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