Set 4 Flashcards
Amenable
Agreeable; responsive to suggestion
Astringent
Having a tightening effect on living tissue ; harsh ; severe ; something with a tightening effect on tissue
Contiguous
Sharing a border ; touching ; adjacent
Convention
A generally agreed upon practice or attitude
Credulous
Gullible
Cynicism
An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
Derision
Scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment
Disparage
To slight or belittle
Glib
Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
Immutable
Not capable of change
Inimical
Damaging; harmful; injurious
Obfuscate
To make confusing
Presumptuous
Overstepping due bounds
Probity
Adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness
Proclivity
A natural inclination or predisposition
Profligate
Excessively wasteful
Prosaic
Dull
Renege
To fail to honor a commitment or to go back on a promise
Sedulous
Diligent and persistent
Rarefy
To make thin or less dense
Recondite
Hidden; concealed; difficult to understand
Soporific
Causing drowsiness
Spendthrift
One who spends money wastefully
Tacit
Implied not explicitly stated
Tout
To publicly praise or promote
Trenchant
Sharply perceptive, keen, penetrating
Unfeigned
Genuine
Untenable
Indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable
Vituperate
To use harsh condemnatory language
