Pages 11-55 Flashcards
Indolence
inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
Politic
smoothly agreeable
Cloying
overly sweet
Adumbration
foreshadowing
Avarice
extreme greed
Dubious
doubtful
Rakish
jaunty, dashing
Jaunty
lively and/or cheerful
Tepid
showing little enthusiasm
Conviviality
readiness, agreeableness
Temerity
recklessness
Ineluctable
unavailable
Diminution
making physically smaller
Ennui
boredome
Japery
good natured teasing
Disavowal
rejection
Approbation
consent or approval
Plunder
take something wrongfully
Castigate
to be ruled out
Indignant
angered at something unjust
Prudent
showing care or thought for the future
Promulgate
promote or make widely known
Defected
to go to the other side
Acquiesced
agree
Callow
immature
Ominous
threatening
Enigmatic
difficult to interpret or understand
Vacuous
empty, showing a lack of knowlege
Prescient
farsighted
Ingenuous
sincere
Ingenious
brilliant
Lexicon
specific word, vocabulary of a person
Verbiage
specific wording, excessive speech
Hurly-burly
commotion
Edfice
building
Vistas
a pleasing view
Nascent
just born
Implacable
can’t placate
Balk
to refuse to comply
Peccadilloes
minor faults
Pell-mell
unstructured situations
Helter-skelter
unstructured situations
Nugatory
of no value or importance, trifling
Preponderance
excess
Prolixity
excess
Ersatz
artificial or inferior