Lesson 9 Flashcards
Cajole (v)
To urge
Altruism (n)
Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; generosity
Castigate (v)
To scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize
Censure (v)
To issue official blame
Chicanery (n)
Trickery
Circumscribe (v)
To draw a circle around; to restrict
Conciliatory (adj)
Appeasing; showing a willingness to reconcile; making peace
Contiguous (adj)
Sharing an edge or boundary; touching
Credible (adj)
Capable of being believed; plausible
Denounce (v)
To announce formally the termination of
Eminent(adj)
Distinguished; prominent
Empathy (n)
Identification with and understanding of another’s situation
Exonerate (v)
To free from blame
Obsequious (adj)
Overly submissive
Incontrovertible (adj)
Indisputable; not open to question
Indict (v)
To officially charge with wrongdoing or crime
Insular (adj)
Isolated; narrow or provincial
Litigious (adj)
Prone to engage in lawsuits
Orthodox (adj)
Adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion
Parity (n)
Equality, as in amount, status, or value
Partisan (adj)
Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause
Potentate (n)
One who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch
Reclusive (n)
Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation
Rectitude (n)
Moral uprightness; righteousness
Relinquish (v)
To retire from; give up or abandon
Remiss (adj)
Lax in attending to duty; negligent
Renounce (v)
To give up (a title, for example), especially by formal announcement
Repudiate (v)
To reject the validity or authority of
Sanctimonious (adj)
Falsely pious
Scrupulous (adj)
Principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong
Solicitous (adj)
Concerned
Sophistry (n)
Plausible but misleading or fallacious argument
Substantiate (v)
To support with proof or evidence; verify
Sycophant (n)
Insincere flatterer; suck-up
Veracity (n)
Adherence to the truth; truthfulness
Vindicate (v)
To free from blame
Vituperative (adj)
Marked by harshly abusive condemnation
