Missed Flashcards
Regressive
Movement backward
Idiosyncratic
Peculiarity; individualizing characteristic
Disparaging
Lowering in rank or reputation
Depreciate
Dalliance
Act of dallying, play
Infelicity
Awkward, unfortunate, not appropriate
Temporize
To act to suit the time/ occasion; draw out discussions to gain time
Vindictive
Seeking revenge
Petulant
Rude
Fastidious
Having high and capricious standards
Sedulous
Diligent; perserverance
Treacly
Sentimental
Cursory
Rapidly and superficially performed and produced
Prosaic
Dull, unimaginative
Consecrated
Dedicated to a sacred purpose
Anthropology
Study of human beings
Pernicious
Highly injurious or destructive; wicked
Nominal
Insignificant
Salutary
Beneficial effect
Tractable
Easily handled, easily capable of being led
Intransigent
Characterized by refusal to compromise
Volatile
Fickle; eruptable
Umbrage
Suspicion
Acerbic
Biting; sarcastic
Affront
Offend
Barbed
Biting criticism
Discreet
Modest
Churlish
Vulgar
Incur
To become subject to
Enervated
Lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor
Precarious
Depending on will or pleasure of another; depending on chance circumstances
Prescient
Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place
Labyrinthine
Intricate
Execrable
Very bad
Metaphysical
2 a : of or relating to the transcendent or to a reality beyond what is perceptible to the senses
b : supernatural
Dogmatic
characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts
Straitlaced
Excessively strict in manners opinions
Pedantic
Unimaginative
Laud
Praise
Deprecating
Make little of
Interspersed
To place something @ intervals
Retrograde
Moving in a backwards direction
Dilatory
Procrastination; delay
Munificent
Liberal
Indefatigable
Incapable of being fatigued
Unwieldy
Not easily managed
Obsequious
Subservient
Egregious
Conspicuously bad
Perfunctory
Characterized by routine
Ineluctable
Inevitable
Scintillating
Exciting senses
Pestilence a
A contagious disease
Cantankerous
Grouchy old
Exorbitance
Excessive
Laconic
Few words
Acerbic
Sarcastic
Garrulous
Talkative
Brusque
Someone with bad manners
Emphatic
Emphasizing
Benevolent
Marked by or disposed to doing good
Raiment
Clothing
Esoteric
Limited to a small circle
Tenable
Capable of being held, maintained, or defended
Erroneous
Characterized by error
Impugned
Attack as false or lacking integrity
Flotsam
Floating wreckage of a ship or it’s cargo
Implacable
Incapable of being changed
Irascible
Marked by hot temper
languid
Weak, slow
Didactic
Designed or intention to teach
Impetuous
Marked by an impulsive vehemence or passion
Vehement
Impassioned
Remiss
Negligent
Dubious
Doubtful
Amass
To collect for oneself
Preclude
To make impossible by necessary consequence
Ascertain
To find out or learn with certainty
Motley
Composed of different elements
Languid
Weak, slow, listless
Copious
Plentiful in number
Excise
To remove
Derision
Use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt
Ameliorate
To make better
Augment
To add strength
Equanimity
Evenness of mind ESP in stressful times
Truculence
Cruel, savage
Abstruse
Difficult to comprehend
Arcane
Mysterious
Esoteric
Private, confidential, limited to a small circle