List 5 Flashcards
Eminent(Adjective)
Used to emphasize the presence of a positive quality.
Agility(Noun)
The ability to be quick and graceful. Agility can be used for both mental and physical skills. Your mental agility might allow you to follow both conversations at once.
Accrue(Verb)
To accumulate or receive (such as payments or benefits)
Arbitrate(Verb)
(Of an independent person or body) reach and authority to judgment or settlement.
Benign(Adjective)
Gentle; kindly.
Guile(Noun)
Sly or cunning intelligence.
Obstinate(Adjective)
Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so.
Frugal(Adjective)
Sparing or economical with regard to money or food.
Duress(Noun)
Threats, violence , constraints, or other action brought to bear on someone to do something against their will or better judgment.
Conceit(Noun)
Excessive pride in oneself.
Consonance(Noun)
The recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, enclosed proximity (chiefly as used in prosody).
Couplet(Noun)
Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
Dactylic Meter
A long syllable followed by too short syllables, as determined by syllable weight.
Dialect(Noun)
A particular form of language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group.