Part 2 (61-120) Flashcards
Disparage
To express scornfully one’s low opinion of someone or something.
Belittle, dercy, denigrate, demean, deride.
Approve, endorse, recommend, sanction.
Volatile
Likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly.
Capricious, changeable, changeful, fickle, flickery.
Certain, changeless, constant, immutable, invariable.
Acumen
Quick, lean or accurate knowledge or insight.
Keenness, sagacity, sharpness, shrewdness, perspicacity.
Fatuity, brainlessness, dumbness, naiveness.
Static
Fixed in a place or position.
Immobile, nonmoving, standing, stationery.
Movie, movable, moving, nonstationary.
Adulterate
To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients.
Contaminated, taint, debase.
Filtered, purified, refined.
Pungent
Having a powerfully stimulating odor or flavor.
Nippy, sharp, strong, tangy, acrid.
Bland, mild, smooth.
Perennial
Having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish.
Abiding, ageless, continuing, dateless.
Antiquated, archaic, dated, obsolete, outdate.
Spendthrift
A person who spends improvidently or wastefully.
Extravagant, high-rolling, prodigal, profligate, squandering.
Conserving, economical, economizing, frugal, penny-pinching.
Unfeigned
Not feigned or hypocritical, absolutely genuine.
Heartfelt, sincere.
Affected, artificial, false, feigned, insincere.
Insipid
Lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate or challenge.
Bland, flat, flavorless, savorless, tasteless.
Flavorful, flavorsome, sapid, savory, tasteful.
Vexation
The act of harassing.
Aggravation, annoyance, bedevilment, botheration, bothering.
Delight, pleasure, mollify, appease.
Malevolent
Productive of harm or evil arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred.
Malicious, cruel, spiteful, hateful, wicked, sins.
Benevolent, benign, loving, unmalicious.
Misanthrope
A person who hates or disturbs humankind.
Cynic, naysayer, grouch, churl.
Optimist, positivist, idealist, sentimentalist.
Prodigal
Characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure. Reckless spendthrift.
Extravagant, high-rolling, profligate, spendthrift, squandering.
Stingy, stinging, tight, tightfisted.
Vigilant
Alertly watchful especially to avoid danger.
Alert, attentive, observant.
Absent, absentminded, abstracted, daydreaming, dazed.
Profuse
Exhibiting abundance.
Copious, galore, gushing, lavish, riotous.
Lacking, scarce, unsatisfactory, wanting.
Queries
Question by expressing doubt or to request information.
Distrust, doubts, dubieties, dubitations.
Assurance, beliefs, certainties, certitudes, confidences.
Eccentric
Deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways.
Bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, curious.
Conformer, conformist, follower.
Laud
Praise highly.
Acclaim, applaud, credit, extoll.
Belittle, discommend, disparage.
Transient
Passing especially quickly into and out of existence.
Brief, deciduous, ephemeral, evanescent, flash.
Ceaseless, dateless, deathless, endless, enduring.
Bestow
confer or present an honor, gift or right.
Contribute, donate, vest.
Refuse, withhold, usurp, withdraw.
Luminous
Emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused or glowing light.
Brilliant, candescent, radiant, dazzling, effulgent.
Dim, dull, lackluster, unbright, unbrilliant.
Refute
To prove wrong by argument or evidence, show to be false or erroneous.
Contradict, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disavow.
Acknowledge, admit, allow, avow, concede.
plummet
To drop sharply and abruptly.
Crash, crater, decline, descend, dip, dove.
Arise, ascend, lift, mount, rise.
Reverant
Expressing or characterized by reverence.
Reverential, worshipful, devout, godly, venerable.
Blasphemous, desecrating, irreverent, profanatory, profane.
Stupefy
To astonish or shock someone.
Amaze, astonish, astound, bowl over, dumbfound.
Bore, clarify, enlighten.
Adroit
Having skill, cleverness, resourcefulness in handling situations.
Artful, deft, dexterous.
Amateurish, unskillful.
Ascetic
Practicing strict self-discipline typically for religious purposes.
Austere, authoritarian, flinty, spartan, abstainer.
Compromising, sybarite, forbearing.
Antipathy
A strong feeling of dislike.
Animosity, antagonism, abhorrence, opposition, hostility.
Amiability, amicability, friendliness.
Boisterous
Loud; noisy; lacking restraint.
