Unit 1 Vocab Flashcards
Abject
(Adj) (of a situation or condition) extremely bad, unpleasant, and degrading.
Achilles’ Heel
(N) a weakness or vulnerable point.
Acquire / Acquisitive
(Adj) excessively interested in acquiring money or material things.
Avid
(Adj) Showing Strong Interest
Cessation
(N) A stop or Ending
Cognizant
(Adj) A state of consciousness, to be aware
Commodity
(N) a raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee.
Credence
(N) Belief in or acceptance of something as true.
Depravity
(N) moral corruption; wickedness.
Disseminate
(V) spread or disperse (something, especially information) widely
Distraught
(Adj) deeply upset and agitated.
Evince
(V) reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling).
Fortuitous
(Adj) happening by accident or chance rather than design.
Implicit
(Adj) Applied
Inane
(Adj) silly; stupid.
Mawkish
(Adj) sentimental in a feeble or sickly way
Paltry
(Adj) (of an amount) small or meager.
Pernicious
(Adj) having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.
Quarrelsome
(Adj) quick to fight
Reverberate
(V) (of a loud noise) be repeated several times as an echo.
Rife
(Adj) (especially of something undesirable or harmful) of common occurrence; widespread.
Stratagem
(N) a plan or scheme, especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve an end.
Tutelage
(N) protection of or authority over someone or something; guardianship.
Ulterior
(Adj) existing beyond what is obvious or admitted; intentionally hidden.
Unremitting
(Adj) never relaxing or slackening; incessant.
Zenith
(N) the highest point reached by a celestial or other object.
