List 4 (30 words) Flashcards
Acrid
Harsh, like acid
Acute
Sharp-minded
Amenable
Obedient
Beset
Harass
Burgeon
To expand
Chasm
Deep hole
Celibacy
Abstinence from sex
Chimera
An illusion
Circumvent
To find a way around
Clique
An exclusive group bound together by some shared quality or interest
Collusion
Secret cooperation
Cognitive
Mental
Dearth
Scarcity
Debauchery
Wild living
Decorous
Proper - polite and restrained
Emulate
To strive to equal or excel
Expedite
To speed up
Exigency
An emergency
Flaunt
Show off
Foment
To stir up
Glut
Surplus
Grandiloquent
Pompous
Gregarious
Sociable
Hypothetical
Uncertain
Idiosyncrasy
A behaviour or way of thought peculiar to an individual
Indigent
Poor
Incipient
Beginning to happen
Insipid
Dull, bland
Labyrinth
A maze
Putative
Commonly accepted