List 6 Flashcards
Fecund
Fertile
Choleric
Easily angered
Parity
Equality
Dirge
Mournful song
Felicitous
Apt
Parochial
Narrow-minded; concerned only with local matters
Utilitarian
Useful
Circuitous
Indirect
Disapprobation
Disapproval
Martinet
Person who believes in strict discipline
Proletarian
Member of the working class
Apocryphal
Of doubtful origin
Circumlocution
Using too many words; long-windedness
Parry
Ward off; avoid
Prolific
Producing a lot
Vacillate
Waver; hesitate
Circumscribe
Limit
Finesse
Skill
Parsimonious
Economical; frugal; thrifty
Vacuous
Empty; silly; meaningless
Circumspect
Cautious; considering all sides
Fitful
Not continuous; stopping and starting
Inexorable
Relentless
Maverick
A loner
Parsimony
Stinginess; frugality
Prosaic
Dull; boring; ordinary
Esoteric
Understood by a small number of people with a specialized knowledge
Vagrant
Person wandering without a home
Flagrant
Clearly wrong
Proscribe
Forbid
Vapid
Dull; uninteresting
Clairvoyant
Psychic; mystic
Prosody
Study of versification
Arcane
Obscure; known only to a few people
Discursiveness
Log windedness; indirectness
Prostration
- Lying face down
2. Be overcome with extreme weakness
Menagerie
Collection of animals
Soothsayer
Fortune teller