List 6 Flashcards
Affable
easy to talk to; warmly friendly
Affirmation
a positive statement
alacrity
cheerful readiness to respond
alleviate
make more bearable
assiduous
lessen in intensity, or put an end to
brevity
shortness of expression
buttress
shore up using an external support
collaborate
work together
colloquial
pertaining to conversational common speech
commemorate
honor the memory of
compile
gather or put together
credulity
tendency to believe too easily
criterion
decisive factor
despondent
showing extreme gloom or depression
detachment
emotional remoteness
deterrent
something that discourages
detrimental
causing injury or damage
distinction
- state of being worthy or noble
- perception of a difference
divergent
tending to move or draw apart
enmity
active ill will (general mutual)
enumerate
mention one by one
ephemeral
lasting only a short time
florid
tinged with red; having an overly decorated literary style
foolhardy
foolishly bold; lacking caution