TKAM Flashcards
Assuaged
To make an unpleasant feeling less intense
Concession
A thing granted in response to demands
Contentious
Controversial, likely to cause an argument
Domiciled
To make a country a permanent home
Eccentric
Unconventional and slightly strange
Indigenous
Originating in a specific place, Native
Malevolent
Wanting to do evil to others
Meditatively
Being cooperitive with others, meditate
Piety
Being religous or reverent
Predilection
Bias for someone
Sojourn
Staying temporarily
Taciturn
Saying little
Vapid
Nothing challenging
Auspicous
Favorable
Benevolence
Generous
Benign
Kind and gentle
Ensuing
Something that comes immediatley after something else
Edification
Education or instruction
Gingerly
Carefully or cautiously
Inquisitive
Curious or cautiosly
Malignant
Dangerous or evil
Morbid
Dark or horrible
Placidly
Calmly or quietly
Prowess
Superior ability or skill
Tacit
Agreement, understood without being stated
Tyranny
Cruel dictatorship
Aberration
Change, moving away from what is normal
Adjacent
Nearby
Analogous
Similar or comparable
Ascertaining
Determining
Caricature
Representation
Ingenuous
Simple or innocent
Innate
Natural or part if something
Perpetrated
Commited or carried out
Provacation
To excite some sort if feeling often anger
Tentatively
Hesitant or unsure
Vigil
Watch
Acquiescence
Agreement without protest
Affliction
Condition
Caste
Class distinctions
Criteria
Standards by which something can be judged
Elusive
Not easily found or understood
Formidable
Inspiring wonder, fear, or dread
Impassive
Showing no emotion
Infallible
Never wrong
Invoke
Call upon
Obliquely
Indirectly
Ominous
Threatning
Pensive
Engaged in deep or serious thought
Prerogative
Exclusive right or privilege
Venerable
Given a great deal of respect especially because of age or wisdom
Acrimonious
Angry and bitter
Amiably
Good natured
Articulate
Well spoken
Chiffarobe
A large cabinet for holding clothes
Conceded
Adknowledged or admitted
Elucidate
To explain
Mollified
Soothed or calmed
Stealthy
Sneaky
Tedious
Boring or tiresome
Tenet
A principle or belief generally held to be true
Terse
Brief or consise
Candid
Open and honest
Corroborative
To strengthen and support
Cynical
Distrustful of human sincerity
Expunge
Remove completely
Fatalistic
Nothing can be done to change or alter it
Impudent
Disrespectful or sassy
Indicted
Formally accused or charged
Iota
Very small amount
Temerity
Foolish
Unmitigated
Absolute
Volition
Of will