TOTC Vocab #1 Flashcards
Advocacy
Support of an idea or cause
Affable
Friendly, courteous, amiable
Antipathy
A dislike, distaste, or enmity
Apocryphal
Of doubtful origin or authenticity, not genuine
Approbation
Official approval, praise, commendation
Ardent
Expressing strong feelings, impassioned, zealous
Ardor
Warmth or heat of emotion; extremes force, vigor, energy
Ascend
To move upward, to rise from a lower station
Atheist
One who does not believe in God
Auspicious
Favorable
Aversion
Strong disinclination
Beguile
To deceive, to mislead, to persuade with charm
Benign
Not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial
Blasphemous
Irreverent, profane
Blundebuss
A clumsy and careless person l; an obsolete firearm with a bell muzzle
Capitulate
To surrender
Compatriot
A fellow country man
Complacency
The state of being self-satisfied
Conflagration
A large fire
Consecrate
To dedicate or declare secret
Corroboration
Confirmation
Debauchery
Moral corruption
Deference
Courteous going along with the opinions or wishes of another
Demented
Insane
Demur
To hesitate, to delay, to object
Deprecate
To disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval
Desolate
Deserted, without inhabitants, barren
Despoil
To take possessions by force, to plunder
Despondency
Depression, dejection
Diffidence
Shyness, reserve, unassertiveness
Discern
To differentiate between two or more things
Disconcerting
Upsetting, frustrating
Acuity
Sharpness or precision
