Ones I Never Get Flashcards
Insipid
Lacking vitality
Banal
Dull because of overstate of use ; hackneyed; trite
Lackluster
Lacking vitality
Platitude
Quality of being dull
Trite
Unoriginal and stale
Mediate
Act as a go between settling disputes
Mitigate
To make or become less severe
Placate
To make calm; to soothe
Captious
Made for the sake of quarrelling
Contentious
Quarrelsome; belligerent
Prodigal
Wasteful and lavish
Profligate
Wasteful and reckless w/spending money
Parsimonious
Overly frugal or miserly
Penurious
Stingy
Precarious
Dangerous or risky
Quandary
A dilemma
Baneful
Causing ruin
Iniquitous
Showing a lack of fairness
Pernicious
Very destructive
Carp
To find fault
Upbraid
To chide
Nonchalant
Casual and indifferent
Phlegmatic
Hard to get excited or emotional
Soporific
Sleepy
Torpid
Lacking energy
Hidebound
Strongly opinionated
Recalcitrant
Stubborn
Vociferous
Loud and noisy regarding one’s own voice
Panegyrise
To praise someone or event in a formal speech or in writing
Revere
To regard highly with love and respect
Venerate
To feel or show deep respect for, especially due to age or tradition: to honor
Profuse
Abundant; more than enough
Exacting
Requiring a great deal of care or effort
Nomadic
Wandering
Antediluvian
Very, very old
Ascetic
A person who refrains from indulging in earthly pleasures
Charlatari
A fraud
Pariah
A social outcast
Extraneous
Not essential
Incidental
Less important
Coalesce
To have different opinions join together
Convalesce
To recover from an illness
Impudent
Rude
Indigent
Poor
Ponderous
Very heavy or bulky
Fastidious
Meticulous
Querulous
Whining
Vilify
To slander or defame someone’s reputation
Lithe
Nimble and flexible
Pitfall
An unseen danger
Raze
To tear down
Replete
Filled-up
Respite
Period of inactivity
Spurious
False
Aplomb
Social poise
Axiom
A true or wise saying
Compunction
Feeling of remorse for doing something wrong
Diffident
Lacking confidence in oneself
Dilettante
One who dabbles in the arts and sciences but is an expert in neither
Insurgent
A rebel
Mimetic
Pertaining to imitation or mimicry
Palpable
Able to be touched or felt
Portentous
Very meaning with regard to events to come
Vignette
A brief descriptive passage in writing
Anthology
A collection of short stories and/or poems