Servis Flashcards
avarice
greed
compendium
brief, comprehensive summary
cantankerous
irritable; ill-humored
succor
relief, help in time of distress or want
emaciated
thin and wasted
refute
to contradict, disprove
elicit
to provoke; draw out
debauchery
corruption
cadge
to beg; sponge
stint
to be sparing
morose
ill-humored; sullen
soliloquy
literary or dramatic speech by one character, not adressed to others
ascetic
one who practices self-denial
fiat
arbitray order; authorization
commensurate
proportional
inveigle
to win over by flattering or coaxing
tenet
belief, doctrine
insinuate
to suggest; say indirectly; imply
impassive
showing no emotion
abysmal
very bad
malign
to speak evil of
vaunt
to boast, drag
poseur
poerson who affects an attitude to impress others
contentious
quarrelsome; causing quarrels
conundrum
riddle; puzzle with no solution
repine
fret, complain
fledgling
beginner; novice
supersede
to relace, especially to displace as inferior or antiquated
grouse
to complain
daunt
to discourage; intimidate; dishearten
qualm
sudden feeling of faintness or nausea
expiate
to atone for
gauche
coarse and uncouth; clumsy