Set 1-4 Flashcards
Apposite
Suitable; well-adapted
S: relevant
A: inappropriate
Aggregation
Group or mass of distinct or varied things, persons, etc.
S: combined
A: individual
Circumspect
Watchful and discreet
S: attentive
A: careless
Colloquy
A conversational exchange
S: dialogue
A: silence
Consign
To hand over or deliver formally
S: entrest
A: keep
Dictum
An authoritative pronouncement
S: motto
A: nonsense
Ductility
Able to undergo change or form without breaking
S: mailability
A: un shapable
Interdict
Any prohibitory act or an authoritative mission
S: forbid
A: permit
Introspection
Observation or examination of ones own mental and emotional state
S: self analysis
A: oblivious
Locus
A place
S: location
A: no where
Malediction
A curse
S: imprecation
A: blessing
Malevolent
Harmful, wishing evil or harm to someone
S: wicked
A: friendly
Mortician
Undertaker
S: embalmer
Prescribe
To lay down in writing or otherwise as a rule or a course of action
S: to advise
A: disallow
Proscribe
To denounce or condemn as dangerous
S: ban
A: admit
Allocate
To set apart for a purpose
S: a lot
A: keep
Benediction
The utterance or bestowing of a blessing
S: prayer
A: malediction
Comport
Conduct oneself, behave
S: behave
A: misbehave
Diffident
Modest or shy because of a lack of self confidence
S: bashful
A: bold
Indict
Formally accuse of or charge with a serious crime
S: charge with
A: absolve
Inter
Place in a grave or tomb
S: entomb
A: exhume
Novitiate
The state or period of being a beginner
S: learner
A: experienced
Perfidious
Deliberately faithless or treacherous
S: discreetful
A: faithful
Purport
To present as an original
S: to claim
A: actual
Soliloquy
The act of talking while or as if alone
S: aside
A: dialogue
Specter
A ghost
S: apparition
Temporize
To be indecisive to gain time
S: procrastinate
A: expedite
Transliteration
The change into corresponding characters of another language
S: adaptation
Superannuated
Retired because of new technology
S:
A: modern
Porter
A person who is hired to carry luggage
S: bellhop
Allocution
A formal speech, especially one of an incontrovertible nature
S: address
A: listening
Confraternity
A brotherhood devoted for purpose
Convocation
A group of people gathered in answer to a summons
S: gathering
Egregious
Extraordinary in some bad way
S: extreme
A: little
Evansescent
Vanishing, fading away
S: brief
A: long
Extemporaneous
Done, spoken
S: automatic
A: planned
Fastidious
Hard to place
S: critical
A: indifferent
Fiduciary
A person to whom property is entrusted for the benefit of another
S: guardian
Interlocutor
A person who takes part in a conversation
S: dialogist
Interurban
Located in between cities
S: civil
A: rural
Irrevocable
Not to be revoked or recalled
S: certain
A: alterable
Maladroit
Unskillful
S: clumsy
A: able
Manumit
To release from slavery
S: free
A: detain
Repository
A place where there are deposited
S: archive
Urbanity
Courtesy or politeness
S: elegance
A: rude
Avocation
Something a person does in addition to s principal occupation
S: hobby
A: work
Adumbrate
To produce a faint image or resemblance of
S: darken
Centuple
Hundred times as great
S: a hundred fold
Conflagration
A destructive fire usually an extensive one
S: blaze
Dinister
To dig up
S: excoriate
A: Bury
Garrulous
Excessively talkative in a rambling manner
S: apoculative
A: quiet
Juxtaposition
Comparing by putting the items side by side
S: adjacent
Matron
A woman in charge of marry-able/ domestic relations
S: biddy
A: patron
Missive
A written message
S: letter
Obsequious
Obedient
S: well-behaved
A: arrogant
Perennial
Lasting for an indefinitely long time
S: enduring
Predicate
To proclaim, declare
S: declare
A: denounce
Providence
The foreseeing care and guidance of God
S: fate
Recapitulate
To review by a brief summary
S: outline
A: foreshadow
Terrier
Of or relating to the Earth
S: earthly
