RED Flashcards
What is haughtiness?
The appearance or quality of being arrogantly superior and disdainful.
Synonyms: snobbish, arrogant, lofty, proud.
What does plethora mean?
A large or excessive amount of something.
Synonyms: overabundance, superfluity, abundance.
Define blithe.
Carefree and joyous in disposition; showing a lack of care or regard.
Synonyms: light-hearted, unconcerned, thoughtless, careless.
What is the meaning of crepuscular?
Relating to or resembling twilight; occurring or active during twilight.
What is enunciation?
The act of pronouncing words or parts of words clearly; the act of making a clear statement of ideas.
Synonyms: announcement, pronouncement, articulation.
What does plumage refer to?
A bird’s feathers, collectively.
What is resignation?
The act of retiring or giving up a position; the acceptance of something undesirable, but inevitable.
Synonyms: departure, stepping down, acquiescence, compliance.
Define tenacious.
Tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely.
Synonyms: determined, indefatigable, unyielding.
What does envenom mean?
To make poisonous; to embitter.
Synonyms: antagonize, embitter.
What is the meaning of cringe?
To shrink in fear or servility; to recoil in distaste.
Synonyms: flinch, wince, recoil.
Define verbose.
Expressed in or using too many words.
Synonyms: wordy, long-winded, circuitous.
What does quotidian mean?
Commonplace; done or experienced on a daily basis.
Synonyms: common, everyday, ordinary.
What is the meaning of acrid?
Unpleasantly strong and bitter in smell or taste; sharp or bitter in tone or character.
Synonyms: bitter, acrimonious, embittered.
What does remonstrate mean?
To reason or argue forcefully with somebody about something.
Synonyms: expostulate, protest.
Define uncanny.
Too strange or unlikely to seem merely natural or human; unexpectedly accurate or precise.
Synonyms: inscrutable, miraculous.
What is a grimace?
A contorted twisting of the face that expresses disgust or pain.
Synonyms: frown, scowl.
What does voracious mean?
Desiring or consuming food in great quantities; unusually eager or enthusiastic about an activity.
Synonyms: ravenous, gluttonous.
What is the meaning of covet?
To have a strong desire to possess something that belongs to somebody else.
Synonyms: desire, pine for, yearn for.
Define attribute.
To think of something as caused by a particular circumstance; to give credit for something such as a work of art or a saying to a particular person, often wrongly; a quality, property, or characteristic of somebody or something.
Synonyms: ascribe, impute, characteristic.
What does obliterate mean?
To destroy something so that nothing remains.
Synonyms: abolish, expunge, eradicate.
What is renunciation?
A denial or rejection of something or somebody, usually for moral or religious reasons; an official declaration giving up a title, office, claim, or privilege.
Synonyms: abnegation, self-denial.
Define schism.
The division of a group into mutually antagonistic factions.
Synonyms: dissolution, split, division.
What does assuage mean?
To provide relief from something distressing or painful.
Synonyms: alleviate, mollify, soothe.
What are comrades?
A companion who shares one’s activities or is a fellow member of an organization; a fellow soldier or serviceman.
Synonyms: cohorts, companions, mates.
What is a threshold?
The plank that lies under a door; the place of entering or beginning; the point at which a physiological or psychological effect begins to be produced.
Synonyms: brink, verge, cusp, inception.
