May / June Flashcards
- Circumscribe
- Circumvent
- Expound
- Cantankerous
- Copious
- Overtly
- Paradox
- Culminate
Circumscribe [V]
1. To limit, to confine.
“Circumscribe your activities to simplify your life.”
Syn: Delimit, bound, delineate, demarcate, establish.
Circumvent [V]
1. Outwit, baffle.
“Circumvent the enemy.” “Circumvent God’s Laws.”
“Innovative ways to Circumvent the strictest rules.”
Syn: Foil, thwart, frustrate, balk, hinder, prevent.
Incessant [Adj] (In CESS ant)
1. Never ceasing; without interruption.
“The incessant clanging kept me awake all night long.”
Syn: Repetitious, recurring, repetitive, unceasing.
Expound [V]
1. To Set forth in detail. 2. To explain the meaning of.
Delineate. “I don’t understand, please expound on that part.”
Syn: Add, continue, keep going, go on.
Cantankerous [Adj]
1. Quarrelsome. Bad natured.
“Everytime I bring it up, he’s in a cantankerous mood.”
Syn: Mean-spirited, disagreeable, nasty, unpleasant.
Copious [Adj] (Kope E us)
1. Abundant; plentiful. 2. Wordy.
“He is copiously wealthy.”
Overtly [Adj]
1. Open to view. Observable.
“He’s using a choke hold overtly to the referee.”
Paradox [N]
1. A statement seemingly absurd, or contradictory,
yet in fact true.
“It is indeed a paradox that if you relax you can swim,
but if you panic and fight it, you can’t!”
Syn: Problem, brain-teaser, enigma, mystery.
Culminate [V] (Kull men nate)
1. To reach the highest point or degree.
“You shouldn’t ask God for prosperity unless it will culminate
you in Jesus.”
Syn: Climax, cap, crown, peak.
- Epitome
- Equity
- Equivocate
- Evince
- Evoke
- Exhort
- Expatiate
- Expediency
- Expeditiously
- Entourage
- Magnanimous
- Nondescript
- Prolific
- Philosophical
Epitome [N] (E PIT O me)
1. Summary. Extreme example.
“Epitome of all his previous books.”
Syn: Paragon, cream, exemplar, ideal.
Equity [N]
1. Fairness, justice.
“Our courts guarantee equity to all.”
“Equitable compromise.”
2. What part of real estate is paid off.
“We have a lifetime of equity in our old house.”
Syn: Fairness, fair-mindedness, justice, objectivity.
Equivocate [V] (E QUIV a kate)
1. Lie, mislead; attempt to conceal the truth.
“He attempted to equivocate the subject.”
Syn: Evade, sidestep, elude, circumvent, dodge, duck.
Evince [V]
1. Show clearly.
“He evinced his ignorance of the subject matter.”
Syn: elicit, awaken, extort, milk, evoke.
Evoke [V]
1. To call forth, as memories.
“He evoked memories of childhood”
Syn: Elicit, beckon, bid, call, muster.
Exhort [V]
1. Urge; recommend strongly.
“The evangelist will exhort all sinners to repent.”
Syn: Galvanize, inspire, drive, goad, arouse.
Expatiate [V] (eX pA SHE ATE)
1. Talk at length. No conciseness.
“Get to the bottom line, you can expatiate later”
Syn: Rave, carry on, wax, effervesce, bubble.
Expediency [N] (eX sPeed D en C)
1. Cheating. Pencil whipping. Serving to promote a
desired end, rather than what is just or right. “He was guided
by expediency rather than by ethical considerations.”
Syn: Germaneness, appropriateness, applicability, relevance.
Expeditiously [Adv] (eX Ped dish us lee)
1. Quick and speedy.
Syn: Fast, accelerated, speedy, breakneck, brisk.
Entourage [N] (ON tour raaahz) {French}
1. A group of followers.
“Connors and his entourage entered the stadium.”
Syn: Ensemble, escort, flock, following, groupies.
Magnanimous [Adj] (Mag NAN a mus)
1. Generosity in forgiving insults or injuries.
2. Very quick to forgive, like a dog is quick to forgive and
forget.
“A magnanimous disposition.”
Nondescript [Adj]
1. Not fitting into any particular classification.
“His nondescript style of serving the tennis ball.”
Prolific [Adj]
1. Fertile. 2. Producing results abundantly.
“A prolific writer.”
