Reading 8 List 12 Flashcards
Amorphous
Having no definite or distinctive shape
Arrest
Hold back, take into custody, to interrupt
Benefactor
A person who helps institutions or people with financial issues
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Charlatan
A flamboyant deceiver, someone who attracts using tricks
Concur
To be in agreement, happen simultaneously
Dilatory
Wasting time, stalling
Dole
Charitably given money or food
Endorse
Approve of, give support or approval
Exculpate
Free from blame, not guilty
Fatalistic
Fatal
Fundamental
Relating to basic facts
Hybrid
Produced by cross breeding
Iniquity
Immoral perverse behavior
Irascible
Easily angered, having a quick temper
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Limpid
Clear, bright, easily understandable, transparent
Meticulous
Paying close attention to details
Monumental
Bulk and solidity
Naive
Inexperienced
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Obdurate
Stubborn, doesn’t care about feelings but wrong doing
Passivity
Inactivity
Phlegmatic
Showing little emotion
Prescient
Perceiving significance of events before they occur
Quixotic
Unrealistic
Rectitude
Righteousness
Resuscitate
Cause to regain conciousness
Sector
Divide, portion
Shrewd
Hardheaded intellegence
Spartan
Like Spartans
Stolid
Revealing little emotion or sensitivity
Tantamount
Being essentially equal to something
Transitory
Lasting a very short time
Unabashedly
Not embarrassed
Undulate
Stir up, ripple, disturb
Verbose
Using or containing too many words
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Volatile
Flexible, easily adapts
Wrongheaded
Foolish, unwise
Acumen
The ability to make good judgements