Test 2 Flashcards
Agnostic
Without belief (religion)
Abhor
Extreme hatred
Altruism
Selfless concern for the well being of others
Awry
Away from the expected course
Benign
Not dangerous, not a threat
Cajole
Persuade someone to do something by flattering them
Capricious
Unpredictable
Clemency
Mercy, lenience
Contentious
Likely to cause an argument, controversial
Covenant
An agreement
Delude
Deceive, fool (someone)
Exacerbate
To make worse
Gregarious
Outgoing, likes to be with other people
Impugn
Dispute the truth
Ingenuous
Innocent and unsuspecting
Insidious
Opportunity to betray
Instigate
To provoke
Irrevocable
Can’t take back, unchangable
Mendacious
Lying for cruel reasons
Mollify
To sooth, calm the problem
Perfidy
Betrayal, untrustworthiness
Petulant
Childish
Prodigious
Very good at something
Proselytize
Attempt to change someone from one thing to another
Rapacious
Aggressively greedy
Solicitous
Intrusively asking questions, searching for something
Sordid
Dirty in the way of being amoral
Volatile
Noxious, dangerous
Wanton
Deliberate and unprovoked
Effusion
An instance of giving off something such as a liquid, light, or smell