Lesson 5-8 Exam Flashcards
Contemporary
A person living daring the same period as another
Callow
Young and inexperienced
Cynical
Doubtful of the sincerity of others’ motives;
skeptical
Despot
A ruler with absolute power or tyrannical control
Over a group of people
Enunciate
To pronounce
Impediment
Anything that get in the way
Impoverish
To make poor
Indolent
Indulging in ease; avoiding exertion; lazy
Sagacious
Showing sound judgement; wise
Secular
Worldly; not connected with a church or religion
Speculate
To think about or make guess
Strife
Conflict or struggle
Venerate
To show great value
Voracious
Ravenous; desiring and eating a large amount of
food
Wane
To get; dimmer or weaker; to near an end
Apropos
Fitting the occasion; suitable or apt.
Ascendancy
Controlling influenced; domination
Assess
To analyze and determine the nature, value, or importance of.
Aver
To declare positively; to state as the truth
Concede
To admit to be true; often reluctantly
Deficient
Lacking
Dogma
An unproven principle or belief held to be true
Embody
To put an idea into a form that can be seen
Impart
To make known; disclose
Oratory
The art of public speaking
Propagate
To reproduce
Proponent
Someone who proses or support an idea; an advocate
Rudimentary
Not yet fully developed
Sojourn
A visit or temporary stay
Vociferous
Making one’s feeling known on a loud way
Amorous
Expressing love or the state of being love
Belittle
To present or speak of as unimportant or of little value.
Censure
To blame or find fault with
Deem
To confide to believe
Divulge
To make known something secret; to revel
Exorbitant
Exceeding normal or bounds; greater or more than seems reason able
Expostulate
To argue earnestly in an attempt to dissuade or show strong disapproval
Fateful
Having great or significant consequences
Ingrate
An ungrateful person
Injunction
An order or command
Moribund
Close to death; in a dying state
Subsidize
To support by giving financial
Sumptuous
Extravagantly splendid or costly; luxurious
Voluble
Characterize by a ready flow of words; talking active
Adroit
Clever at dealing with difficult situation, adept,skillful
Affront
To insult or offend deliberately
Avocation
An activity pursued for pleasure;a hobby
Crusade
A prolonged, impassioned struggle for what is believed to be just cause
Definite
Supplying a final a answer; conclusive
Demeanor
Behavior; bearing
Erudite
Having or demonstrating extensive knowledge; learned
Induct
To install in office, something with a formal ceremony
Lapse
To fall or slip for, a certain level of conduct or accomplishment
Militant
Ready to fight, especially of a cause
Pariah
A social outcast
Prodigy
A person who shows remarkable talent at an early age
Pregé
One whose train or career is helping along by another
Rancous
Rough and unpleasant to other ear
Tacit
Expressed without words; implied
