List 9 (30 words) Flashcards
Aberration
Something not typical, expected
Abject
Hopeless, defeated
Admonish
To scold gently
Adroit
Skillful
Agnostic
One who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven
Aloof
Uninvolved
Concord
Harmony or agreement
Conducive
Promoting
Congenial
Iiked on account of having qualities that are similar to one’s own
Corollary
Something that follows
Despot
An absolute ruler
Deride
To ridicule
Deference
Polite submission
Dictum
An authoritative saying
Enervate
To reduce the strength or energy of
Enfranchise
To give the right to vote
Epigram
A brief and usually witty saying
Erudite
Deeply learned
Engender
To bring into existence
Ethereal
Heavenly
Facile
Fluent
Farcical
Absurd
Fecund
Fertile
Flout
To disregard something out of disrespect
Genteel
Refined
Guile
Cunning
Hapless
Unlucky
Homily
Sermon
Homogeneous
Of the same kind
Illicit
Illegal