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
fallow
(of a period of time) characterized by inaction; dormant
feckless
ineffectual; irresponsible
filigree
an ornamental work, especially of delicate lacelike patterns
ostentatious
flamboyant
forbearance
patience
froward
intractable; recalcitrant
grouse
to complain
hirsute
hairy
illusory
deceptive; based on a false belief
tacit
understood without being stated
importune
harass persistently
impudent
impertinent; bold and disrespectful
impertinent
rude
indecent
indecorous
indefatigable
persisting tirelessly
insouciant
nonchalant
parochial
insular
intransigent
refusing to compromise
inured
accustomed to accepting something undesirable
inveterate
long-established and unlikely to change
involute
intricate and complex
jocose
blithe
laconic
using few words; terse
languid
not interested in fighting
limn
depict in an artform
limpid
lucid
maunder
to digress or stray
mendacity
lying
meretricious
attractive but having no actual value
mettle, mettlesome
spirit and resilience
militate
be a powerful factor in preventing something
minatory
menacing; threatening
nascent
inchoate
nexus
a connection, tie, or link
obloquy
vituperation; calumny
obsequious
obedient or attentive to a sycophantic degree
officious
meddlesome
opprobrium
harsh criticism or censure
ostensible
stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so
overweening
presumptuous, supercilious
pedestrian
trite
trite
lacking originality; banal
peremptory
brusque; imperious
brusque
abrupt
germane
pertinent
picaresque
relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero.
pillory
attack or scorn publically
poseur
a poser or insincere person
prevaricate
to speak or act in an evasive way; equivocate
propinquity
nearness in time or space
ramify
to be divided or subdivided; to branch out
rapacious
greedy
rarefy, rarefied
esoteric OR thin air
raucous
making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise
recidivate; recidivism
relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
recondite
abstruse or arcane
recreant
pusillanimous
refractory
obdurate or intractable
remonstrate
to protest
reproach
disapprove
salient
conspicuous
salubrious
healthy OR pleasant
salutary
wholesome
scurvy
despicable
simper
to smirk
slake
to satisfy or quench
sodden
soaked or drenched; unimaginative; dull
splenetic
irascible
spurious
lacking validity; false
stanch
stop the flow of a fluid
stentorian
extremely loud and powerful
stint
to restrain
stygian
gloomy;dark
sundry
miscellaneous
mendicant
begging
tacit
implied
taciturn
not talkative
tact
discerning and sensitive use of speech
tawdry
cheap; tacky
tendentious
biased
torpor
lethargic
tortuous
serpentine
truculent
quick to argue or fight
turpitude
malevolence
umbrage
chagrin
upbraid
to censure
valiant; valor
possessing or showing courage or determination
variegation
make more diverse
venal
capable of being bought or bribed; mercenary; purchasable
mercenary
making money at the expense of ethics
veritable
authentic
vestige
a trace; a remnant
viscous
thick; sticky
vitality
vigor; ability to live or grow
vitiate
to pervert
wend
to walk
writhe
make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body
wry
dry humor
sardonic
mocking or cynical
insolent
rude
epoch
era
conflagration
fire
pernicious
deleterious
depravity
corruption
pulchirtude
beauty
indigence
penury
complacent; complacency
smugness
precocious; precocity
(of a child) having developed skills or abilities earlier than expected
preposessing
pulchritude
pedestrian
ordinary
odium
disgust
maladroit
inept
choleric
bad-tempered
physiognomy
facial features
caustic
corrosive OR sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way
cavil
make petty or unnecessary objections
celerity
moving swiftly
circumscribe
to put limits on something
coeval
existing at the same time
vituperate; vituperative
bitter
pecuniary
financial
summation
adding things up
recompense
compensation
ablated
remove
fulmination
violent explosion
indignation
vexation; chagrin; umbrage; affront
impugn
to insult
inopportune
untimely
incommensurate
inadequate
fallacies
falsehoods
polemical
relating to controversy, argument, or refutation
disparate
diverse
facile
easy; arrived at without due care or examination
averse
opposed or disinclined
foment
incite or promote the growth of something
affront
insult intentionally
replete
filled with (something)
caustic
severely critical
antipathetic
opposed to (something)
indolent
lazy
expurgate
remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a text or account)
amorphous
without a clearly defined shape or form; lacking a clear structure or focus
congenial
like-minded; pleasent
obsequious
sycophantic
proclivity
tendency
quixotic
impractically idealistic
adulterate
make something poorer in quality by adding another substance
ambivalent
having mixed feelings; equivocal
equivocal
ambiguous
ameliorate
make (something bad) better
construe
interpret (words or actions) in a particular way
contrite; contrition
feeling of remorse or guilt
craven
cowardly
deft
skillful and clever in one’s work
demur
raise doubts or objections
desiccate
dehydrate
supplicated
begged earnestly
enjoining
urging
entreaties
pleas
arresting
striking, conspicuous
expound
present; explain
manifest
clear or obvious (to the mind)
proscription
prohibition
wiles
chicaneries
providential
opportune; divine
exhort; exhortation
enjoining
stalwart
staunch
formidable
intimidating; onerous
glean
obtain (information)
aphorism
a saying
stature
a person’s natural height; reputation proceeded by accomplishments
preclude
prevent from happening
sequestered; sequestration
isolated; confiscation
disquieted
a feeling of anxiety or worry
vexed
difficult and debated
exonerate; exonerated
absolve (someone)
perturbe; perturbation
uneasiness or anxiety
assignation
an appointment made in secret; an allocation of something to someone
accord
grant someone power; agreement
ravage
damage
abate
become less intense
founder
fill with water and sink; very cold; establish (something)
extoll
praise
pedant; pedantic
excessively concerned with details
redactor
edit (text) for a publication
savant
talented and learned person
substantiate
provide evidence to support the truth of
abrogate; abrogated
repeal or do away with
preempt
forestall
predisposed
inclined or tendency
disburse
pay out (from a fund)
circumvent
avoid (an obstacle)
betray; betrayed
disloyal; unintentionally disclose
vanquish; vanquished
defeat thoroughly
piquant
intriguing
histrionic
melodramatic
ostentation
showiness
judicious
good judgement or sense, wise
nonplussed
confused; perturbed
clairvoyant
a psychic
galvanize
shock someone into taking actions
lambaste
criticize
inane
lacking meaning; silly
scrupulous
careful; honest
unscrupulous
having no morals
