RocketReview Flashcards
Urbane
having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities
Salutary
promoting or conducive to some beneficial purpose; wholesome.
Rapacious
inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate
Vogue
popular currency, acceptance, or favor; popularity
Plaintive
expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful
Vacillate
to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute
felicitous
well-chosen; especially appropriate; pleasing
embellish
to decorate; to make beautiful or aesthetic; to make additions to, especially as in adding fictitious details to a story
eclectic
selecting the best from different sources; selective; varied
vindicate
to prove someone right in the end; to free him or her from blame; to exonerate
autonomy
independence; self government
comprehensive
all-inclusive; thorough; complete; encompassing a great deal
rhetoric
impressive sounding, though sometimes empty, words; a formal speech
definitive
settling a disputed matter finally; no longer tentative; conclusive; authoritative; decisive
transient
passing through a place quickly; not lasting; short lived; transitory; ephemeral; evanescent
prosaic
ordinary; matter-of-fact; lacking imagination; uninspired; hackneyed; mundane; banal
substantiate
to offer supporting evidence; to help prove; to corroborate
apprehensive
having great doubts; nervous; fearful; diffident
polemical
arguing a position, especially a radical one
belie
to contradict; to fail to confirm
diferential
respectful; reverent; venerating
dogmatic
stubbornly opinionated; arrogantly inflexible; close-minded; intractable
transitory
of short duration; brief; ephemeral
immutable
unchanging; not able to change; everlasting
cursory
hurried and superficial; quick; perfunctory; not meticulous
rancor
extremely bad feelings about something; bitterness
underscore
to emphasize, as if by drawing a line under; to highlight
explicate
to explain or analzye logically; to clear up any misunderstanding; to make explicit; to elucidate
tenuous
thin; insubstantial; unable to support anything else
patronize
to be a customer; to treat rudely, condescendingly, or contemptuously
contentious
to fight; to deal with difficulty; to argue a point
deter
to prevent; to discourage; to impede; to daunt
pedantic
overly academic about minor matters; being a stickler for academic correctness
reprehensible
deserving great blame; wicked; evil
tractable
obedient; easily controlled; amenable
adversity
a difficult, harmful, or dangerous situation
inundate
to flood; to overwhelm with overabundance
insolvent
unable to pay; out of money
dilatory
delaying; not prompt
cerebral
intellectual; relating to the brain
ardent
extremely eager and enthusiastic
incisive
sharp; clear; clever; keen; perceptive; discriminating; astute
affectation
a pretentious or inauthentic way of behaving; pretending to be something; not typical behavior
florid
overly decorated; flowery
amenable
cooperative; willing; tractable; amicable
condone
to allow to happen; to forgive or overlook something wrong; to indulge`
officious
bossy; overly asserting one’s authority; using one’s position or authority to forve others; authoritatian
astute
insightful; clever; wise; discerning; discriminating
peremptory
bossy; tending to cut others off; dismissive; officious
vignette
a brief description of a scene
sensibility
preferences; awareness; tastes; delicacy or refinement of tastes; discernment
ingenuous
naive; childlike
