List 2 Flashcards
Abhor
To hate
Abrasive
Rough
Accelerate
To speed up
Accord
Agreement
Adjacent
Next to
Adverse
Opposing, unfavorable
Agenda
A list of things to do (at a meeting, etc.)
Agony
Extreme pain
Akin
Similar to
Allot
To give out, to allocate
Ambiguous
Having more than one meaning, unclear
Ample
Plentiful, of large proportions
Anesthetic
Painkiller
Anticipate
- To expect
2. To provide for in advance
Appeal
(n) attractiveness
(v) to request
Appropriate
(Adj) proper
(V) to set aside for specific use
(V) to seize, to take possession of
Arbitrary
Random
Ascertain
To find out by making inquiries
Atheist
One who does not believe in god
Audible
Able to be heard
Baffle
To fool, confuse
Barren
Not capable of producing vegetation, infertile
Benchmark
A standard for measuring something
Bizarre
Strange
Blueprint
Plan, design for a building
Bonanza
Huge, unexpected profit
Braggart
One who brags a lot
Brittle
Easy to brake
Burly
Muscular
Calamity
Disaster
Capacity
Available space
Cease
To stop
Census
Official population count
Chronicle
Story
Cliché
Overused phrase
Colleague
Co-worker
Compatible
Able to get along well together
Complementary
- Completing
2. Going well together
Composite
Made up of separate parts
Compromise
- (n) Settlement in which each party surrenders something it wants
- (v) to go against one’s principles
Concussion
Head injury
Confinement
Imprisonment
Conscientious
Careful, ethical
Conservative
Traditional, seeking to preserve the past
Constituents
- Parts of a whole
2. Voters
Contemporary
- Of the same time
2. Present
Contract
- To shorten
2. To shrink
Conversion
Change
Correspondence
- Similarity
2. Communication
Counterfeiter
One who makes fake money
Creases
Lines, wrinkles, folds
Critic
- One who makes unfavorable comments
2. Reviewer
Cunning
Sly, devious
Dam
- (N) barrier used to hold back water
2. (V) to stop a flow
Decelerate
To slow down
Decomposition
Process of falling apart, disintegration
Deflect
- To block, shield from
2. To push off to the side
Deliberate
Carefully consider and planned, intentional
Deplete
To use up, exhaust the supply of
Desertion
Abandonment
Deteriorate
To become worst, decay
Diction
Choice of words
Diligent
Hard-working
Disbar
To expel a lawyer from law practice
Disclosure
Something released or revealed
Discredit
To disbelieve, dishonor
Disengagement
Separation
Disinclination
Unwillingness
Dismiss
To send away, ignore
Disrobe
To take off one’s clothes
Distasteful
Unlikeable
Divergence
Separation
Downheartedness
Sadness
Dubious
Doubtful
Dutiful
Obedient
Economize
To save, minimize spending
Elongate
To make longer
Embroidery
Needlework decoration
Empathy
Sympathy, ability to feel another’s feelings
Endure
- To tolerate
2. To last, remain
Enmesh
To catch, entangle
Entrepreneur
Independent business man
Eradicate
To get rid of
Essence
Basic nature, most important part of something
Everlasting
Lasting forever
Exclaim
To cry out in surprise or anger
Exhilarating
Exciting, stimulating
Explicit
Clear, obvious
Extroverted
Outgoing, friendly
Facilitate
To make easier
Feasible
Possible
Flower
To blossom
Forge
- To shape
- To copy something illegally
- To move steadily
Fragrant
Pleasant- smelling
Frenzy
Temporary madness, wild activity
Garland
Circle of leaves or flowers
Gibberish
Nonsense
Goal
Score in hockey, soccer, etc.
Grant
- Gift
2. To give
Grim
Terrible, forbidding, stern
Gulf
Huge gap
Haggard
Looking tired
Harbor
- Place where ships dock
2. To shelter
Headstrong
Determined, stubborn
Hemorrhage
Heavy/ uncontrollable bleeding
High-minded
Showing high morals of feelings
Homogeneous
Same throughout, uniform
Hybrid
Blend of two things
Hypothetical
Theoretical