Syn: Bountiful, fruitful, plentiful, productive.
Philosophical [Adj] (Phil O SOPH a Kull)
1. Founded on the principals of philosophy,
which furnish the rational explanation of anything.
“I love his philosophical viewpoints on the subject of love.”
Syn: Metaphysical, philosophic.
- Incoherent
- Connivance
- Consummate
- Contingent
- Corroborate
- Credulity
- Criterion
- Collusion
Incoherent [Adj]
1. Lacking in logical connection.
2. Unable to think clearly or express oneself logically.
“Don’t talk to me about anything when I first wake up in the
morning. I’m completely incoherent then.”
Syn: Disorderly, unorganized, chaotic, discontinuous, random.
Connivance [N] (Ka nI vance)
1. Pretense of ignorance of something wrong.
“With the connivance of his friends, he plotted to embarrass
the teacher.”
Syn: Conspiracy, cabal, intrigue, scheme, collusion.
Consummate [Adj] (CON sue MATE)
1. Complete. “You are a consummate idiot. “
Consummate [V] “We had a sexual experience and consummated
the marriage.”
Contingent [Adj]
1. Conditional. Stipulation.
“Your rate of pay will be Contingent upon the first days work.”
“We will buy the house contingent upon it passes the house
inspection and we come to terms with it.”
Syn: Conditional, dependent, relative, subject.
Corroborate [V] (kO ROB a RATE)
1. Confirm. “A witness to corroborate your story.”
“Harry, can you corroborate that Jeff worked 8 hours Tuesday?”
Syn: Authenticate, affirm, bear out, confirm, document, prove.
Credulity [N] (Kre duel a T)
1. Readiness to believe.
“The credulity of superstitious people.”
“After the rumors all became truth, I had no credulity left
for my bosses.”
Criterion [N] (CRY Tear E n)
1. Standard used in Judging.
“What criterion did you use to select him?
Syn: Standard, benchmark, gauge, measure, guideline.
Collusion [N]
1. Conspiring in a fraudulent scheme.
“Guilty of collusion.”
- Debase
- Deducible
- Deference
- Definitive
- Defunct
- Desultory
- Detriment
- Dictum
Debase [V]
1. Reduce to lower state. Cut down a notch.
“She debased herself by going out to single’s bars and
coming home in the wee hours of the morning.”
Syn: Cheapen, defile, degrade, detract, devalue.
Deducible [Adj]
1. Derived by reasoning.
“Your conclusions are easily deducible.”
To study a situation and evaluate it to a point of arriving
at a conclusion based on your study.
Syn: construe, conclude, determine, gather, interpret.
Deference [N]
1. Courteous regard for another’s wishes.
“In deference to his desires, she gave him the job.”
To bend over backwards for somebody or something else.
“He turned his airplane around in deference to the upcoming
thunderstorm.”
“In deference to all her good qualities, he over looked her mistakes.”
Syn: Homage, honor, admiration, esteem, respect, reverence.
Definitive [Adj]
1. Final; Complete. The finished product.
“It was his definitive effort that saved the town from the
fire breathing dragon.”
“It was the definitive judgment passed down by the Supreme court.”
Syn: Decisive, conclusive, final.
Defunct [Adj] (D FUNKT)
1. Dead; no longer in use. Nonexistent.
“That equipment in the storeroom is defunct and will be sold
at an auction.”
Syn: Gone, dead, deceased, expired, extinct, extinguished.
Desultory [Adj] (Des el tory)
1. Aimless; Jumping around. “Desultory behavior.
“The insect was running in circles and bouncing off of walls
in a desultory manner.”
Syn: Aimless, adrift, directionless, pointless, undirected.
Detriment [N]
1.Harm; Damage. Injurious to your health or well being.
“In the nineties, smoking proved to be a detriment to society’s
health, and therefore was publicly ostracised in most places.”
Syn: Annoyance, bother, hindrance, impediment, obstacle.
Dictum [N]
1. Authoritative and weighty statement.
“Dictum of the expert.”
“This is the dictum of 10,000 years of history.”
“They followed his dictum.”
Syn: Saying, adage, aphorism, axiom, maxim, truism, precept.
- Drudgery
- Duplicity
- Elucidate
- Emancipate
- Embroil
- Emolument
- Encumber
- Endearment
- Palatable
- Profuse
Drudgery [N]
1. Dull, wearisome work.
“His career choice soon became a drudgery, and his happiness
quickly evaporated.”
