Section 1 Flashcards
Abeyance
Delay or temporary inactivity
Aberration
Being different or unusual
Acerbic
Sharp/intense/harsh (mood or tone)
Acuity
Ability hear, see, or understand easily
Keen in perception
Admonish
To urge someone to do something
To express disapproval or criticism
Adroit
skillfull/resourceful
Aesthete
Someone who recognizes and values beauty
Altruistic
Behavior that shows the desire to help others/unselfish
Ameliorate
To make something better or less intolerable
Amorphous
Having no definite shape or form
Antediluvian
Very old or old-fashioned
Primitive or outmoded
Apocryphal
Well known but probably untrue
Doubtful
Arable
Suitable for farming/relating to growing crops
Ascetic
Relating to having strict and simple way of living that avoids physical pleasure/self-denial or discipline
Assuage
To make something less intense
Pacify, Ease, Quiet
Atrophy
Gradual loss of or decrease in size or progressive decline
body tissues
Avarice
Strong desire to have or get money
Aviary
A place where birds are kept
Avow
To declare or state in an open and public way
Bilk
To cheat or trick especially by taking money
Broach
Any various pointed tools or implements
Buttress
A structure built against a wall in order to support or strengthen it
Celerity
A rapidity or motion or action
Charlatan
A person who falsely pretends to know or be something in order to deceive others
Cherubic
Usually a child depicted as an angel with small wings and a round face and body
Churlish
Not polite or difficult to deal with
Vulgar
Surly
Circuitous
Indirect, circular course, unclear
Clandestine
Done in private/secretly
Commensurate
Equal or similar to something in size, amount, or degrees
Proportionate
Concomitant
Happening at the same time as something else (especially in an incidental way)
