MP4 Practice Test Flashcards by Fiona Frick

dally

act or move slowly

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wane

decrease in intensity

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promulgate

make widely known by public declaration

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noisome

harmful or dangerous

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antiseptic

protecting against infection / clean sanitized

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nugatory

of little value, inconsequential

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augur

prophet

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postulate

suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief

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annihilate

to destroy something, defeat somebody

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consummate

to fulfill or make perfect

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supplant

take the place of

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specious

falsely appearing to be true

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plausible

believable, appearing likely to be true

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expeditious

prompt or quick

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timorous

showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence

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dodge

elude or evade

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belie

disguise the true meaning or nature of something

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imply

to make something understood without expressing it directly

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condone

allow something although it is considered wrong

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eschewed

avoided doing something

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conjured

invoked supernatural forces

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suffused with

spread over or through something

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deficient in

lacking in

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laudable

worthy of praise

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reprehensible

deserving of harsh criticism

inconstant

frequently changing

abasing

degrading

apprising

advising

extolling

praising

recidivism

relapse into crime

abdication

step down from responsibility

suppostion

assumption

aggrandize

make great, beyond what is justified

coddle

treat in an indulgent way

excoriate

to criticize

impugn

to challenge

mitigate

reduce in severity

condone

forgive or approve

indict

accuse formally

forgo

give up or do without

condem

criticize or declare wrong

undaunted

not intimated by difficulty or danger

feckless

lazy, irresponsible

feral

resembling a wild animal

grave

serious or solemn

treacherous

presenting unpredictable dangers

staid

sedate, respectable, and unadventurous

waggish

humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner

stentorian

loud and powerful (or a person's voice)

untoward

unexpected/inappropriate

liberal

open to new behavior

grave

serious and solemn

despotic

cruel or oppressive in one's use of power

stodginess

dull and pompous gravity. stuffiness. graveness, gravity, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombreness - a manner that is serious and solemn

scrupulous

(of a person or process) diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details

reflected

made apparent, express, or manifest

redoubled

doubled, made twice as great

belied

contradicted, misrepresented

venality

capability of being bought or bribed

proclivity

an inclination or predisposition

celerity

speed, rapidness

profane

treat with irreverence or disrespect

discern

perceive or understand

despoil

sack or desecrate

propound

offer or set forth for consideration

hallow

respect or revere

venerate

respect

dubitable

doubtful

refutable

able to be disproven

prevalent

widespread

licentious

unconcerned with accepted norms

paradoxical

apparently contradictory

axiomatic

self evidently true or universally accepted as being true

devious

indirect, shifty, crooked

jocular

characterized by or given to playful jesting

cunning

ingenious or resourceful

diffident

shy

prankish

full of pranks

stoic

unaffected by passion or strong feeling/sober