Unit four Flashcards
vivacious adj
lively in tempor or behavior, attractively animated
vivify v
enliven, animate
extort v
Obtain something by force or unfair means
torsion n
twisting, steer due to twisting
tortuous adj
full of twists, winding
evince v
reveal, show clearly
invincible adj
unbeatable
vanquish v
conquer, defeat an opponent
fractious adj
irritable, cranky
infraction n
act of breaking a law or rule
refract v
bend from a straight path
refractory adj
hard to manage, resisting, intractable
vivacity n
liveliness of spirit
omnifarious adj
of all varieties, forms or kinds
omnific adj
all creating
omnipotent adj
all powerful
omniscent adj
all knowing
impertinent/pertinent adj
rude or irrelevant/directly relating
pertinacious adj
holding firmly to a purpose or opinion
retentive adj
able to remember
retinue n
group of followers
tenacity n
firmness,persistence
tenet n
principal or belief held to be true
tenuous adj
flimsy, thin, not certain
tenure n
period for which a person is in office
untenable adj
unable to be held or defended
admonish/admonition v/n
to warn/mild criticism
premonition/premonitory n/adj
a forewarning/conveying a forewarning
viv
live, alive
tort
twist
vict/vinc
conquer, show conclusively
fract/frag
break
omni
all, every, everywhere
ten,tin
hold, keep
mon/monit
warn, advise, remind
cred/credit
believe
fid
faith trust
grat
thank, pleasant, favor
accredited adj
officially recognized
credence n
belief that something is true
credulous adj
gullible
incredulity n
disbelief
affidavit n
sworn written statement made before an authorized official
bona fide adj
real or genuine
fiduciary adj
(typically relating to money) relating to or involved in a trust
infidel n
a disbeliever in a certain faith
peridious/perfidy adj n
not able to be trusted/violation of trust
gratis adj
free of charge
gratuitous adj
uncalled for
ingrate n
an ungrateful person
corp
body
duc/duct
lead, conduct, follow
secu/secut
follow
cur/curs
run
corpulent adj
overweight
corpus n
a body of written texts
habeas corpus n
citizen’s right to court protection
conducive adj
helpful
ductile adj
easily shaped or led
traduce v
to disgrace
inconsequential adj
unimportant
non sequitor n
statement that does not make sense
subsequent
coming after in time
concur v
to agree
concurrent adj
occuring at the same time
cursory adj
running over hastily
discursive adj
wandering from one topic to another
incursion n
rushing into, hostile, raid
precursor n
something that precedes and indicates approach of something worse
gres/grad
step walk go
ped
foot
tact/tang
touch
fer
bearing/producing
egress v n
to exit/an exit
gradation n
a series of changes
gradient n
slope
retrograde/retrogression adj n
going backward/act of going from a better to worse
transgress v
to violate a command or law
expedite v
to accelerate or speed up
impediment n
obstacle
contiguous adj
touching in physical contact
contingent adj
dependent on something else
intangible adj
not capable of being perceived by touch
tact/tactful n adj
sense of what is appropriate to say/having or showing a perception of what to say
tangent/ tangential n adj
straight line meeting a curved line/ tending to digress from topic
proliferous adj
producing new growth rapidly
vociferous adj
loud outcry
somniferous adj
inducing sleep
prehend/prehens
seize/grasp
ject
throw, cast
vert
turn
mis/mit
send
locut
speak/talk
comprehensive adj
extensive, including all aspects of something
reprehensible adj
blame worthy
conjecture n
quess
dejected adj
downcast, depressed
inadvenrtenly adv
without meaning to
incontrovertible adj
to able to be denied
perverse adj
wicked
emissary
a person sent out on a mission
intermittent adj
coming and going at intervals
missive n
written message
circumlocution n
roundabout way of speaking
colloquial adj
informal
elocution n
act of speaking or reading in public
grandiloquent adj
using lofty words
interlocutor n
questioner
loquacious adj
excessively talkative
