The Top 66 Flashcards
Aesthetic
Pertaining to what is considered beautiful or tasteful
Anachronism
Some one or thing out of its correct chronological or historical order.
Apprehensive
Uneasy anxious or fearful about the future
Quick to understand or learn
Arrogance
An offensive display of self importance or superiority
Overbearing pride.
Boorish
Rude clumsy in manner
Cathartic
Emotionally purging
Conciliatory
Attempting to regain goodwill through pleasantness; overcoming hostility.
Deride
To laugh in scorn or treat w/ contempt. To ridicule.
Disparage
To speak w/ disrespect. To belittle or depreciate.
Eclectic
Selecting employing or comprising individual elements from a wide variety of sources.
Eloquent
Clear powerful and persuasive speech.
Elucidates
To make clear. To explain.
Equitable
Fairness and impartiality. Just or reasonable.
Felicitous
Well suited for the occasion, appropriate; marked by good fortune.
Ineffable
Defying expression or description. Inexpressible.
Magnanious
Generous in forgiving. In unselfish. Free of resentment or vindictiveness.
Nefarious
Wicked. Infamous. Villainous.
Partisan
Devoted to. Biased in support of a party group or cause.
Pessimistic
Gloomy. Having a negative outlook expecting the worst.
Prosaic
Commonplace. Dull. Lack in imagination.
Quell
To suppress.
Refute
To prove to be false. To prove a person to be in error. To deny.
Sanguine
Optimistic hopefully or confident. Reddish. Bloody.
Solicitous
Anxious or concerned. Careful. Eager.
