V2 Flashcards
Abscond
To leave secretly and hide, often to avoid the law
After being released he was still to abscond with penalty charges
Abberant
Deviating from normal or correct
The home team had an aberrant performance
Advocate
N. To speak, plead, or argue for a cause, or in another’s behalf
After he fell asleep in class he was asked to advocate.
Aggrandize
To increase
He tried to aggrandize his salary by working overtime
Amalgamate
To unite or mix
Two separate groups went to amalgamate
Ambrosial
Extremely pleasing to the senses, divine, or delicious
I ate an ambrosial meal
Ameliorate
To relieve, as in pain or hardship
Anomalous
Peculiar,unique,out of the norm
Her injury suddenly improved her back pain
Antediluvian
Ancient
The bottle note found washed up by the sea was antediluvian
Antipathy
Hostility toward, objection, or aversion to
He showed no antipathy towards the cops
Arbitrate
To settle a dispute by impulse
He went to arbitrate with the governor
Assuage
To make less severe: to appease or satisfy
He ate to assuage his hunger
Attenuate
Weaken
Tom made spoiled food to attenuate his opponent
Audacious
Extremely bold; fearless, especially said of human behavior
He ran three miles because he was audacious
Aver
To declare
He was to aver that the room needs to be clean
Banal
Commonplace or trite
Blandishments
Speech or action interred to coax someone into doing something
Bombast
Pompous speech
Breach
A lapse, gap or break, as I’m a fortress wall. To break or breakthrough, ex: unfortunately, the club members never forgot his breach of etiquette; not to be confused with broach, as in to bring up a difficult subject in discussion
Burgeon
To grow or flourish
Buttress
Support
Cadge
To get something by taking advantage of someone
Caprice
Impulse
Cadge
To get something by taking advantage of someone
Castigate
To chastise or criticize severely
Catalyst
An agent of change
Capable of dissolving by chemical action, highly critical
Caustic
Chicanery
Deception by trickery
Complaisant
Willingly compliant or accepting of status quo
Conflagration
A great fire
Corporeal
Of having to do with material, as oppose to spiritual; tangible.
Corporal
Of the body
Corroborate
To strengthen or support
Craven
Cowardly; a coward
Culpable
Deserving of blame