Set 4 Flashcards
Effulgent
Brilliant; sparkling; shining brilliantly
Chaff
The worthless product of an activity
Posterity
Future generations
Vignette
A small sketch
Appellation
A name, title, or designation; a sobriquet
Putrefaction
Becoming rotten
Garner
To gather or deposit in or as if in a granary or other storage place
Cavalcade
A procession of vehicles
Conspicuous
Standing out so as to be seen clearly
Dissipated
Indulging in excessive devotion to pleasure; hedonistic
Cryptonym
A secret word; a code word
Quarry
To dig into; to inquire; to bore into
Scrupulous
Diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details
Mordant
(Especially of humor) Having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting
Diffident
Lacking confidence; timid, shy
Acidulous
Sour in attitude; sharp; bitter
Multiplicity
A large number, composed of many varieties
Glean
To extract (info) from various sources
Ablution
A washing, usually referring to the cleaning of ritual items
Usury
Lending money at high interest rates
Doleful
Sorrowful, melancholy
Syn: dolorous, lugubrious, plaintive, forlorn
Hew
To make, shape, smooth, etc with cutting blows; to cut down
Abjure
To renounce; to swear to refrain from something
Exposition
A clear explanation
Scuttle
To run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps
Loll
To run, sit, or stand in a lazy way
Hortatory
Tending or aiming to exhort
Reproof
Scolding; criticism
Abide
(Without object) To remain; continue; stay
(With object) To put up with; to tolerate
Fustian
Pompous or bombastic, as language
Syn: arrogant, highfalutin, ostentatious; portentous
Frangible
Fragile; brittle
Pique
- Annoyance
2. To stimulate interest; to annoy
Magniloquent
Boastful; pompous
Hamper
Hinder; obstruct
Rubicund
(Especially of someone’s face) Having a ruddy complexion; high-colored
Palpable
Readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious, evident
Epigram
A witty saying
Aubade
A song sung at dawn, greeting the morning
Glutinous
Like glue in texture; sticky
Balderdash
Nonsense; illogical talk or reasoning
Jocund
Merry; happy
Pedigree
Ancestry; lineage
Epistemologist
A person concerned with the study of knowledge
Magisterial
Authoritative; imperious; commanding
Abash
To embarrass
Insidious
Treacherous and stealthy; sly
Specious
Superficially plausible, but actually wrong
Hoary
Old
Inimical
- Tending to obstruct or harm
2. Hostile, unfriendly
Equable
Free from many changes or variations; uniform
Syn: consistent, constant
Verve
Enthusiasm or vigor
Ferret
To search about
Droll
Dryly amusing
Effete
- Lacking in wholesome vigor; degenerate, decadent
2. Exhausted of vigor or energy
Circumlocution
The use of many words when fewer would suffice, especially to be vague or evasive
Aegis
A shield; protection; a defense
Scintillate
To sparkle; to glitter; to flash
Espy
To catch sight of
Retrodict
To explain or predict a past event using knowledge about the present
