Section 6 Flashcards
Rancorous
Bitterness or resentment
Rarefy
To make thin, less dense, or spiritual
Raze
To completely destroy
Recalcitrant
Having an uncooperative attitude toward authority
Recant
To take back and opinion
Reprobate
A degenerate (used humorously)
Ribald
Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude way
Ruminate
To thinking deeply about something
Saccharine
Sweet (it’s an artificial sugar)
Savant
A very smart person
Stultify
To cause to lose enthusiasm or initiative as a result of a tedious routine
Supercilious
Thinkin or behaving as if one is better than the rest
Surfeit
excessuve amounts of something
Surly
Bad tempered or unfriendly
Taciturn
Reserved or untalkative
Tantamount
Equal to or the same as
Tenuous
Very weak or slight
Trepidation
The feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen
Turgid
Swollen literally or figuratively (pompous)
Turpitude
Depravity or wickedness
Undulate
To move in a smooth or wavelike motion
Unwieldy
Difficult to carry or move because of its size shape or weight
Veracity
Accuracy or truthfulness
Verbose
Wordy
Viable
Capable of working successfully
Virulent
Extremely severe or harmful poison or bitter and hostile
Vociferous
Vehement or clamorous
Vouchsafe
To give or reveal in a condescending manor
Zenith
The highest point re he’s by a celestial object
Quixotic
Exceedingly idealistic, unrealistic, and impractical
