List 9 Flashcards
accure
to gather, to increase
abstemious
avoiding extremes, especially in eating and drinking
acrophobia
fear of heights
adulterated
to ruin, to contaminate
affront
insult
alcove
indented portion of a room
almanac
annual book of statistics
ambulatory
able to move
analogous
similar
annotator
commentator, writer of notes of explanation
antagonist
an opponent
antipathy
dislike
appropriation
setting something aside for specific use
ardent
full of strong feelings
articulate
to speak clearly
assiduous
hard-working
atrophy
to waste away
auspicious
showing signs of future success, favorable
aversion
hatred
baneful
harmful
bastion
a fortified place
beleaguer
to weigh down, to burden
bemoan
to regret deeply
bequeath
to hand down
betoken
to be a sign of
billowing
rising and falling like a wave, swelling
blithe
happy, carefree
boor
rude person
bulwark
defensive wall
caliper
instrument that measures thickness
capricious
changeable, fickle
catcall
sound of disapproval
caulk
to deal
chameleon
lizard that can change colo, person who keeps changing
chortle
to laugh
circumspect
to laugh
clandestine
secret, hidden
cognizant
aware
coined
created
comely
attractive
confederate
friend, ally
conjugal
having to do with marriage
consummate
the best
to compelte
contravene
to go against
copious
plentiful
cosmogrpaher
one who studies the order of the inverse
creed
a system of beliefs
culinary
relating to cooking
curtail
to shorten
dearth
a shortage, an absence
debunk
to expose an untruth
deed
act
legal document indicating ownership
deftly
skillfully
deleterious
harmful
depose
to remove from office
desiccate
to dry out
desultory
aimless, without
directin
devoid
missing, compeltely without
diatribe
angry speech attacking someone
digress
to wander away, to ramble
din
loud, continuous noise
disband
to seperate, to break apart
discursive
wandering from one topic to another
disparate
different
disseminate
to spread widely
divest
to take something away from someone else (opposite of Invest)
dolt
stupid person
dour
silent and gloomy, unfriendly
drone
one who talks constantly
to talk monotonously
duplicity
hypocrisy, deception
edict
a command by authority
effigy
a statue or image of a person
elegiac
sad
elucidate
to make clear
emphysema
lung disease
encipher
to put into code, to disguise
ensconce
to settle comfortably, snugly
entrenched
held tightly, stuck
ephemeral
short lives
equivocate
to keep changing ones mind
estrange
to keep a distance
to stop caring for someone
euphony
harmony, pleasant sound
exposition
explantion
extraneous
extra, unnecessary, superfluous
facsimile
exact copy
fatuous
silly, foolish
fiendish
evil
flout
to reject openly
forensics
the study of argumentation
fountainhead
beginning, origin
fussbudget
fussy person
galleon
large ship
gamut
entire range of somehing
garrulous
overly talkative
geyser
spring that shoots up hot water and stem
girth
widths
grating
irritating, harsh-sounding
hamlet
small town or village
helmsman
one who steers a ship
hone
to sharpen
ignoramus
one who knows nothing
impropriety
improper behavior
incontestable
unquestionable
inculcate
to teach through repution
indices
measures, methods of comparing things
too powerful to be conquered
indomitable
inextricable
impossible to remove
iniquity
wickedness
inoculation
injection to prevent disease
insular
by itself, isolated
intersperse
to place or to scatter something thoughout something else
invocation
prayer
irreverence
lack of respect