Vocab Flashcards
Substantive
independent.
Hearsay
gossip; rumor
Fallacy
misleading
Equivocation
to mislead
Redolent
Good smelling
Deficient
inadequate
Indicative
Foreshadowing
Cosseted
to treat as a pet
Laconic
Expressing much in a few words
Disingenuous
Lacking candor
Corrosive
corroding
Mercurial
quick-witted.
Reticent
reserved
Assiduous
constant in effort
Fallible
capable of being mistaken
Provident
providing for future needs
Cautious,prudent
Clairvoyant
having or claiming to have the power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range of natural vision
Perceiving
to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses
Quixotic
impulsive and often rashly unpredictable.tr
Hypothetical
pertaining to, involving, or characterized by hypothesis
Inescapable
incapable of being escaped, ignored, or avoided
Deluded
to mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive
Rapturous
full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight
Nihilistic
the total rejection of established laws and institutions
Intractable
not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable;stubborn
Phlegmatic
not easily excited to action or display of emotion
Dispensed
to deal out; distribute
Morose
Gloomy
Facetious
amusing; humorous.
Obdurate
unmoved by persuasion, pity, stubborn; unyielding.
Sanguine
having blood as the humor and consequently being ruddy-faced, cheerful,reddish
Controvertible
to argue about; debate; discuss.
Vertiginous
affected with vertigo; dizzy
Inconsolable
Cannot be comforted
Sedulous
persistently or carefully maintained
Somnolent
Sleepy
Fractious
Easily angered; peevish; irritable; unruly
Inveterate
settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling,
Benevolent
desiring to help others; charitable
Cantankerous
disagreeable to deal, peevish, quarrelsome
Spavins
A disorder of a horses hock