Practice Test 2 Vocab Flashcards
Tepid
Slightly warm, showing little enthusiasm
Emaciated
Abnormally thin or weak
Prodigious
Impressive to a great extent
Quittance
A release from debt or obligation
Scintillation
Flash of light
Irascible
Showing a tendency to be easily angered
Innocuous
Not harmful or offensive
Disquietude
State of uneasiness or anxiety
Surreptitious
Kept secret because it would not be approved
Toil
Hard work, moving slowly or difficultly
Destitution
Extreme poverty
Impinging
Having an effect or impact (usually negative)
Abnegating
Renounce or reject
Excogitate
Plan, think out
Intransigent
Unwilling to change one’s views
Lamented
Conventional way to describe the deceased
Embolden
Give someone courage or confidence
Ineptitude
Showing lack of skill, clumsy
Intemperate
Showing a lack of self control, immoderate
Immoderate
Not sensible or restrained
Affable
Friendly, good-natured
Abstemious
Not self indulgent
Veracity
Conformity to fact, accuracy, dedication to truth
Amplitude
Breath range or magnitude of something
Bemuse
Puzzle or confuse
Excoriate
Criticize severely
Extol
Praise enthusiastically
Aplomb
Self confidence or assurance (especially in difficult situations)
Taciturn
Reserved in speech
Furtively
Attempting to avoid notice or attention
Stentorian
A voice that is loud and powerful
Garrulous
Excessively talkative especially on trivial matters
Poignant
Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret
Perturbation
Anxiety
Probity
Having strong moral principles
Unctuous
Excessively flattering
Sonorous
A sound imposingly deep and full
Recitation
Repeating something out loud for memory