List 1 Flashcards
Aberrant
Deviating from standard (normal), weird
Abscond
to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
Alacrity
eager and enthusiastic willingness
Anomaly
Deviation from the normal order
Approbation
an expression of approval
Arduous
strenuous, require significant effort
Assuage
to ease or lessen, placate
Audacious
daring and fearless
Austere
severely simple, ascetic
Axiomatic
possessing of self-evident truth
Canonical
following or in agreement with accepted
Capricious
inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
Censure
to criticize severely, rebuke
Chicanery
Trickery
Connoisseur
expert
Convoluted
complex or complicated; twisted
Disabuse
to undeceive
Discordant
Conflicting, dissonant or harsh in sound
Disparate
dissimilar, unequal
Effrontery
extreme boldness
Eloquent
well-spoken; expressive
Enervate
to weaken, to reduce in vitality
Ennui
Dissatisfaction and restlessness from boredom or apathy
Equivocate
to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent