Vocab Flashcards
Abashed
Made to feel uncomfortable, disconnected, or embarrassed by something that has happened or been done or said
Admonish
To say (something) as advice or obligations
Aesthetic
Pleasing in appearance, beautiful
Aloof
Removed or at a distance
Analogous
Similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail
Antipathy
A strong feeling of dislike
Apprehensive
Viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : showing fear or apprehension about the future
Avant-garde
An intelligentsia that develops new or experimental concepts especially in the arts
Brusque
Markedly short and abrupt
Callous
Being hardened and thickened; feeling no emotion
Colloquial
Used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation
Using conversational style
Counterintuitive
Contrary to what one would intuitively expect
Deference
Respect and esteem due to a superior or elder ; affected or ingratiating regard for another’s wishes
Deplore
To feel or express grief for
Didactic
Designed or intended to teach
Disillusion
The condition of being disenchanted : the condition of being dissatisfied or defeated in expectation or hope
Disparage
To belittle the importance or value of (someone or something) : to speak slightingly about
Elusive
Tending to elude such as : tending to evade grasp or pursuit; hard to comprehend or define; hard to isolate or identify
Enigma
Something hard to understand or explain; mysterious; an obscure piece or writing
Incongruous
Not harmonious, disagreement
Ephemeral
Lasting a very short time
Evoke
To call forth or up; to bring to mind such as recollection
Exasperate
To cause irritation or annoyance to
Explicit
To give a detailed explanation of
Frivolous
Of little weight or importance
Idiosyncrasy
A peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality
Idyllic
pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity
Grandcur
High rank or importance; impressive
Gratuitous
Not called for by the circumstances: not necessary, appropriate, or justified
Gregarious
Tending to associate with others of one’s kind
Imply
To express indirectly
Infer
To derive as a conclusion from facts of premises
Invoke
To appeal to or cite as authority
To petition for help or support
Lament
To mourn; express sorrow; regret
Manifest
Easily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of right
Melancholy
A depression of spirits; by a pensive mood
Obdurate
Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
Onerous
Involving, imposing, or constituting a burden
Prudent
Arising from or showing prudence: such as marker by wisdom or judiciousness, shrewd in management of practical affairs
Reciprocate
To give and take mutually
Reconcile
To restore friendship or harmony
Repent
To turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one’s life
Salutary
Producing a beneficial effect
Solicitude
The state of being concerned or anxious
Sublime
To cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor stats and condense back to solid form
Transgress
To violate a command or law; to go beyond limits
Vacillate
To waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses
Vindicate
To free from allegation or Blame
Wry
Bent, twisted, or turned usually abnormally to one side
Zealous
Marked by fervent partisanship for a person, a cause, or an ideal : filled with or characterized by zeal