Unruly, exuberant, uproarious.
Calm, hushed, noiseless, peaceful, placid.
Cajole
To obtain from someone by gentle persuasion; to coax through flattery.
Blandish, coax, wheedle, flatter, persuade.
Harass, nag, pester.
Attenuate
To weaken or make thinner; to reduce the severity.
Depreciate, depress, devaluate.
Appreciate, enhance, upgrade.
Auspicious
Suggesting that future success is likely; favorable.
Propitious, opportune.
Bleak, dark, desperate.
Bane
A source of harm or ruin.
Affliction, curse, nemesis, scourge.
Advantage, aid, assistance, relief, support.
Chauvinist
A blindly devoted patriot; an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite gender.
Jingoist, bigot, nationalist.
Internationalist, neutralist.
Deposition
A testifying especially before a court, an act of removing from a position of authority.
Dismissal, unseating, declaration.
Sublimation, upgradation, promotion.
Derivative
Something derived, lacking originality.
Secondary, secondhand, unoriginal, consequent.
Fundamental, non derivative, original, primary.
Detraction
A lessening of reputation caused by criticism.
Belittlement, denigration, deprecation, depreciation.
Aggrandizement, ennoblement, exaltation, exaltation, glorification, magnification.
Digress
To turn aside especially from the main subject of attention.
Deviate, stray, wonder, maunder.
Normal, conform, adhere.
Dilatory
Tending or intended to cause delay.
Snail-paced, snaillike, tardy, unhurried.
Prompt, expeditious, brisk, swift.
Disaffect
To alienate the affection.
Alienate, disgruntle, estrange.
Reconcile, conciliate, placate, pacify.
Discomfit
To put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment.
Beat, checkmate, foil, frustrate.
Foster, further, nurture, promote.
Dissolution
The act or process of dissolving or dismissing.
Disbandment, cessation, termination.
Unification, union, approval.
Distension
The act of distending or expanding unduly or abnormally.
Amplification, inflation.
Decrease, abatement, compressing, compression.
Dynamo
A forceful energetic individual.
Fireball, live wire, achiever, go-getter.
Dawdler, idler, loafer, lounger, trifler.
Episodic
Appearing in parts or numbers that follow regularly.
Aperiodic, casual, catchy, choppy, discontinuous.
Constant, continuous, habitual, periodic, regular.
Enormity
An outrages, improper, vicious, or immoral act.
Atrociousness, atrocity, badness, depravedness, depravity, outrage.
Goodness, righteousness, virtuousness.
Ephemeral
Lasting a very short time.
Flash, fleeting, short-lived, temporary.
Ceaseless, dateless, endless, eternal.
Estimable
Worthy of great respect.
Applaudable, commendable, creditable, laudable, meritorious.
Censurable, discreditable, illaudable, reprehensible.
Forestall
To prevent an anticipated event by taking advance action.
Obviate, preclude, prevent, stave off.
Abet, aid, assist.
Garner
To gather into storage.
Accumulate, amass, assemble, collect.
Dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter.
Idyll
A simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment.
Frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, ploy.
Forbearace
Restraint and tolerance.
Fortitude, patience, endurance, tolerance.
Impatience, acquiescence, surrender.
Guile
Disguised deceit
Cunning, cunningness, guilefulness, slickness, slyness, deceit, craftiness.
Frankness, openness, plainness, ingenuity.
Hallowed
To make holy or set apart for holy use, to respect greatly.
Blessed, consecrated, sacralized, sanctified, revered.
Deconsecrated, desacralized, desanctified.
Inherent
Involved in the constitution or essential character of something.
Constitutional, constitutive, essential, hardwired, intrinsic, innate.
Adventitious, extraneous, extrinsic.
Inimitable
Not capable of being imitated.
Unique, Distinctive, Idiosyncratic.
Ordinary, Mediocre, usual.
Insensible
Incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation.
Cold, senseless, unconscious, indifferent, unaware, oblivious.
Conscious, active.
Insular
Characteristic of an isolated people.
Petty, picayune, provincial, sctarian, small-minded, islolated, detached.
Liberal, open, open-minded, receptive, tolerant.
Discordant
Being at variance, disagreeing, Quarrelsome.
Cacophonous, dissonant, inharmonious, unmelodious, unmusical.
mellifluous, noiseless, quiet, silent, soundless.
