List1 Flashcards
tinnitus
ringing, buzzing
Vagary
unpredictable action
Extemporaneous
not prepared in advance
Hapless
unfortunate
dilatory
delaying
deference
regard an opinion over your own
saturnine
disinclined to talk, slow, gloomy
desultory
lacking in a purpose
stolid
unemotional
whimsical
fanciful
pedantic
someone who shows off their learning
obviate
prevent
reclamated
reformation
paltry
worthless
fecundity
fertility
appelation
nickname
aphorism
pithy remark
calorific
producing heat
flouted
disregarded
spurned
reject with disdain
contrived
devised, planned
zealous
passion, energy, enthusiasm
expound
explain
conjure
image, make up
somnolent
sleepy
sagacious
wise
inured
accustomed (to something bad)
neologism
new terms
imperitnent
rude, not showing proper respect
cossetted
pampered
dandled
pampered, baby
indelible
permanent
belie
contradict
wizened
shrivel, wrinkle with old age
expurging
censoring
edifying
moraly instructing
borne
carried, put up with
parochial
provincial, local, narrow
pertinacious
holding firm
indolent
lazy
insolent
rude
indigent
poor
abase
degrade
venerate
hold in high regard
expatiate
speak about at length
specious
plausible, but wrong
myopic
stubborn, near sighted
truculent
cruel
abberant
diverging from accepted standards
esurient
hungry, greedy
latent
hidden from view
inscrutability
unable to understand
elucidation
clarification
metonymy
substituting for a name
abjure
reject
ascetic
purposefully abstain, self restraint
ineluctible
unavoidable
intractible
stubborn, hard to control
cant
hypocrticical, insincere
plaintive
sad
arresting
attracting attention
condign
fitting, deserved
meet
suitable, proper
clement
merciful
piquant
spicy, provocative
descry
discover
contravene
contradict
mawkish
sentimental, sweet
blithe
cheerful
tremulous
fearful
tortuous
twisted
sate
satisfy
surfeit
overindulge, glutton
whet
sharpen, stimulate
harbinger
announcer of upcoming thing
herald
official messenger
syncophants
flatterers
puerile
immature, juvenile
guileless
straightforward
bungling
clumsy
exhort
strongly urge
temporal
lasting a short time
propitious
favorable
fulsome
insincere
droll
curious and dryly amusing
venal
greedy, open to bribes
insipid
boring
torpid
lazy
vitriolic
cruel, hurtful, corrosive
ascertain
determine
lugubrious
sorrowful
sinuous
wandering
stultify
weaken, hinder
recompense
compensate
chagrin
distress, embarrassment, humiliation
meliorate
improve
cretaceous
chalky, rock like
diaphanous
delicate, translucent
ingenuous
innocent, unsuspecting
ubiquitious
constantly present
chicanery
deception
cabal
secret group, faction
plucky
courageous
ribald
sexual, rude, irreverent
promulgate
make known
foment
incite
obloquy
public criticism
irresolute
unpredictable
contumacious
rebellious, disobedient to authority
seditious
rebellious, disobedient to authority
trepidation
fear of anticipation
abetted
strengthened
lowed
moo
forestalled
prevent, obstruct, restricted, slowed
celerity
speed
seduously
diligently
assidious
persevering
inimical
hostile
flint
hard, unyeilding
nepotism
favoring family members
munificent
generous, bountiful
perfidious
disloyal, faithless
fastidious
detail oriented
superannuate
given a pension
farce
ludacris, bafoonery