Unit 3 Flashcards
To make indirect reference
Allude
To avoid or escape
Elude
Reduce the force, effect, or value of
Attenuate
Bad-tempered, argumentative, uncooperative
Cantankerous
Causing harm or damage
Deleterious
Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources
Eclectic
Happening by accident or chance
Fortuitous
Not important or significant
Inconsequential
Having, showing, or done with good judgement and sense
Judicious
Careless, lazy
Lackadaisical
Incongruously varied in appearance or character; disparate
Motley
Plentiful, producing much fruit or foliage of many offspring
Prolific
A deep relationship
Rapport
Refuse to accept or be associated with
Deny validity of
Repudiate
Deceit used in order to achieve one’s goal
Subterfuge