list 3 barrons Flashcards
euphemism
better substitute
exacerbate
worsen
exculpate
clear from blame
exigency
urgency
extrapolation
assuming via trends or projection
facetious
not serious
fallacious
false, misleading
fawning
obsequious, extra buttery or flattery
fatuous
brainless; inane; foolish
felicitous
apt
flag
droop/ grow feeble
fledgling
inexperienced
flout
mock, reject
foment
stir up, instigate
forestall
prevent by taking action in advance
frugality
thrift, economical
gainsay
deny
garrulous
loquacious, talkative
gouge
overcharging, swindle
goad
urge on
Grandiloquent
pompous, using inflated language, bomabstic
gregarious
sociable
guileless
innocent, naive
gullible
easily deceived, naive
harangue
tirade, long and passionate speech
hyperbole
exaggertaion, overstatement
iconoclast
heretical, revolutionary
idolatory
worship of idols; excessive admiration
immutable
unchangeable
impassive
without feeling, stoical , imperturbable (calm(
impede
hinder
impermeable
not permitting passage through its substance/ impenetrable
imperturbable
CALM
impervious
impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed
implacable
incapable of being pacified
implicit
understood but not stated
implode
burst inward
Inadvertently
unintentionally
inchoate —adjective
recently begun; rudimentary;
incongruity
lack of harmony;
Inconsequential
unimportant
incorporate
introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite
indeterminate
not clearly fixed; indefinite
indigence
poverty
indolent
lazy
inert
inactive; lacking power to move
ingenuous
naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
inherent
firmly established by nature or habit
innocuous
Harmless
insensible
unconscious; unresponsive
insinuate
hint; imp
insipid
dull
insularity/ insular
narrow minded, myopic, parochial, provincial
Intractable
stubborn
intransigence—noun
refusal of any compromise; stubbornness, intractable
inundate
overwhelm; flood; submerge
inured
accustomed; hardened, toughened up
invective
abusive/ highly critical language, vituperative
irascible
irritable; easily angered
irresolute
uncertain how to act; weak
itinerary
plan of a trip
laconic
brief , to the point
lassitude
languor, mental weariness
latent
hidden or concealed talent, potential but undeveloped
laud
praise
levee
embankment, floodbank, dyke
levity
not serious, frivolous
log
record of activities
Loquacious
talkative
lucid x esoteric
easily understood; clear; intelligible
magnanimity
generosity
malingerer
slacker, one who feigns illness to escape duty
Malleable
capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
maverick
rebel; nonconformist
mendacious
lying; habitually dishonest
metamorphosis
change of form
meticulous
excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous, attentive to details
misanthrope
one who hates mankind
mitigate
lessen the gravity of, attenuate, diminish
mollify
soothe
morose
ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
mundane
everyday, worldly as opposed to spiritual;
negate
nullify, cancel out, deny
neophyte
beginner
obdurate
stubborn, intractable, intransigence
obsequious
servile; sycophantic, servitude, excessively obedient
occlude
shut, close
obviate
make unnecessary; get rid of
officious
meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one’s services
onerous
burdensome
oscillate
waver, vibrate, swing
opprobrium
harsh criticism or censure, vilification, infamy;
ostentatious
showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
impertinent
rude
proscribe
forbid by law
protean
changeable, variable, versatile, can do many different things
presumptuous
overconfident
docile
compliant, submissive
mete/meted out
distribute/allocate
purported
alleged
baleful
threatening, harmful, menacing
furtive
avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt , secretive
overt
openly acknowledged, apparent
covert
opposite of overt
perceptible
noticeable
lackadaisical
careless, lazy
slipshod
careless
augmented
having been made greater in size or value
disconcerted
unsettled or confused
quixotic
idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
deferential
respectful
unheralded
not previously expected
indelible
making marks that cannot be removed
prerogative
privilege, advantage
vagary
peculiar, oddity
expedience
convenient even if improper
depraved
corrupt, wicked
ossified
having become rigid
stasis
period or state of inactivity or equilibrium
forebode
warning
typify
represent, epitomise
contravene
break, breach
convivial
genial, friendly
gregarious
sociable
derision
mockery
forswear/ forswore
agree to do without
jejune
artless, naive, simplistic
expunged
obliterate, rmeove completely
munificent
displaying great generosity
languorous
tired but good tired
motley
different
explicate
analyse in detail
prevaricator
liar
crooner
singer
prognosticator—prognosis
who foretells
verity
truth
injunction
order, warning
entreaty
request
avuncular
kind and friendly towards a younger or less experienced person / relating to the relationship between men and the children of their siblings
