list 5 barrons Flashcards
propensity
affinity, inclination
proliferate
spread rapidly
propitiate
appease
propriety
fitness, correct conduct
proscribe
banish, outlaw
pungent
stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic
qualified
limited; restricted
quibble
complaint
Quiescent
dormant, temporarily inactive
rarefied
made less dense (of a gas), it is rare and not commonplace, esoteric
recalcitrant
stubborn
recant
confessing that you’ve made an error/ saying publicly that you don’t agree with what you had said earlier
recluse
hermit, loner
recondite
abstruse, secret, arcane
refute
reject
rescind
reject
refractory
stubborn
relegate
delegate but to a lower position
repudiate
disown
reproach
warning, scolding
reprobate
strengthen due to sin, devoid of any decency
resolution
Determination
resolve
Determination
reticent
uncommunicative, reserved, speak less
reverent
respectful
sage
person celebrated for wisdom
salubrious
healthful
sanction
approve
satiate
satisfy
saturate
soak thoroughly
savor
enjoy
secrete
hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism
shard
fragment, generally of pottery
skeptic
doubtful
Solicitous
concerned, worried
soporific
sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
specious
seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally)
spectrum
a broad range; colored band produced when a beam of light passes through
a prism
sporadic
occurring irregularly
stigma
token of disgrace; brand
stint
be thrifty; set limits
stipulate
make express conditions; specify
stolid
dull; impassive, calm
stoic
calm, dull; impassive
striated
marked with parallel bands; grooved
strut
walking pompously/ supporting bar
subpoena
writ summoning a witness to appear
subside
settle down; descend;
substantiate
establish by evidence; verify; support
supersede
cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete
supposition
hypothesis; surmise
tacit
understood; not put into words
tangential
peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
tenuous
thin; rare; slim
tirade
extended scolding; denunciation; harangue
torpor, torpid
lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy
Tortuous
having twists and turns, winding
tractable
docile; easily managed
transgression
violation of a law; sin
truculence
aggressiveness; ferocity, stubborn
vacillate
waver; fluctuate
venerate
revere
veracious
truthful
verbose
wordy
viable
workable
viscous
sticky, gluey
vituperative
abusive; scolding
volatile
changeable; explosive; evaporation rapidly
warranted
justified; authorized
wary
very cautious
welter
turmoil; bewildering jumble
whimsical
unstable, capricious; fanciful
zealot
fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
