Spelling list Flashcards
Imperious
Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
Exigent
Requiring immediate attention or remedy
Injunction
A command, directive, or order
Mendicant
A beggar
Query
A question, inquiry
Beseech
To address an earnest or urgent request to
Blandishment
The act of coaxing by flattery
Cajole
To coax gently and persistently
Elicit
To bring out, evoke
Enjoin
To direct with authority and emphasis
Facile
Done with little effort
Incompetent
Not capable
Inept
Awkward
Proficient
Performing a skill with facility
Propensity
An innate inclination
Acuity
Acuteness of perception
Consummate
Supremely accomplished or skilled
Cunning
Skill or adeptness to performance
Deft
Skillful
Endowment
A natural gift or quality
Rebuke
To criticize sharply
Scurrilous
Using vulgar language
Spurn
To reject disdainfully
Vitriolic
Severe, harsh
Vituperation
Sustained attack
Aspersion
A false statement
Deprecate
To express disapproval
Deride
To laugh at in scorn
Execrable
Very bad
Ostracize
To exclude from a group