Stifling Flashcards
Stifling
Of heat, air or a room; very hot causing difficulties breathing, suffocating
Ulterior
It describes things, usually motive, objectives, reasons that are kept hidden in order to achieve particular results.
Ex. Hans didn’t love Ana, he had ulterior motives.
Pliant
Flexible, adaptable
Accretion
Gradual increase
He enjoyed tracking the slow accretion of money in his retirement account.
Prodigal
Wasteful, giving abundantly, lavish
Sound the depths
Understand
Related words: fathom, plumb
Dovetail
Join or fit together
Relative word: converge (move towards one another)
Denote
Stand as a name or symbol for
Ex. The company’s denotes quality.
Denotation is the literal meaning of a word.
Apostate
A person who deserts a party, cause, religion
Rife
Happening frequently, abundant, currently being reported
Ex. Reports of financial corruption are rife.
Contumacious
Rebellious; stubbornly disobedient
Related words: obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory
Presumptuous
Too bold or forward
Presumptuous jerk.
Hallmark
A mark of indication of quality, purity,
Dilate
To become wider, cause to expand, to speak or write at length, elaborate upon
Pupils dialate.
Supersede
Replace, take the position of
Ex. Electric washing machines superseded hand-powered ones many decades ago.
Sportive
Playful, merry, joking around
Assail
Attack violently, assault
Officious
Excessively eager in giving unwanted advice
In other words - nosy
Discerning
Having good judgment or insight
Wan
Unnaturally pale, or showing other indications of sickness
Propriety
Confirming to good manners
Mendacious
Lying, habitually dishonest
Illiberality
Narrow-mindedness, bigotry, strictness or lack of generosity
Coalesce
Come together, unite, fuse together
A coalition is a group that has coalesced.
Irresolute
Not sure how to proceed, not firm in one’s decision
Fanciful
Whimsical, capricious, imaginary
Paucity
Scarcity, the state of being small in number
Related word: dearth (lack)
Inchoate
Just begun, undeveloped
Skittish
Shy, uncertain, prone to act suddenly due to nervousness
Squelch
Crush, squash
Scurvy
Contemptible, mean
Abjure
Give up, renounce,
Trifling
Trivial, not very important
Fringe
On the margin, periphery ;the people in the group who hold the most extreme views
They lived on the fringe of the big city.
Divest
Deprive or strip of a rank, title
Cardinal
Chief, most important
Investiture
Investing, formally giving someone a right or title
Dither
Act indecisively
Approbation
Formal approval
Opprobrium
Disgrace and disapproval
Effrontery
Shameless boldness
Garner
Gather, store
Proclivity
Inclination
Erstwhile
Former, previous, in the past
Related words: bygone
Transgresión
Violation of law
Deleterious
Harmful
Dilatory
Procrastinating or stalling time, slow, late
Impute
Credit, attribute, lay blame or responsibility for
Ribald
Using or relating to obscene or vulgar humor
Mirth
Jollity, merriment, amusement or laughter
Precipitate
Cause to happen suddenly or prematurely; fling, plunge, or hurl down
They considered a move to Florida for years, but the sudden destruction of their house in a hurricane precipitated their decision.
Vim
Pep, enthusiasm, vitality, lively spirit
Ex. I m old not dead. Said grandpa, full of vim.
Vim, vigor, verve, sprightly
Palliate
Make less serious or severe, relieve symptoms of an illness
Related words: ameliorate, mitigate, extenuate.
To palliate a crime is to try to make it seem not as bad, such as by introducing extenuating circumstances.
Impassive
Not having or not showing physical feelings or emotions
Infallible
Incapable of error; certain
Synonym: unerring
Magnanimous
High-minded, Nobel, lofty, generous in forgiving others, free of resentment
Stint
Period of time spent doing something, or specific, limited amount of work. To be frugal, to get by on little.
After a stint in combat, he was used to eating whatever he was given.
Quiescent
Quiet, still
Rift
A gap or fissure (such as in rock), a break in friendly relationship
Rift as a verb is to split open
Turpitude
Depravity (bad), baseless of character, corrupt or depraved acts.
Moral turpitude - is a legal term that describes depraved behavior.
Dupe
Person who is easily fooled or used; to fool or exploit
Coda
Final part of a musical composition; an ending
You play this middle section twice, then move tot the coda.
