S2week 4 Flashcards
Accessible
Obtainable, reachable
Adroit
Skillful, dexterous
Bombastic
Excessively confident, pompous
Boon
Gift or blessing
Calumny
An attempt to spoil someone else’s reputation by spreading lies
Camaraderie
Brotherhood, jovial unity
Debunk
To expose the falseness of something
Deface
To ruin or injure something’s appearance. (Mar)
Efface
To wipe out, obliterate, rub way
Sagacity
Shrewdness,soundness of perspective
Sanctimonious
Giving a hypocritical appearance of piety/ religiousness
Sanguine
Optimistic, cheery
Taciturn
Not inclined to talk
Tantamount
Equivalent in value or significance
Uncanny
Of supper natural character or origins
Unctuous
Smooth or greasy in texture, appearance, manner
Vacillate
To fluctuate, hesitate
Validate
To confirm, support, corroborate
Wallow
To roll oneself indolently; to become or remain helpless
Willy
Crafty, sly