Syn: Labor, chore, effort, grind, toil, burden.
Duplicity [N] (Due PLis a T)
1. Double dealing; Hypocrisy.
“His duplicity in this affair.”
Syn: Judas kiss, breach of faith, disloyalty, double-cross, infidelity.
Elucidate [V] (E LOU sa Date)
1. Explain; enlighten. To make clear.
“He was called upon to elucidate the disputed points in his article.”
Syn: Explain, clarify, delineate, formulate, disambiguate, illustrate.
Emancipate [V]
1. Set free. “To emancipate the slaves”
Syn: Free, deliver, discharge, liberate, loose, pull out.
Embroil [V]
1. Throw into confusion; involve in strife; entangle.
“He became embroiled in the discussion.”
Syn: Implicate, drag into, draw into, include, ensnare, incriminate.
Emolument [N] (e Mol u ment)
1. Salary; compensation.
“The emolument this position offers.”
Syn: Pay, earnings, fee, hire, pay envelope, salary.
Encumber [V] 1. Burden, clutter.
“People encumber themselves with too much luggage.”
Syn: Entangle, tangle, snare, knot, perplex.
Endearment [N]
1. Fond statement. A loving word or act.
“Your endearments won’t make me forget what you did to me.”
Palatable [Adj]
1. Agreeable to the taste. 2. Acceptable.
“It was too unpalatable”
Syn: Tasty, delectable, delicious, flavorful, savory, succulent.
Profuse [Adj] (pro FewSS)
1. Lavish, extravagant, liberal. 2. Copious;
overflowing; abundant.
“He was bleeding profusely!”
Syn: Extravagant, immoderate, lavish, wasteful.
- Vehemently
- Ominous
- Ignominious
- Impasse
- Impending
- Impertinent
- Impiety
- Impious
- Implicit
- Indisputable
- Indulgent
- Inept
- Inference
Vehemently [Adv] (VE a mant ly) ** H is silent
1. Violent, furious.
“He vehemently stated his opinion to the unbelievers.”
Syn: Ferocious, fierce, fiery, mad, vicious, violent, wild, furious.
Ominous [Adj]
1. Foreshadowed by an omen. Prognostic.
“It was an ominous , threatening cloud.” Threatening.
Syn: Apocalyptic, baleful, fateful, sinister, unpromising.
Ignominious [Adj] (iG na min E as)
1. Disgraceful. Dishonor, shameful.
“Ignominious defeat.” “What an ignominious golf shot!”
Impasse [N] (em paSS)
1. Predicament from which there is no escape.
“In this impasse, all turned to prayer.”
Syn: Draw, standoff, stalemate, tie, deadlock.
Impending [Adj]
1. Drawing nearer. Approaching.
“His impending death.”
Syn: Threaten, lower, menace, portend, overshadow.
Impertinent [Adj]
1. Deliberate disrespectfulness.
2. Rudeness. Insolent.
“I regard your remarks as impertinent and resent them.”
Impiety [N]
1. Irreverence; wickedness “An act of impiety.”
Syn: Sacrilege, dishonor, impiousness, irreverence.
Impious [Adj]
1. Irreverence “Impious remarks.”
Syn: Blasphemous, apostate, heretical, irreverent, unholy.
Implicit [Adj]
1. Understood but not stated. Implied inherently.
“It is implicit you come to our aid if we are attacked.”
Syn: Inferred, unspoken, undeclared, unvoiced.
Indisputable [Adj]
1. Too certain to be disputed. Indubitable.
“The video was indisputable, Mary was attacked from behind.”
Syn: Concrete, definite, palpable, real, tangible.
Indulgent [Adj]
1. Humoring, yielding, lenient.
“An over indulgent parent may spoil the child.”
Syn: Permissive, easygoing, lax, lenient, tolerant.
- *Inept** [Adj] (in epT)
1. Unsuited; absurd, incompetent. “An inept manager.”
Infamous [Adj] (iN fa mes)
1. Notoriously bad.
“The infamous Adolf Hitler.”
Syn: Disreputable, notorious, ill-famed, scandalous.
Inference [N]
1. Conclusion drawn from data.
“Double check your inference before filing any charges.”
Syn: Deduction, judgment, determination, presumption.
