Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

New Words > The Wizard Of The Kremlin 2 > Flashcards

The Wizard Of The Kremlin 2 Flashcards

1
Q

Appendage

A

an adjunct to something larger or more important

Example sentence: The new building was just an appendage to the main campus.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Conniving

A

calculating, scheming, and shrewd

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Bier

A

a movable frame on which a coffin or a corpse is placed before burial or cremation or on which they are carried to the grave.

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Filigree

A

ornamental work especially of fine wire of gold, silver, or copper applied chiefly to gold and silver surfaces

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Alfresco

A

located in the open air

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Crenellated

A

having battlements (= castle walls with regular spaces along the top)

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Dragnet

A

a net drawn through a river or across ground to trap fish or game. a systematic search for someone or something, especially criminals or criminal activity.

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Forthright

A

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Parried

A

ward off a weapon with a countermove/ evade answers/answer evasively

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Reviled

A

criticise in an abusive or angrily insulting manner

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Racketeer

A

someone who makes money from a dishonest or illegal business activity

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Redacted

A

to obscure or remove (text) from a document prior to publication or release.

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Reprieve

A

to stop or delay the punishment, especially by death, of a prisoner. to provide something or someone with an escape from a bad situation or experience, especially to delay or stop plans to close or end something: The threatened hospitals could now be reprieved.

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Admonish

A

warn or reprimand someone firmly.

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Seminal

A

strongly influencing later events

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Kingpin

A

someone who is important (the pin at the very center in bowling)

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Sheaves

A

a bundle of grain tied together

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Midges

A

a small fly

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Cuirassiers

A

cavalry with cuirass (armour)

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Escarpment

A

a long steep slope, especially one at end of a precipice

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Vapid

A

without liveliness or spirit; dull

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Linchpin

A

a person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Coup de grace

A

a final blow/shot given to a wounded animal/person

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Innocuous

A

not harmful or offensive

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

Fugue

A

a musical composition in which one or two themes are repeated or imitated by successively entering voices and contrapuntally developed in a continuous interweaving of the voice parts.

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

Jejune

A

juvenile; immature; childish

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

Desultory

A

lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm; (of conversation or speech) going from one subject to another in a half-hearted way.; occurring randomly or occasionally.

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

Staunchly

A

very firmly or strongly

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

Debilitating

A

seriously affects someone or something’s strength or ability to carry on with regular activities, like a debilitating illness

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

Vitiating

A

spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of. “development programmes have been vitiated by the rise in population”; destroy or impair the legal validity of. “the insurance is vitiated because of foolish acts on the part of the tenant”

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

Uncouth

A

lacking good manners, refinement, or grace.

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

Abrogated

A

to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal: to abrogate a law. Synonyms: invalidate, void, nullify, rescind, revoke, cancel.

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

Repeal

A

to revoke or withdraw formally

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

Exonerated

A

(of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing.; release someone from (a duty or obligation).

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

Interred

A

buried

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

Repudiate

A

to refuse to accept something or someone as true, good, or reasonable: He repudiated the allegation/charge/claim that he had tried to deceive them.

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

Crass

A

gross, obtuse, stupid, without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

Dialectics

A

the art of investigating or discussing the truth of opinions. inquiry into metaphysical contradictions and their solutions.

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

Dais

A

a low platform for a lectern or throne.

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
40
Q

Tenets

A

a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
41
Q

Invective

A

rude and unpleasant things that people shout at people they hate or are angry with

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
42
Q

phalanx

A

a group of soldiers or police who are standing or marching close together ready to fight

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
43
Q

Brash

A

tastelessly or offensively loud, showy, or bold. 2. hasty; rash. 3. impudent.

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
44
Q

Impudent

A

disrespectful, showing scorn for or disregard of others

No additional information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
45
Q

Rapacious

A

given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed. inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate

No additional information

46
Q

Slovenly

A

negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt

No additional information

47
Q

Maharaja

A

king in India

No additional information

48
Q

Ragtag

A

untidy and not similar or organized: The village was guarded by a ragtag group of soldiers

No additional information

49
Q

Insinuating

A

to introduce (someone, such as oneself) by stealthy, smooth, or artful means.

No additional information

50
Q

Stultifying

A

tending to stifle enthusiasm, initiative, or freedom of action. “the stultifying conformity of provincial life”

No additional information

51
Q

Comatose

A

in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli

No additional information

52
Q

Upshot

A

final result or outcome

No additional information

53
Q

maelstrom

A

a situation or state of confused movement or violent turmoil. “the train station was a maelstrom of crowds”

No additional information

54
Q

Senescent

A

growing old or is elderly. Senescent things are deteriorating. Senescent and senile have

No additional information

55
Q

Stultifying

A

tending to stifle enthusiasm, initiative, or freedom of action. “the stultifying conformity of provincial life”

Example sentence: The stultifying rules in the workplace stifled creativity.

56
Q

Comatose

A

in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli

Example sentence: The patient remained comatose after the accident.

57
Q

Upshot

A

final result or outcome

58
Q

Maelstrom

A

a situation or state of confused movement or violent turmoil. “the train station was a maelstrom of crowds”

Example sentence: The political debate turned into a maelstrom of conflicting opinions.

59
Q

Senescent

A

growing old or is elderly. Senescent things are deteriorating. Senescent and senile have something in common

60
Q

Torpor

A

a state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy.

61
Q

Fug

A

air in a room that is hot and smells unpleasant because there are too many people in the room or because people are smoking

62
Q

Mimetic

A

characterized by, exhibiting, or of the nature of imitation or mimicry

63
Q

Tchotchke

A

A tchotchke is some kind of trinket or bauble, like inexpensive jewelry or the prize you get in a cereal box. Less often, tchotchke is used to mean “pretty girl or woman.”

