Vocab 12 Flashcards
Obviate
To anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc. ) by effective measures; render unnecessary
Virtuous
Conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright
Vice
Immoral conduct, fault, defect, or shortcoming; bad habit
Actuate
To incite or move to action, impel; motivate
Adverse
Unfavorable or agnostic in purpose or effect
Aggregate
Formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mad or sum; total; combined
Insuperable
Incapable of being passed over, overcome, or surmounted
Ensue
To follow as a consequence, result
Fallible
Liable to err/be erroneous or false; not accurate
Zeal
Fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor
Frivolous
Lacking seriousness/sense, of little or no weight, worth, or importance; not worthy of serious notice
Animosity
A feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action
Desideratum
Something wanted or needed
Inducement
Something that induces, motivates, or persuades; incentive
Contention
A struggling together in opposition; strife, competition, controversy
Discern
To distinguish mentally; recognize as distinct or different; discriminate
Weal
Well-being, prosperity, or happiness
Cabal
A small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person of authority
Pervade
To become spread throughout all parts of
Malady
A disorder/disease, any undesirable or disordered condition
Subvert
To overthrow (something established or existing), to cause the downfall, ruin or destruction of
Patently
Obviously, evidently
Cogent
Convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation
Subsume
To consider or include (an idea, term, proposition, etc) as part of a more comprehensive one
Caprice
A tendency to change ones mind without apparent or adequate motive
Requisite
Required or necessary for a particular purpose, position, etc; indispensable
Caveat
A warning or caution; admonition
Consensus
Majority of opinion; general agreement or concord
Monolithic
Characterized by massiveness, total uniformity, rigidity, invulnerability etc
Affinity
A natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, or idea
Aspiration
A strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition
Redeem
To make up for; make amends for; offset (some fault, shortcoming, etc)
Propensity
A natural inclination or tendency
