Test Words 7 Flashcards
Inducement
Something that persuades
Vaunted
Excessive praise and boasting
Moribund
Death
Posturing
Behaviour that is intended to impress or mislead
Munificience
Extreme generosity
Temerity
Lack of caution, self confident
Austere
Simple, severe & strict in manner and attitude
Celeritous
Swift
Indelible
Making marks that cannot be removed
Fecklessness
Idleness
Curmudgeonly
Grouchiness
Avuncular
Pleasantness
Inured
Ignores or gets desensitized to
Meted
Dispense or allot justice, a punishment or harsh treatment
Perspicacious
Having a ready understanding or insight into something
Rapiers
A thin light sharp pointed sword for thrust. (Fencing sword)
Pillory
Attack or ridicule someone publicly , Harshly criticized
Derring-do
Boldness or bold action
Balked
Hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
Holding forth
talking lengthily, assertively or tediously about a subject
Esoteric
Intended for or likely to be understood by a small group of people
Adulation
Excessive admiration or praise
Self-aggrandizing
Promoting oneself as powerful and important
Libertine
One who leads an immoral life
Rabble
An disorderly crowd
Decrepit
Worn out or ruined because of age and neglect
Wherewithal
money or other means needed for a particular purpose
Aloofness
Standing apart
Semblance
The outward appearance or apparent form or something.
Prerogative
A right or previlage exclusive to a particular individual or class
Solicitude
Care or concern for someone or something
Counterminings
To frustrate by countermeasures
Redress
Remedy or set right
Untenable
Indefensible
Dysphoric
Unhappy, dissatisfied
Ebullient
Cheerful and full of energy
Despondent
Loss of hope and courage
Benightedness
ignorant or unenlightened
Wayward
Following harmful impulses
Veritable
Unquestionable
Wily
Cunning & clever in a tricky way
Uncanny
remarkable in an erie way
Undiscerning
Not good at noticing stuff
Artless
Guileless, without deceit
Contextualizing
Place or study in context
Prosody
The pattern of rhythm and sound in poetry
Arrant
Complete, Utter
Lickspittle
Sycophant
Demurely
In a quiet well behaved way
Self-effacingly
Not claiming attention; retiring and modest