Part 1 Of Final Flashcards
Vilify
Speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner
Dogmatic
Characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts
Truculent
Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant
Loquacious
Tending to talk a great deal; talkative
Bombastic
High-sounding but with little meaning; inflated
Ingenuous
Innocent and unsuspecting
Eclectic
Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources
Iconoclast
A person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions.
Quixotic
Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical
Misanthrope
A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society
Explication
The process of analyzing and developing an idea or principle in detail
Onerous
Involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome.
Urbane
Courteous and refined in manner
Vituperate
Blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language
Anathema
Something or someone that one vehemently dislikes
Apocryphal
Of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true
Obdurate
Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action
Axiom
A statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true
Diaphanous
Characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
Moribund
At the point of death / In terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigor
