Magoosh Set 5 Flashcards
persnickety
placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fussy: persnickety gardeners | she’s very persnickety about her food.
solemnity
the state or quality of being serious and dignified: his ashes were laid to rest with great solemnity.
respite
noun – a pause from doing something (as work)
duress
noun – compulsory force or threat
ailing
in poor health
trounce
defeat heavily in a contest
probing
investigative
facile
appearing neat but lacks complexities
debonair
confident
smug
adjective – marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction
inkling
slight knowledge or suspicion
hindsight
understanding of situation only after it happened
unpretentious
not attempting to impress
stymy
hinder or prevent progress
pastoral
(esp. of land or a farm) used for or related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle: scattered pastoral farms.
• associated with country life: the view was pastoral, with rolling fields and grazing sheep.
precipitous
adjective – done with very great haste and without due deliberation
resolute
adjective – firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination
nonchalant
adjective – marked by blithe unconcern
ennoble
verb – give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
stultify
verb – deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
precarious
not securely held in position
platitude
noun – a trite or obvious remark
incontrovertible
impossible to deny or disprove
caviling
make unnecessary objection
doting
extremely fond of someone
confounded
amaze
contrived
affected
mutability
being capable of mutation
discord
different from one another