64
Q

Inanity

A

the quality of being extremely silly or having no real meaning or importance, or something that is extremely silly like this: I was amazed at the inanity of her comments.

65
Q

Sepulchral

A

relating to a tomb or interment.

66
Q

Shopworn

A

(of an article) made dirty or imperfect by being displayed or handled in a shop

67
Q

Anathema

A

one that is cursed by ecclesiastical authority; something or some that one vehemently dislikes

68
Q

Ecclesiastical

A

relating to the Christian Church or its clergy

69
Q

Valiant

A

with bravery or boldness

70
Q

Polemical

A

strongly attacking or defending a particular opinion, person, idea, or set of beliefs: a polemical essay

71
Q

Ascetic

A

characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.

72
Q

Feckless

A

ineffective, irresponsible, incompetent and ineffectual. “feckless attempts to repair the plumbing”

73
Q

Fritter

A

waste time, money, or energy on trifling matters.; divide (something) into small pieces.

74
Q

Indomitable

A

impossible to subdue or defeat.

75
Q

Conflagration

A

an extensive fire that burns over a large area and destroys property.

76
Q

Intent

A

having the mind, attention, or will concentrated on something or some end or purpose

77
Q

Preternatural

A

beyond what is normal or natural. “autumn had arrived with preternatural speed”

78
Q

Yammer

A

to talk continuously for a long time in a way that is annoying to other people

79
Q

Wheeler-dealer

A

a person who makes deals in business or politics in a skillful and sometimes dishonest way.

80
Q

Implacable

A

unable to be appeased or placated.; unable to be stopped; relentless. “the implacable advance of the enemy”

81
Q

Harangue

A

a lengthy and aggressive speech.; lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner. “he harangued the public on their ignorance”

82
Q

Abjectly

A

in a way that is terrible and allows you no hope or respect for yourself

83
Q

Junket

A

(1) : a trip made by an official at public expense. (2) : a promotional trip made at another’s expense. a film’s press junket.

84
Q

Tirade

A

a long, angry speech of criticism or accusation. “a tirade of abuse”

85
Q

Perfunctorily

A

do it because you have to, as a formality, often in a careless way. A perfunctory action is a formality. you do it because you have to, but you might not care if you do a good job. Similarly, to do something perfunctorily is to get it done without giving it much attention.

86
Q

Trounce

A

defeat heavily in a contest. rebuke or punish severely.

87
Q

Soft-pedaled

A

to treat something unpleasant as less important, because you want to avoid angering or hurting people

88
Q

Equanimity

A

calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation.

89
Q

Intercession

A

the act of using your influence to make someone in authority forgive someone else or save them from punishment: Several political prisoners have been released through the intercession of Amnesty International.

90
Q

Vagrant

A

one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support. b. : one (such as a prostitute or drunkard) whose conduct constitutes statutory vagrancy. 2. : wanderer, rover.

91
Q

Patrician

A

an aristocrat or nobleman

92
Q

Peroration

A

the last part of a speech, especially when the speaker repeats the main points of their argument and tries to make the audience enthusiastic: At the peroration of his closing speech, he was handed a note from his assistant.

93
Q

Trill

A

to sing or play high-pitched with a vibratory or quavering effect, like the song of a bird

94
Q

Exurb

A

region beyond the suburbs, which is not highly developed and where rich people often live

95
Q

Variegate

A

make more diverse or varied

96
Q

Erring

A

having failed to adhere to the proper or accepted standards; having done wrong.

97
Q

Stratagems

A

a plan or scheme, especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve an end. “a series of devious stratagems”

98
Q

Bonhomie

A

cheerful friendliness, geniality

99
Q

vibratory

A

a vibratory or quavering effect, like the song of a bird

Example sentence: The wind created a vibratory sound as it passed through the trees.

100
Q

exurb

A

region beyond the suburbs, which is not highly developed and where rich people often live

Example sentence: Many celebrities choose to live in the exurb away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

101
Q

variegate

A

make more diverse or varied

Example sentence: The artist used different colors to variegate the painting and make it more interesting.

102
Q

erring

A

having failed to adhere to the proper or accepted standards; having done wrong.

Example sentence: Despite his erring ways, he was always forgiven by his friends.

103
Q

stratagems

A

a plan or scheme, especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve an end. “a series of devious stratagems”

Example sentence: The general devised clever stratagems to defeat the enemy.

104
Q

bonhomie

A

cheerful friendliness, geniality

Example sentence: Her bonhomie made everyone feel welcome at the party.

105
Q

lassitude

A

lack of energy, listlessness, langour, weariness of body or mind from strain

Example sentence: After a long day at work, she felt a sense of lassitude that made it hard to do anything.

106
Q

festooned

A

adorn (a place) with chains, garlands, or other decorations.

Example sentence: The room was festooned with colorful ribbons and balloons for the birthday party.

107
Q

indolent

A

habitually lazy

Example sentence: His indolent attitude towards work often got him in trouble with his boss.

108
Q

infallible

A

incapable of error

Example sentence: She believed her grandmother’s advice was infallible and always followed it.

109
Q

percolate

A

(of a liquid or gas) filter gradually through a porous surface or substance.

Example sentence: The coffee began to percolate slowly through the filter, filling the room with its aroma.

110
Q

hassock

A

cushion for kneeling on in church, while at prayer.

Example sentence: She knelt on the hassock to pray during the church service.

111
Q

immoderate

A

excessive, going beyond normal or acceptable limit

Example sentence: His immoderate spending habits quickly depleted his savings.

112
Q

arriviste

A

an ambitious or ruthlessly self-seeking person.

Example sentence: The young arriviste was willing to do anything to climb the corporate ladder.

New Words (2 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions