Sadlier G Flashcards
Eschew
To avoid, shun, keep away from
Arrogate
To claim or take without right, commandeer
Histrionic
Theatrical, melodramatic
Pejorative
Tending to make worse, derogatory, expressing disapproval
Dissemble
Disguise or conceal, feign
Propinquity
Nearness, similarity
Evince
Exhibit, display clearly, to make evident
Delineate
To portray, sketch, picture, render
Enervate
Enfeeble, impair, cripple
Abject
Degraded, miserable, wretched
Perspicacity
Keenness in observing and understanding
Plenary
Complete in all aspects or essentials, absolute, unrestricted
Demur
To object or take exception to, protest
Effrontery
Shameless boldness, impudence, impertinence, nerve
Pertinacious
Very persistent, stubborn, determined
Badinage
Light and playful conversation
Saturnine
Gloomy, morose
Calumniate
To slander, defame, accuse falsely
Chary
Extremely cautious, skittish, reserved, hesitant
Redolent
Reminiscent, aromatic, fragrant, evocative
Refulgent
Shining, radiant, splendid
Tyro
Beginner, novice
Attenuate
To make thin or slender, dilute
Cavil
Carp, criticism, nitpick
Peremptory
Unconditional, determined, resolute
Abrogate
To repeal, cancel, revoke
Inexorable
Inflexible, unyielding, relentless
Importune
To trouble with demands, beg, implore
Laconic
Concise, using a few words, succinct
Mendacious
Untruthful, false
Nadir
Lowest point
Abstruse
Extremely difficult to understand
Canard
False rumor, hoax
Cynosure
Center of interest, focus
Desiccated
Dehydrated, shriveled
Engender
To bring into existence, give rise to, generate, cause
Putative
Reputed, supposed, presumed
Febrile
Feverish, frenetic
Gainsay
To deny, dispute, oppose, contradict
Nostrum
Remedy, elixir, cure all
Aperture
An opening, hole, gap
Improvident
Not thrifty, failing to plan ahead
Mutable
Fickle, variable
Nascent
Just beginning to exist, develop
Panegyric
Tribute, praise
Promulgate
Announce, make known
Restive
Restless, uneasy