Nov 8th Flashcards
Quantifiable
Able to be expressed as an amount, quantity or numerical value
zealous
Marked by fervent partisanship for a person, a cause, or an ideal: filled with zeal
Beguile
- HOODWINK
2. To engage the interest of or as if by guile
Forestall
- To exclude, hinder or prevent by prior occupation or measure
- To get ahead of something: ANTICIPATE
Baffle
To defeat by confusing
Insouciance
Nonchalance
Relaxed and calm as if not worried about anything or do not care about anything
Stoicism
Indifference to pleasure or pain
Nullify
To make null
Accentuate
To make something more prominent or noticeable
ACCENT, EMPHASIZE
Knotty
Marked by or fully of knots
COMPLICATED
Mundane
Full and ordinary
Relating to ordinary life
Vapid
Lacking favor, zest, interests
FLAT, DULL
Sagacious
Of keen and farsighted penetration and judgements: DISCERNING
Distressing
To cause great strain or difficulties
To cause to worry or be troubled
Detrimental
Causing damage or injury
Quixotic
- Foolishly impractical
2. CAPRICIOUS, UNPREDICTABLE
precarious
Not safe, strong, or steady
Rapacious
- Excessively grasping or covetous
- Living on prey
- RAVENOUS
Covetous
Marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possession
Rudimentary
- Consisting in first principles FUNDAMENTAL
- Of a primitive kind
- Very imperfectly developed or represented only by a vestige
Vestige
A trace, mark, or visible sign left by something vanished or lost
Perfunctory
- Characterized by routine or superficiality
2. Lacking in interests or enthusiasm
Futility
USELESSNESS
Degeneracy
- Sexual perversion
2. Having low moral standards
Authoritarian
Expecting or requiring people to obey rules or laws: not allowing personal freedom
Histrionic
- Deliberately affected: overly dramatic or emotional
2. Relating to actors, theaters, or acting
Megalomania
A condition or mental illness that causes people to think they have great or unlimited power or importance
Indolent
- Averse to activity, effort, or movement: habitually lazy
- Conducive to or encouraging laziness
- Causing little or no pain
- Slow to develop or heal
Imperturbable
Marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness: SERENE
Volatile
- Likely to change in a very sudden and extreme way
2. Likely to become dangerous or out of control
Duplicitous
Marked by duplicity: deceptive in words or action
Blithe
- Lacking due thought or consideration: CASUAL, HEEDLESS
2. Of a happy lighthearted character or disposition
Tangible
- Easily seen or recognized
2. Able to be touched or felt
Palpable
- Capable of being touched or felt TANGIBLE
- NOTICEABLE
- Easily perceptible by the mind: MANIFEST
Nebulous
INDISTINCT, VAGUE
Nettlesome
Causing vexation, IRRITATING
Incontrovertible
Not open to question: INDISPUTABLE
Mainstay
A chief support
Pertinent
Relating to the thing being discussed or thoughts about
RELEVANT
Disperse
To go or move in different directions
Feckless
Having or resulting from a weak character or nature
Munificent
Very liberal in giving or bestowing
Taciturn
Temperamentally disinclined to talk
Arithmetic
COMPUTATION, CALCULATION
Paragon
Something perfect or excellent therefore should be a model or example to be copied