up
Syn: relinguish, abdicate
Precarious
Not safe
Syn: hazardous
Severe
Extreme
Syn: intense
Sporadic
Not consistent; irregular
Syn: erratic
Superior
Above all the rest
Syn: exceptional (syn: phenomenal)
Truncate
Shorten
Syn: cut
He truncated her long essay
Wanton
Done w/o thought
Syn: senseless, impulsively(syn: capriciously)
Weak
Not strong
Syn: ineffective
Widespread
Found everywhere
Syn: extensive
Wisdom
Knowledge
Syn: insight
Witticism( n: witty)
A joke
Syn: humor
Yehu had a sense of witticism
Woo
To make efforts to attract something
Syn: attract
Girls always want to woo attention
Charisma
A compelling attractiveness or charm that inspires devotion in others
Syn: appeal