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
exhort
to urge by strong appeals
recluse
person who lives in seclusion and often in solitude
impute
to attribute the fault to; relate to a particular cause or source
execrable
detertable; abhorrent
petulant
rude; peevish
vitiate
to impair the quality of, corrupt morally
mettle
courage; endurance
astringent
harsh; severe
stipulate
to specify as an essential condition
pique
fleeting feeling or hurt pride
flout
to treat scornfully
paean
song of joy or triumph; a fervent expression of joy
reparation
amends, compensation
subpoena
notice ordering someone to appear in court
reverent
expressing deep respect, worshipful
cozen
to mislead by trick or fraud; decieve
suffrage
the right to vote
plaintive
melancholy; mournful
rail
to scold with bitter or abusive language
fulminate
to attack loudly; denounce
caucus
smaller group within an organization
insouciant
indifferent; lacking concern or care
raiment
clothing
halcyon
calm and peaceful; happy; golden; prosperous
felicitous
suitable expressed; wee-chose; appropiate
litany
lengthy recitation; repetitive chant
captious
faultfinding; intended to entrap, as in an argument
expatiate
to speak or write at length
levee
en embankment that prevents a river from overflowing
supplicant
one who asks humbly and earnestly
convivial
sociable
appropriate
to take possession of for one’s own use; confiscate
brazen
bold; shameless
strut
to swagger, display to impress others
sanction
to approve, ratify, permit
ruse
trick, crafty stratagem
precept
principle; law
sedulous
diligent, assiduous
patois
jargon; a regional dialect
sinuous
intricate, complex
complacent
self-satisfied
perennial
present throughout the years; persistent
timbre
voice tone color
prehensile
capable of grasping
gouge
to tear out; scoop out; overcharge
treatise
article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly
denizen
an inhabitant; a regular visitor
avuncular
like an uncle, benevolent and tolerant
conscript
a person compulsorily enrolled for military service
discrepancy
difference between
