PAP ENGLISH II VOCAB 1 Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
0
Q

Aloof

A

Apart

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
1
Q

Affable

A

Friendly, courteous

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Aversion

A

Strong disinclination, disliking

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Banal

A

Common, ordinary, hackneyed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Capricious

A

Changing suddenly, fickle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Contrite

A

Extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Dawdle

A

To waste time, to spend time idly, to move in a lackadaisical manner

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Debilitate

A

To weaken, to enfeeble, to sap energy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Disparage

A

To degrade, derogatory manner

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Dogmatic

A

Strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Fastidious

A

Reflecting in a meticulous or demanding attitude, critical to an extreme

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Irascible

A

Irritable, easily angered, cranky

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Laud

A

To praise, to extol

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Opaque

A

Not allowing the passage of light

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Ostentatious

A

Showy, pretentious

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Prodigal

A

Wasteful, a person given to extravagance

16
Q

Prolific

A

Abundantly fruitful

17
Q

Reticent

A

Restrained in speech, reluctant to speak

18
Q

Servile

A

Overly submissive

19
Q

Superfluous

A

An overflow, beyond what is needed