Vocab 15 Flashcards
Reverent ( adj )
Marked by, feeling. Or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect ( noun - reverence
Repudiate ( verb )
To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
Rescind ( verb )
To validate; to repeal; to retract
Rhetoric ( noun 1 )
The art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
Salubrious ( adj )
Promoting health or wellbeing
Solvent (adj)
Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve anther substance
Specious ( adj )
Seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false
Spurious (ads)
Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
Subpoena (adj)
A court order requiring appearance and /or testimony
Succinct ( noun )
Brief; concise
Superfluous ( adj )
Exceeding what is efficient or necessary
Surfeit (verb) /(noun)
An overabundant supply; excess,; to feed to excess
Tenacity( noun )
The qualify of adherence or persistenc to something valued, persistent determination (adj,。: Tenacious )
Tenuous ( ady )
Having little substance oor strength, ,; flimsy,; weak
Tirade ( noun )
A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation