Vocab Flashcards

Question

Specious

Answer 1

Fallacious, false

Answer 2

Easy to understand

Answer 3

Just beginning, in an initial stage

Answer 4

Revere, respect

Answer 5

Utilize, use

Answer 6

Weaken or contaminate

Answer 7

Criticize, reprimand

Answer 8

Commonplace, lacking poetic beauty

Answer 9

Speak abusively

Answer 10

To strike against forcefully

Answer 11

Feeling or expressing remorse; affected by guilt

Answer 12

Distrustful

Answer 13

Arrogantly

Answer 14

Rebellious, mutinous

Answer 15

Learned, scholarly

Answer 16

Enduring, continue without change

Answer 17

Short-lived

Answer 18

Accept defeat

Answer 19

Criticize severely

Answer 20

Difficult to beat or subdue

Answer 21

Putrid, rotten

Answer 22

Appetizing

Answer 23

Cliche, worn out

Answer 24

Belonging to another time

Answer 25

Fast increase

Answer 26

Cutting down

Answer 27

Fast and unexpected

Answer 28

Traitorous

Answer 29

On the edge or at the point where one thing crosses into the other

Answer 30

A noisy disturbance or quarrel

Answer 31

Gap, gaping hole, or interruption

Answer 32

Cure-all, elixir

Answer 33

Wishy-washy, ambiguous

Answer 34

Worthy of great respect

Answer 35

Provocative, striking

Answer 36

Cowardly, unfaithful

Answer 37

Meticulously, very carefully

Answer 38

Causing delay

Answer 39

Boisterous and defiant

Answer 40

Thoughtful consideration

Answer 41

Opposed to someone or something in a very angry or determined way that cannot be changed

Answer 42

Compassionate

Answer 43

Of or relating to a son or a daughter, befitting a son or daughter

Answer 44

Behavior in keeping with good taste

Answer 45

Sharp or severe in manner or style. (Of taste or smell) sharp or bitter

Answer 46

Rapturous, extremely happy

Answer 47

Forewarning

Answer 48

The quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency

Answer 49

Persuade (someone) that an idea or belief is mistaken

Answer 50

A severe flood

Answer 51

Sharp and forthright

Answer 52

Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way

Answer 53

Swollen and distended

Answer 54

Cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter

Answer 55

Flooded, overwhelmed

Answer 56

Abundant in supply or quantity

Answer 57

Difficult to interpret or understand

Answer 58

Persuade someone to do something by coaxing and flattery

Answer 59

Luke warm; showing little enthusiasm

Answer 60

Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place

Answer 61

Occurring at a favorable time; opportune

Answer 62

Accustom to sometimes unpleasant

Answer 63

Come together and form one mass or whole

Answer 64

Collect or form into a mass or group

Answer 65

Charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

Answer 66

Cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something

Answer 67

Willing to please others

Answer 68

Having great power or influence

Answer 69

Green with grass

Answer 70

Incongruously varied in appearance or character

Answer 71

Cheerful and friendly, lively and friendly

Answer 72

Involving or causing much bloodshed

Answer 73

Conforming to or following what is currently popular and fashionable

Answer 74

Naive, simplistic, and superficial

Answer 75

Clever or cunning devices as used to trick or deceive others

Answer 76

Extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources

Answer 77

Property inherited from one's father or male ancestor.

Answer 78

Damage the reputation of someone or something in the opinion of others

Answer 79

Place (something) in proximity to something else

Answer 80

Composure or coolness

Answer 81

Stay longer than intended

Answer 82

Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered

Answer 83

A feeling or doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action

Answer 84

Spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of

Answer 85

Detract from

Answer 86

Exceedingly idealistic

Answer 87

Inexperienced and immature

Answer 88

Neatly skillful and quick in one's movement

Answer 89

Kept secret or done secretively

Answer 90

Malicious lies

Answer 91

No longer capable of effective action

Answer 92

Leave hurriedly and secretly

Answer 93

Deliberately avoid using

Answer 94

Vassal's sworn loyalty to a lord

Answer 95

Make the sound and movement of vomiting

Answer 96

Read (something), typically in a thorough or careful way

Answer 97

Extract (information) from various sources

Answer 98

Scold or rebuke

Answer 99

Idle one's time away

Answer 100

Something widely feared as a possible unpleasant or dangerous occurrence

Answer 101

Analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail

Answer 102

Enabling a person to discover or learning something for themselves

Answer 103

Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence

Answer 104

Having or showing a sharp or critical quality

Answer 105

Ordinary or everyday

Answer 106

Slow or reluctant in speech or action

Answer 107

Sharp and forthright

Answer 108

Deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously

Answer 109

A thing given or done as a concession of no great value to appease someone whose main concerns or demands are not being met

Answer 110

To tear into pieces

Answer 111

Criticize unfairly

Answer 112

A condition that is the consequences of a previous disease or injury

Answer 113

Superficially plausible, but actually wrong

Answer 114

False or fake

Answer 115

Inexperienced and immature

Answer 116

Showing dedication and diligence

Answer 117

Formal and dignified

Answer 118

Slow, gloomy, and sluggish

Answer 119

Mentally and physically inactive

Answer 120

Making a hypocritical display of virtue

Answer 121

Expressing voluntary self-punishment inflicted as an outward expression of repentance for having done wrong

Answer 122

Of doubting authenticity

Answer 123

A name or title

Answer 124

Alternate or waver between different opinions or actions

Answer 125

Suffer a mental or physical decline, esp because of a broken heart

Answer 126

Omit and decline to take (something pleasant and valuable)

Answer 127

Not likely to provoke dissent or offense

Answer 128

An insulting or mocking remark

Answer 129

A public speech in praise of someone or something

Answer 130

Showing great care and perseverance

Answer 131

Deceitfulness; untrustworthy

Answer 132

Irrelevant to the subject being dealt with

Answer 133

Bewildered or perplexed

Answer 134

Apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity

Answer 135

Show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing

Answer 136

Charm or enchant someone, sometimes in a deceptive way

Answer 137

Composure or coolness

Answer 138

Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense

Answer 139

Make (a disease or its symptom) less severe

Answer 140

Make (someone) less angry or hostile

Answer 141

Appease an anger or anxiety of (someone)

Answer 142

Departing from an accepted standard

Answer 143

The essence of something

Answer 144

Begin to grow or increase rapidly

Answer 145

Bitterly regret

Answer 146

Containing or presenting the essential facts in a comprehensive but concise way

Answer 147

Eager or quick to argue or fight

Answer 148

Go back on a promise

Answer 149

Repeal or do away with

Answer 150

Give or grant someone power, status, or recognition

Answer 151

Wickedness or dishonesty

Answer 152

Untruthfulness

Answer 153

Shining brightly

Answer 154

Showing dedication and diligence

Answer 155

Ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something

Answer 156

Ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly

Answer 157

Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail

Answer 158

Leadership or dominance

Answer 159

A sharp or witty reply

Answer 160

To assert or affirm with confidence

Answer 161

To infer (an unknown) from something that is known

Answer 162

To struggle in opposition | To strive in rivalry

Answer 163

1. to ask, demand, or claim. 2. to claim or assume the existence or truth of, especially as a basis for reasoning or arguing. 3. to assume without proof, or as self-evident; take for granted.

Answer 164

to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose: to propound a theory.

Answer 165

Thin or fine

Answer 166

Very hard; unbreakable

Answer 167

Easy to break; fragile; brittle

Answer 168

Patience or restraint

Answer 169

Being at rest

Answer 170

Easily persuaded

Answer 171

Surrendering or yielding to

Answer 172

Vague or unorganized

Answer 173

Honest or straightforward

Answer 174

Causing sleep or lethargy

Answer 175

Constant effort

Answer 176

Not influenced by strong emotion

Answer 177

Dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of

Answer 178

Slandering or defaming something

Answer 179

To soften something by soaking it

Answer 180

Making someone look good or giving someone credit for something

Answer 181

Not justifiable

Answer 182

Unreasonable, extravagant

Answer 183

Tending to harm

Answer 184

Unfavorable

Answer 185

An associate

Answer 186

Not meant to be taken serious

Answer 187

Difficult to understand

Answer 188

Expressing contempt or ridicule

Answer 189

To renounce

Answer 190

Warn or criticize

Answer 191

Inspire or rouse

Answer 192

Direct or order

Answer 193

Romantically idealistic without regard for practicality

Answer 194

Inane or empty

Answer 195

Juvenile or childish

Answer 196

Teach by questioning

Answer 197

Inexperienced

Answer 198

Speech intended to persuade

Answer 199

Apology or excuse

Answer 200

Announcement

Answer 201

Suggestion

Answer 202

Rude in a mean- spirited and surly way

Answer 203

Self-involved

Answer 204

Disorderly

Answer 205

Commonplace

Answer 206

Depth of intensity

Answer 207

Lightheartedness or frivolity

Answer 208

Overly sentimental

Answer 209

Uncommunicative

Answer 210

Daring, cutting edge

Answer 211

Preachy, sanctimonious

Answer 212

Ordinary or dull

Answer 213

Harmful or unfriendly

Answer 214

Far-reaching, influential

Answer 215

Trivial, insignificant

Answer 216

Brought about or created

Answer 217

Pleasure seeking

Answer 218

Conducive to success

Answer 219

Giving or indicating a good chance of success

Answer 220

Failing to convince

Answer 221

Defying imitation