List 2 Flashcards
banal
not original, common, boring
benevolent
generous
bog
marsh, swamp
buoyant
- cheerful 2. floating 3. very active (in an economic
context)
buttress
support
byzantine
excessively complex
belabor
to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent
belie
to contradict
beget
to give birth to
caricature
a portrait or description that is purposely distorted or exaggerated, often to prove some point about its subject
celibacy
abstinence from sex
belleaguer
to surround
beset
to harass
candor
truthfulness
chasm
a deep, gaping hole
awry
off course, away from appropriate
bemused
confused
capitulate
to surrender
avow
to claim
capricious
unpredictable
burgeon
to expand
autonomous
acting independently
axiom
wildly accepted
auspicious
favourable
bane
poison
benefactor
one who provides help, especially in the form of a gift or donation
belligerent
quarrelsome
charlatan
fraud
chagrin
humiliation
bovine
cow related
brevity
briefness
chastise
to discipline
blatant
unpleasantly or offensively noisy
cerebral
brainy
caustic
like acid
bastion
stronghold
bucolic
countrylike
blithe
cheerful
blasphemy
irreverence, a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously
blight
a disease in plants
castigate
to criticise severely
bequest
something left to someone in a will
belittle
to make to seem little
cadence
rhythm
censure
to condemn severely for doing some thing bad
bereaved
deprived or left desolate, especially through death
compendium
summary
convivial
festive
congenial
agreeably suitable
condescend
to patronize
clemency
mercy
contrite
admitting guilt
condone
to overlook
copious
abundant
chronic
constant
congenital
describing a trait or condition acquired between conception and birth
chimera
an illusion
compelling
forceful
circumscribe
to restrict
comprise
consist of
circuitous
roundabout
commensurate
equal
complicity
participation in wrong doing
conciliatory
making peace
coerce
to force someone to do or not to do sth
contentious
argumentative
connoisseur
an expert, particularly in matters of art or taste
conducive
promoting
concurrent
happening at the same time
colloquial
conversational
circumlocution
an indirect expression
construe
to interpret
concord
harmony
contingent
dependent
coherent
holding together
conjure
to summon or bring into being as if by magic
cognizant
aware
consummate
perfect
corollary
something that follows
complement
to complete or fill up
choleric
hot tempered
circumspect
cautious
consecrate
to make or declare sacred
consonant
harmonious
corroborate
to confirm
consensus
unanimity or general agreement