Unit 3 Flashcards
Credence
Mental acceptance
Decry
To condemn or devalue
Extol laud praise taut
Decry antonyms
Dissemble
To disguise or conceal or feign
Distraught
Agitated because of emotional conflict
Eulogy
High praise
panegyric
Encomium
tribute
Philippic
Invective
Eulogy antonyms
Evince
Display clearly or to provoke
Exhume
To bring to light
disinter
Feckless
Lacking in spirit or strength
Nefarious
Void of moral standards
Iniquitous, reprehensible
Piquant
Stimulating the taste or mind
Primordial
Developed or created very beginning
Propinquity
Nearness in place or time
Substantive
Considerable in number or meaningful or having a solid base
Unwonted
Not usual or expected
Utopian
Ideal impractical view of the world
Verbiage
Which that is too wordy in proportion to the sense or context
Prolixity
Diction
Jargon
Verdant
Green intent or color
Artless
Scorched
Sere
Barren
Verdant antonyms
Viscous
Having a gelatinous or gluey quality
Cavort
To prance around exuberantly to make Merry