Quiz #2 Flashcards
Aesthetic
Of or relating to art or beauty
Aberration
Something that is unusual or unexpected
Ameliorate
To make something better or less painful
Arcane
Known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret
Austere
Severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding; simple
Blithe
Joyous, merry, or gay in disposition; glad; cheerful; carefree
Capricious
Erratic; subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change
Chronic
Continuing a long time or recurring frequently; constant; habitual
Condone
To give tacit approval to; to disregard or overlook
Cursory
Going rapidly over something without noticing details; hasty; superficial
Demeanor
Conduct; behavior; facial appearance
Dialectical
Characteristic of a dialect
Disparage
To bring reproach or discredit upon; lower the estimation of; to depreciate or belittle
Ebb
The flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea; a point of decline
Embroil
To bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife; to throw into confusion or complicate
Erudite
Characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly
Expedite
To speed up the progress of; hasten; to accomplish promptly
Fetter
A chain or shackle placed on the feet; anything that confines or restrains
Furtive
Taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret; sly; shifty
Harbinger
A Persian who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald; anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign
Ignominy
Disgrace; dishonor; public contempt; shameful or dishonorable quality
Implausible
Not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility
Indefatigable
Incapable of being tired out; not trolling to fatigue; untiring
Insouciance
Lack of care or concern; indifference
Jargon
The language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group; any talk or writing that one does not understand
Levity
Lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness
Mellifluous
Sweet or smoothly flowing; sweet sounding
Myriad
A very great number of persons or things; ten thousand *can be used as noun or adjective
Officious
Objectionably aggressive in offering ones unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome
Peccadillo
A very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault
Philistine
Lacking in or hostile to culture, or someone exhibiting such behavior
Preclude
To prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible
Promulgate
To make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation; to set forth or teach publicly
Raconteur
A person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly
Remonstrate
To say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval
Resilient
Returning to the original form or position after being bent, compressed or stretched; springing back; rebounding; recovering from illness
Sardonic
Characterized by bitter, scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering
Solicitous
Anxious or concerned; eager; particular
Stoic
Free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, submitting without complaint to unavoidable necessity *noun or adjective
Surfeit
Excess; an excessive amount; often an excess of food or drink
Tedious
Wordy so as to cause weariness or boredom, as a speaker or writer; long and tiresome
Truculent
Fierce; cruel; savagely brutal; aggressively hostile; belligerent
Unremitting
Not slackening or abating; incessant
Verbose
Characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy
Vitriolic
Very caustic; scathing
