Quick Quiz #6 Flashcards
Injunction
Court order
Innate
Inborn
Innocuous
Harmless
Inordinate
Excessive
Insatiable
Hard or impossible to satisfy
Insidious
Treacherous
Insinuate
Hint
Insipid
Dull
Insolent
Arrogant
Instigate
Provoke
Insular
Like an island
Insurgent
Rebel
Integral
Essential
Integrate
Combine
Intractable
Uncontrollable
Intransigent
Uncompromising
Intrinsic
Inherent
Introspective
Examining one’s feelings
Inundate
Flood
Invective
Insulting speech
Inveterate
Habitual
Irascible
Irritable
Itinerant
Moving from place to place
Itinerary
Planned trip route
Judicious
Exercising sound judgement
Juxtapose
Place side by side
Kinetic
Active
Labyrinth
Maze
Laconic
Using few words
Lament
Mourn
Lampoon
Satirize
Languish
Become weak
Latent
Present but not visible
Laud
Praise
Legacy
Bequest
Lethargy
Sluggishness
Levity
Lightness
Libel
Written injurious falsehood
Slander
Spoken injurious falsehood
Litigate
Try in court
Loquacious
Taking a lot
Lucid
Easy to understand
Lugubrious
Exaggeratedly mournful
Luminious
Giving off light
Machination
Scheming evil activity
Magnanimous
Forgiving
Magnate
Rich businessperson
Malaise
Depression
Malevolent
Wishing to do evil
Malfeasance
Illegal act
Malignant
Harmful
Malinger
Pretend to be sick
Malleable
Easy to shape
Mandate
Command to do something
Manifest
Visible
Manifesto
Public declaration
Marshal
Arrange in order
Martial
Warlike
Martyr
One who dies for a cause
Matriculate
Enroll
Maudlin
Overly sentimental
Maverick
Nonconformist
Maxim
Fundamental principle
Mediate
Help settle differences
Mellifluous
Sweetly flowing
Mendacious
Lying
Mendicant
Beggar
Mentor
Teacher
Mercenary
Hired soilder
Mercurial
Emotionally unpredictable
Metamorphosis
Magical change in form
Microcosm
World in miniature
Milieu
Environment
Minuscule
Very tiny
Misanthropic
Hating mankind
Mitigate
Moderate the effect of
Mollify
Soften
Monolithic
Massive and unyielding
Moribund
Dying
Morose
Gloomy
Mortify
Humiliate
Mundane
Ordinary
Munificent
Very generous
Myopia
Nearsightedness
Myriad
A huge number
Narcissism
Excessive love of self
Nebulous
Vague
Nefarious
Evil
Neologism
New word
Nepotism
Favoritism
Nihilism
Belief in the absence of all values and morals
Nostalgia
Longing for the past
Notorious
Famous for something bad
Novel
Original
Noxious
Harmful
Nuance
Subtle difference
Obdurate
Stubborn
Obfuscate
Confuse
Oblique
Indirect
Oblivion
Forgetfulness