Princeton Review Hit Parade Flashcards
concord (n.)
agreement (antonym: discord)
concur (v.)
to agree
dogmatic (adj.)
stubbornly attached to insufficiently proven beliefs
fastidious (adj.)
carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please
intransigence (n.)
refusal to moderate a position or to compromise
jocular (adj.)
characterized by or given to joking
meticulous (adj.)
extremely careful and precise
affable (adj.)
easy-going; friendly
alacrity (n.)
promptness in response; cheerful readiness; eagerness
amiable (adj.)
friendly; agreeable; good-natured
benign (adj.)
kind and gentle
sanguine (adj.)
cheerfully confident; optimistic
belligerent (adj.)
eager to fight; hostile or aggressive
cantankerous (adj.)
ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable
contentious (adj.)
quarrelsome
deleterious (adj.)
having a harmful effect
exacerbate (v.)
to increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
flippant (adj.)
disrespecfully humorous or casual
insolent (adj.)
insulting in manner or speech
nefarious (adj.)
flagrantly wicked; vicious
pernicious (adj.)
extremely or irrevocably harmful; deadly
rancorous (adj.)
marked by bitter, deep-seated ill-will
repugnant (adj.)
arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive
supercilious (adj.)
disdainful; haughty; arrogant
arboreal (adj.)
relating to or resembling a tree or trees
invocation (n.)
a call (usually upon a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration
stratify (v.)
to layer or separate into layers
variegated (adj.)
having streaks, marks, or patches of a different color or colors; varicolored
verdant (adj.)
green with vegetation
averse (adj.)
strongly disinclined
conspicuous (adj.)
easy to notice; obvious (antonym: inconspicuous)
demure (adj.)
modest and reserved
diffidence (n.)
timidity or shyness
docile (adj.)
submissive to instruction; willing to be taught
innocuous (adj.)
having no adverse effect; harmless
placid (adj.)
calm or quiet; undisturbed
quiescent (adj.)
quiet, still, or at rest; inactive
augment (v.)
to make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity; to supplement
bolster (v.)
to hearten, support, or prop up
burgeon (v.)
to grow and flourish
copious (adj.)
plentiful; having a large quantity
distend (v.)
to swell out or expand from internal pressure, as when overly full
grandiose (adj.)
great in scope or intent; grand
prodigious (adj.)
enormous
profundity (n.)
great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning
redouble (v.)
to make twice as great; to double
scintillating (adj.)
brilliant
brevity (n.)
the quality or state of being brief in duration
expedient (adj.)
appropriate to a purpose; convenient; speedy
transient (adj.)
passing quickly in time or space
austere (adj.)
without decoration; strict
banal (adj.)
drearily commonplace; predictable; trite
hackneyed (adj.)
worn out through overuse; trite
insipid (adj.)
uninteresting; unchallenging; lacking taste or savor
prosaic (adj.)
unimaginative; dull (antonym: poetic)
soporific (adj.)
inducing or tending to induce sleep
vapid (adj.)
lacking livelines, animation, or interest; dull
onerous (adj.)
troublesome or oppressive; burdensome
portent (n.)
indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; omen
prescience (n.)
knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foreknowledge; foresight
anachronistic (adj.)
the representation of something as existing or happening in the wrong time period
archaic (adj.)
characteristic of an earlier time; antiquated; old
dilatory (adj.)
habitually late
ephemeral (adj.)
lasting for only a brief time
redolent (adj.)
fragrant; aromatic; suggestive
temporal (adj.)
of, relating to, or limited by time
debacle (adj.)
disastrous or ludicrous defeat or failure; fiasco
debilitate (v.)
to impair the strength of; weaken
tumultous (adj.)
noisy and disorderly
aesthetic (adj.)
having to do with the appreciation of beauty
aural (adj.)
of or related to the ear or the sense of hearing
cacophony (n.)
discordant; unpleasant noise
dirge (n.)
a funeral hymn or lament
eclectic (adj.)
made up of a variety of sources or styles
incongruous (adj.)
lacking in harmony; incompatible
sonorous (adj.)
producing a deep or full sound
strident (adj.)
loud, harsh, grating, or shrill
extraneous (adj.)
irrelevant; inessential
juxtapose (v.)
to place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast
novel (adj.)
fresh; original; new
superfluous (adj.)
extra; unnecessary
synergy (n.)
combined action or operation
tangential (adj.)
merely touching or slightly connected; only superficially relevant
diligent (adj.)
marked by painstakign effort; hardworking
maverick (n.)
one who is independent and resists adherence to a group
mercenary (adj.)
motivated solely by a desire for money or material gain
obstinate (adj.)
stubbornly attached to an opinion or a course of action
proliferate (v.)
to grow or increase rapidly
tenacity (n.)
persistence
vigilant (adj.)
on the alert; watchful
dearth (n.)
scarce supply; lack
modicum (n.)
a small, moderate, or token amount
paucity (n.)
smallness in number; scarcity
squander (v.)
to spend wastefully
temperate (adj.)
moderate; restrained (antonym: intemperate)
tenuous (adj.)
having little substance or strength; shaky
clandestine (adj.)
done secretively, especially to deceive; surreptitious
subterfuge (n.)
a deceptive stratagem or device
surreptitious (adj.)
secretive; sneaky
flag (v.)
to decline in vigor or strength; to tire; to droop