Needs Work - MASTER Flashcards
squalid
dirty
trepidation
fear
consonant
to be in agreement
voracious
having a large appetite for something
comely
attractive
affable
friendly
consummate
skilled or accomplished
prosaic
trite
consonance
agreement
espouse; espousal
adopting or embracing a way of life
tome
a large book
axiom
a true statement
astringent
constricting; severe
recondite
obscure
forbear
to grudgingly tolerate
expound
to set forth
remuneration
compensation
levity
humor or frivolity
respite
rest
opprobrium
disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct
affront
an intentional insult
corrigible
capable of being corrected
frenetic
frantic
forestall
prevent or obstruct
primeval
beloning to the first age of the world
verdant
green with plant life
aggrandize
increase in size
avocation
something done for pleasure (a hobby)
paean
a song of joy
billet
a job or position
unctuous
falsely pious
cull
select
countenance
permit or tolerate
staunch
steadfast
consecrate
make sacred
bestow
to grant or give
gawky; gawkiness
awkward
sordid
sleazy actions
nominal
in name only
stymie
hindered
supplanted
to take the place of
rancor
ill will
disparagement
contemptuous or disrespectful speech
adulation
sycophantic
bowdlerized
expurgate
oeuvre
the body of artwork
dearth
scarcity
panacea
a cure-all
patrimony
heritage from one’s father’s line
archly; arch
deliberate playfulness or teasing
diminutive
tiny
confound; confounded
amaze OR confuse
confute
disprove
resplendent
sumptuous
sumptuous
resplendent
bade
offer; command
modicum
little bit
proffered
held out (like a hand)
bore
drill a hole in something; push thru a crowd
jaundiced
bitter
twaddle
nonsense
menagerie
a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for entertainment
denizen
inhabitant
craggy
rocky
prostrate
prone (lying flat face down); overwhelmed
profane
secular
traverse
travel across
repudiate
reject or renounce
wieldy
easily controlled or handled
sundry
miscellaneous
transgression
an offense
forbearance
patient self-control
avarice
greed
adulation
sycophantic
indulgence
tolerance
stricture
a restriction on a person or an activity; a sternly critical remark
providence
fate by God; timely preparation for future events
gravitas
dignity, solemnity, or seriousness of a matter
provenance
origin or earliest known history of something
reactionary
opposing political or social reform
mirthless
humorless
salubrious
healthy
corrugated
rigid
clarion
a trumpet (instrument)
impervious
unaffected by; impermeable
extricate
extract
ingot
a block of metal
deluge
a severe flood
repudiate
refuse or deny something (like an accusation)
paltry
small or worthless degree
recriminations
accusations
dossier
a collection of documents on a particular person or event
hovel
a small, squalid building (like a shack)
adulatory; adulation
sycophantic
alacrity
brisk and cheerful readiness; enthusiasm
anodyne
soothing; assuaging
arrant
utter (as in “what utter nonsense)
ascetic
austere abstinence
aspersion
defamation
asservate
to aver or allege
augury
omen
aver
to state as a fact; to confirm or support
baleful
malevolent
bilge
nonsense
boor
a rude or insensitive person; lout
bulwark
a defensive wall
cajole
to inveigle, coax, or wheedle
caparison
to bedizen
churlish
rude
corpulent
fat; paunchy
cozen
beguile, chicancery
dearth
a scarcity
deride
scorn
descant
to comment at length
descry
to discriminate or discern
desultory
casual; lacking a plan
dilatory
causing delay
disabuse
persuade (someone) that an idea or belief is mistaken
disparate
diverse
doggerel
trivial
dross
rubbish
effluvia
noxious odor or vapor
effusive
expressing gushing feelings of gratitude
sybarite
epicure
errant
peripatetic
etiolated
pale due to lack of light
execrable
appalling
exegesis
critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture
exigent
pressing or demanding
expatiate
to descant
expiate, expiation
to atone
expostulate
express strong disapproval or disagreement
exscind
to cut out or extirpate
extirpate
cut out completely
extrapolation
the action of estimating or concluding something by assuming that existing trends will continue or a current method will remain applicable