vocab 11&12 Flashcards by Payton Chung | Brainscape

Q

harangue

A

syn: tirade

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

grandiloquent

A

syn: pretentious
ant: plain-spoken

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

avid

A

syn: voracious; eager
ant: apathetic

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

humility

A

syn: modesty
ant: vanity; arrogance

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

dolorous

A

syn: mournful
ant: joyous

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

explicit

A

syn: exact; precise
ant: ambiguous; vague

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

gargantuan

A

syn: gigantic; huge
ant: tiny

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

gadfly

A

syn: nuisance; pest

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

arduous

A

syn: strenuous; laborious
ant: easy; unchallenging

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

affable

A

syn: amiable; good-natured
ant: disagreeable; irascible

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

agrarian

A

syn: intimidating

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

sycophant

A

syn: today
ant: contrarian

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

grimace

A

syn: scowl
ant: smile

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

lexicon

A

syn: jargon; argot; cant

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

altercation

A

syn: quarrel; dispute
ant: agreement; harmony

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

ominous

A

syn: sinister
ant: comforting

Q

galvanize

A

syn: stimulate
ant: enervate

Q

exhort

A

syn: encourage

Q

audacity

A

syn: insolence; impudence
ant: decorum

Q

evince

A

syn: manifest

Q

hyperbole

A

ant: understatement

Q

expedient

A

syn: effective
ant: feckless

Q

incarcerate

A

syn: imprison; constrain
ant: liberate; free

Q

incisive

A

syn: piercing; acute
ant: pacified; assuaged

Q

pertinent

A

ant: unrelated; extraneous

Q

root cosm

A

“world” or “universe”

Q

root cred

A

“believe”

Q

suffixes -ic and -id

A

“of” or “like”

Q

root dorm

A

“sleep”

Q

root fin

A

“end”

Q

suffix -ory

A

“a place for”

Q

root nom

A

“name”

Q

suffix -ee

A

“one who is”

Q

prefix in-

A

“not”

Q

root clat

A

“calling” or “system of calling”