Level 5 Flashcards
Voluble
Glib. Ready flow of words.
Commiserate
Sympathize with, express sorrow/sympathy
Lethargy
Being drowsy, sleepy, apathetic, lazy
Exonerate
Freed from guilt, cleared
Pugnacious
Inclined to quarrel, Belligerent
Contrition
Sincere penitence, remorse
Abrogate
Put an end to, abolish
Officious
objectionably aggressive in offering one’s unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome:
Intractable
Not easily managed
Chrysalis
A pupa, especially of a moth/butterfly, enclosed in a cocoon. A protected stage of development
Subterfuge
an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc. a stratagem employed to conceal something.
Ebullience
Zestful enthusiasm
Remonstrate
To plead in protest, to present/show reasons in complaint
Chimera
(often initial capital letter) . a mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail.
Incorrigible
Bad beyond correction
Conversant
Familiar by use or study
Auspicious
Favorable, promising success
Itinerant
Journeying, traveling fro place to place
Promulgate
To make known publicly
Droll
Humorous in an odd way, jester
Colloquial
Informal, characteristic of regular conversation
Castigate
To punish to correct
Obfuscate
To confuse, stupefy, to make inclear
Convival
Friendly, agreeable
Philanthropic
Giving, altruistic
Eschew
Shun, stay away from
Idiosyncrasy
A characteristic mannerism unique to a person
Facile
Easily done (sometimes with superficiality)
Approbation
Approval
Prodigious
Extraordinary in size
Beguile
To influence by flattery deceit
Replete
Filled with
Preclude
To exclude, prevent, make impossible
Vindictive
Vengeful
Juxtapose
To place side by side
Insatiable
Can’t be satisfied
Efface
To wipe out, expunge
Vernacular
Expressed in native tongue
Jovial
Joyous hearty spirit
Esoteric
Understood by select few
Cull
Pull, collect
Nomenclature
Set or System of Names in a field or community
Gratuitous
Being without cause
Genteel
Refined, elegant, pretentiously polite
Impervious
Impenetrable
Accolade
Any award or laudatory notice
Dilemma
Dilemma
Judicious
Having discriminating judgement
Transitory
Existing for short time, ephemeral
Altruism
Unselfish care for others