Verbal FC (2) Flashcards
Antagonistic
Hostile
Accrue
To accumulate
Benevolent
Doing or inclined to do good; kindly; charitable
Buoyant
Light-hearted; joyful
Contemptuous
Scornful; disdainful
Defame
To slander; vilify
Disarming
Removing suspicions, fears, or hostility; charming
Ebullient
Enthusiastic
Eradicate
To get rid of, wipe out, destroy
Exonerate
To free from a charge of guilt; declare or prove blameless
Fickle
Changeable or unstable in affection, interest, or loyalty; capricious
Frugal
Not spending freely or unnecessarily; thrifty; economical
Holistic
Concerned with wholes or integrated systems rather than with their parts
Irony
Use of words to mean the direct opposite of their usual sense
Mundane
Of earth rather than heaven; commonplace, everyday, ordinary