Quiz 4: 2.1-2.4 Flashcards
Pedantic
Overly concerned with minute details or formulisms, especially in teaching
2.4
Unctuous
Characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affecter manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug; oily or greasy
2.4
Timorous
Of a timid disposition; expressing or suggesting fearfulness or shyness
2.4
Sapience
Wisdom or insight; a quality of being sage and perceptive
2.4
Staid
Marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint
2.4
Spurious
Of falsified or erroneously attributed origin; of a deceitful nature or quality
2.4
Phlegmatic
Having or showing a slow and unemotional temperament
2.3
Taciturn
Temperamentally disinclined to talk; laconic; reserved
2.3
Tortuous
Marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns; marked by devious or indirect tactics
2.3
Surfiet
To feed, supply, or give to excess; to indulge to fullness in a gratification
2.3
Vacuous
Emptied or lacking content; marked by lack of ideas or intelligence
2.3
Sycophant
A servile, self-seeking flatterer; a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important to gain advantage
2.3
Mendacious
Given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth
2.2
Moribund
Being in the state of dying; approaching death; being in a state of inactivity or obsolescence
2.2
Paroxysm
A fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms; a sudden violent emotion or action
