Vocab 1 Flashcards
Abate
- We try to abate the amount of arguments and their frequency in the work place
To lessen
Aberrant
Deviating from the norm; anomaly
Audacious
Bold, recklessly daring
Belie
To contradict
Trenchant
- He was very trenchant with his foreshadowing
Incisive; Keen
Noisome
- Carbon monoxide is very noisome
Offensive or disgusting; harmful or injurious
Obstreperous
- The ER is very obstreperous in the later parts of the day
Noisy; unruly or disorderly
Acrimony
- The Germans had acrimony towards Americans in the world war
ill natured, bitter hostility
Quixotic
- To move a boulder with a fork is very quixotic
Overly idealistic; impractical
Opprobrium
- In history, if you wore a scarlet letter ‘A’, you were an opprobrium and a reminder to others.
Public disgrace
Mollify
- The manager attempted to mollify the wild animal in the office
To calm or make less severe
Harangue
A long, strongly expressed speech or lecture
Abjure
- The court was to abjure his plea
To reject; Abandon formally
Abscond
To leave secretly
Anachronism
Something out of place in time
Antipathy
- my antipathy towards a person depends on their attitude
Strong dislike
Lugubrious
- After the breakup she was lugubrious around people
Looking or sounding sad and dismal
Vacillate
-They tried to vacillate her decisions
To waver; to sway indecisively
Quotidian
Everyday; commonplace
Permeate
Spread through, penetrate, soak through
Magnanimous
- Jesus was very magnanimous in his time on earth
Generous in forgiving
Mitigate
To make less severe
