Miguel Puente Flashcards
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Abdicate
To cast off, renounce or relinquish
Aberrant
A state or condition markedly different from the norm
Abject
Sunk to a low condition or in miserable circumstances
Abolish
Do away with
Abide
Accept or act in accordance with (a rule, decision or recommendation)
Abridge
Lessen, diminish or curtail: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Accolade
A tangible symbol sign signifying approval or distinction
Accomplice
A person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
Accord
Agreement, harmony
Acquiesce
To agree or express agreement; rest satisfied
Acumen
Shrewdness shown by keen insight
Adversary
Someone who offers opposition
Affable
Friendly; outgoing disposition
Affect
Act on; produce an effect or change in
Affirmation
A statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
Alienate
Make hostile or indifferent
Allegation
A formal accusation against somebody
Alleviate
Provide physical relief, as from pain, make easier
Aloof
Remote in manner; distant
Amass
Collect or gather or gather together
Ambiguous
having more than one possible meaning; often misleading
Ambivalence
mixed feelings or emotions
Ambulatory
Relating to or adapted for walking; able to walk about
Antagonize
Provoke the hostility of; act in opposition to
Apathy
Lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally an absence of enthusiasm; indifference
Assailant
A person who attacks violently (with blows or word )
Assault
Threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
Assignment
A duty that you are assigned to perform
Augment
Enlarge or increase; grow or intensify
Belie
Represent falsely; be in contradiction with
Belittle
Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; cause to seem less serious
Belligerence
Hostile or warlike attitude or nature; a natural disposition to be hostile
Benign
Pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; kindness or disposition or manner; not dangerous to health
Bizarre
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
Blatant
Noisy in a vulgar or offensive manner
Brevity
The attribute of being brief or fleeting; the use of brief expressions
Cajole
To deceive or persuade with false pretenses
Callous
Make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals ; emotionally hardened
Candid
Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; informal or natural
Capitulate
Surrender under agreed conditions
Censure
Harsh criticism or disapproval; the state of being excommunicated; rebuke formally
Clemency
Leniency and compassion showed toward offenders of rule or law
Coalesce
fuse or cause to grow together; mix together different elements
Coerce
Force by using pressure, intimidation or threats
Collusion
Secret agreement or cooperation
Commission
The act of committing
Complacent
Contended to a fault with oneself or ones actions
Compliant
Complying obeying yielding
Confide
Reveal in private; tell confidentially; comfort a trust upon
Confound
Mistake one thing for another; be confusing or perplexing to
Conspiracy
A secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful
Contaminant
A substance that violates the purity of an item
Contempt
A willful disobedience to or disrespect to the authority of a court or legislative body
Controversial
Marked by or capable of arousing controversy
Converge
Come together so as to form a single product; move or draw together at a certain location
Copious
Large in number or quantity; affording an abundant supply
Corroborate
Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
Corrupt
alter from original (adj) lacking integrity
Counterfeit
a copy that is represented as the original, not genuine
Cursory
hasty and without Attention to detail: not thorough
Credence
the attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
Cryptic
having a puzzling terseness: of an obscure nature: having a secret or hidden meaning
Delusion
deception by creating illusory ideas: mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
Deplete
use or exhaust resources
Derelict
abandoned duty neglected by owner or occupant
Deviate
to stray from the norm or standard
Detain
deprive from freedom
Discrepancy
a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; an event that departs from expectations
Disdain
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; reject with contempt
Disingenuous
not straight forward or candid; giving a false appearance
Docile
easily handled or managed; ready and willing to be taught
Dubious
not convinced; fraught with uncertainty or doubt; open to doubt or suspicion
Edict
a proclamation having the force of law
Effect
(of law) having legal validity
Encumber
to weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt etc) ; to fill up, block up, hinder
Entail
to put a burden on, impose, require, involve,; to restrict ownership of property by limiting inheritance. Such restriction
Equilibrium
a stable balanced system
Equivocate
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
Evanescent
tending to vanish like vapor
Exacerbate
exasperate or irritate; make worse
Exclusionary
act of excluding
Exculpate
to clear from fault or guilt
Exonerate
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
Expedite
process fast and efficiently; speed up the progress of; facilitate
Expendable
able to be spent or done away with
Facilitate
make easier; increase the likelihood of; be of use
Debilitate
make weak
Delinquency
an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor
Fathom
understanding or comprehension; also a unit of length equal to 6 cubic feet; to penetrate to the meaning or nature of; comprehend; to determine the depth of (in lengths of six feet)
Flourish
grow stronger; move or swing back forth; gain in wealth
Forfeiture
the act of forfeiting
Foster
help develop, help grow
Frantic
emotionally out of control
Fraud
intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
Fraudulent
intended to deceive
Furtive
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; secret and sly or sordid
Futile
producing no result or effect; unproductive of success
Garner
sore grain; assemble or get together; acquire or deserve by ones effort or actions