Test Words 2 Flashcards
Rapturous
Characterized by feeling
Mired
Entangle, stuck in mud.
Archaic
Doing things in an old fashioned way
Astute
Very Knowledgable
Redoubtable
Formidable, Intimidating
Specious
Misleading in an attractive way
Epigrammatic
Concise, Clever and Amusing saying
Consigned
To give credit to someone
Apothegm
A short powerful statement
Marginalia
Non-essential or uneccessary
Paucity
Presence of something in small amounts
Smattering
Presence of something in small amounts
Disarming
Charm people
Retiring
Not interacting with people
Promulgated
Promote or make widely known
Foist
Impose an unwelcome or uneccessary thing on
Decadent
Moral cultural decline, someone who is luxuriously self indulgent
Scandalous
Disgracefully bad
Renascence
Revival of something that has been dormant
Reprise
Comeback again
Resprisal
Seek Revenge, eye for an eye moment
Frailty
Weakness
Hubris
Exxagerated pride or self confidence
Perennial
Happen over and over again
Protracted
Takes longer and longer time
Lachrymose
Teary eyed
Penurious
Having no money
Stultified
Held back, limited or stagnated
Assuaged
Calm down, make happy
Spurned
Rejected someone
Bulwark
Fortification, a defensive wall
Bastion
Stronghold
Detente
Easing of hostility
Dimunition
Reduce in size
Admonished
Warn
Tangential
Unrelated
Discomfited
Uncomfortable, Upset by something or disturbed
Ruffled
Upset, Disturbed
Caviling
Finding petty faults
Doting
Excessive care of someone
Carping
Finding fault
Groveling
Acting sychophantic
Languish
Forced to live in unpleasant conditions
Artifice
Trickery
Brusquely
Done tersely with a sense of rudeness
Strictures
Strict
Oeuvre
The body of work of a painter, composer or author
Unbridled
Unrestrained
Blase
Carefree
Cavalier
Carefree, Not worthy of attention