list 8b Flashcards
latent
hidden, but capable of being developed
jaunty
lighthearted, playful
libel
printed lies that harm someone’s reputation
listless
slow, lacking energy
luminary
a famous person
magnate
powerful person (especially in business)
malignancy
harmfulness
marred
spoiled, damaged
Maudlin
overly sentimental
mercurial
changeable, moody
mitigate
to make less painful, to become less severe
monolithic
huge
like a single, seamless whole
nefarious
wicked
niche
a space scooped out of a wall
obfuscating
confusing, clouding
odious
disgusting, hateful
omniscient
knowing everything
palisade
line of cliffs
fence made out of stakes
panache
style,
flair
pare
to remove or reduce by cutting
party
to wafts off (a punch), to deflect
patter
meaningless speech
pejorative
insulting
penury
poverty
perfidy
disloyalty, untrustworthiness
pinion
wing
to hold someone down
placard
poster
plaudit
praise
pontificate
to speak in a know it all way
precariousp
dangerous
precocious
matured earlier than normal, froward
prevaricate
to lie
profligate
very wasteful, extravagant
propensity
special liking for somehing, tendency, preference
proselytizer
one who attempts to convert others to his relgiin
protrusion
somehig that sticks out
prune
a dried plum
a trim, as in a tree or bush
purgation
purification, freedom from blame
putrid
bad smelling, spoiled
quagmire
a problem that is difficult to escape
quell
to quiet, to pacify
quip
a clever or witty remark
raconteur
story teller
rancor
hatred
raze
to destroy completely
redoubtable
causing great or extreme respect
remiss
careless, not responsible
repertoire
group of skills that can be performed
reprehensible
shameful, blameworthy
reprove
to criticize
respite
a rest period
retinue
staff for a high ranking person, team or attendants
rhapsodize
to express with great delight
rigor
severity, strictness
strict accuracy to detail
rotund
round, fat
rudimentary
elementary, basic
salutary
beneficial, healthful
sanguine
optimistic, cheerful
Savant
someone who knows a lot
scorn
to show dislike and disrespect
scuttle
to sink a ship by cutting holes I it
secrete
to give off a liquid or other substance
seismologist
one whole studies earthquakes
sentenial
a guard
sieve
a mesh used for straining or separating
slacken
to become slower
to loosen a rope
slough
a swamp, muddy hole
to she’s
smorgasbord
meal involving many different kinds of food
snuff
tabacco inhaled throguh the nose
to extinguish
somnambulist
sleepwalker
sparse
thinly spread, almost bare
spurn
to reject openly
staid
serious
status quo
the unchaning way things are
stifle
to prevent, to hold back
stoop
a porch
to bend over
strife
to fight for PowerPC, discord
stupor
a state of shock or filled senses
subsist
to survive barely
supersede
to replace
supplicant
beggar
susceptible
easily influenced, vulnerable
synopsis
summary
tactiturn
not talkative, silent
tantamount
equivalent
teeming
overflowing
tenuous
weak, poorly supported, thin
tidings
news
tome
a long book
tractable
easily manageable obedient
transposition
act of changing the position or order of something
trite
stale, unoriginal, cliched, overused
unaffected
sincere, down to eath
undertaking
task or
job
unheralded
unannounced
unpalatable
distasteful, unpleasant
unrepentant
not sorry, having no regret
unwary
not alert, easily fooled
urbane
polite, elegantly mannered
vagabond
wanderer
variegated
multicolored
various, diverse
venerate
to respect greatly, to worship, to revere
versatile
having many different kinds of skills, mukipurpose
vilify
to criticize harshly
viscious
sticky, gluey, thickly liquid
vogue
fashion, trend
vouchsafed
to give graciously, to grant a special favor
to ripely
wanderlust
love of travel
wayward
going again societies expectation
whet
to sharpen
to excite, to stimulate
wilt
to become limp, to stoop
either
to dry up and die
