List 1 Flashcards
Munificent
Giver, generous
Aggregate
Collection or total
Plethora
Excess amount
Prodigious
Extraordinary
Proliferate
To spread or grow fast
Prolific
Producing a lot
Attrition
Gradual loss
Dearth
Lack of
Frugal
Economical it penny pinching
Minuscule
Very tiny
Nominal
Insignificant or small
Parsimony
Stingy
Paucity
Scarcity
Penury
Poverty
Squander
To waste
Dystopia
Futuristic world where present tendencies are taken to negative culminations
Goad
An urging or stimulus
Prose
A writing other than poetry
Mediocre
Ordinary
Nostalgia
Bitter-sweet longing of the past
Byzantine
Highly complicated
Ephemeral
Short lived
Excerpt
A section of a reading
Memoir
An autobiographical writing of events that the author was a part of
Tone
Writer’s attitude toward a subject
Maven
A person who specializes in an area
Admonishing
To deprive gently/ caution
Lament
To express grief
Gendarme
French police officer
Penchant
A liking