List One Flashcards
Acquiesce
Submit or comply silently or without protest; agree
Outrance
The utmost or last extremity
Allusion
A passing or casual reference
Altruistic
Unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others
Ambiguous
Open to or having several possible meaning or interpretations
Amiable
Friendly;sociable
Anecdote
A short account of a particular incident or event of an interesting or amusing nature,often biographical
Arbiter
A person empowered to decide matter at issue;judge;umpire
Caricature
A picture, description ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things
Clichè
Overused or trite phrase
Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing;informal
Compatriot
A native or inhabitant of one’s own country; fellow countryman
Contemporaneous
Existing, or happening during the same period of time
Digression
A passage or section that deviates from the central theme in speech or writing
Dogma
An authoritative principle, belief, or statement of ideas or opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true
