List III Flashcards
Condescending
Having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority
Haughty
Arrogantly superior and disdainful
Jovial
Happy, friendly
Surly
Bad-tempered and unfriendly
Miser
Person who boards wealth and spends as little money as possible
Lithe
Thin, supple, and graceful
Lurid
Very vivid in color, especially so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect
Platitude
A statement that expresses an idea that is not new
Trite
Not interesting or effective because of being used too often
Lucidity
Free from obscurity and easy to understand
Emancipated
Free from legal, social, or political restrictions
Missive
A letter, especially a long or official one
Magnanimous
Very generous or forgiving, especially to one less powerful
Assuage
Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
Mitigate
Make less severe, serious, or painful
Repudiate
Refuse to accept or be associated with
Judicious
Having, showing, or done with good judgment or sense
Unfettered
Release from restraint or inhibition
Imprudent
Not showing care for the consequences of an action
Circumspect
Wary and unwilling to take risks
Trifling
Unimportant or trivial
Drawl
Speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds
Invidious
(of an action or situation) likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others
Evanescent
Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing
Panegyric
A public speech or published text in praise of someone or something
Polemic
A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something
Impartial
Treating all rivals or disputants equally; fair and just
Verbose
Using or expressed in more words than are needed
Depraved
Morally corrupt; wicked
Propriety
The state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals
Wantonness
Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others
Effulgence
Radiant splendor
Hedonism
The pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence
Antiquity
The ancient past, especially the period before the Middle Ages
Soothsayer
A person supposed to be able to foresee the future
Prognostication
The action of foretelling or prophesying future events
