vocab Flashcards
furtive
clandestine, surreptitious
commiseration
sympathy, compassion
mollify
to appease, pacify
placate
pacify, calm
earnest
serious
swivel
turn
scalding
very hot
corrode
destroy, damage, weaken
hackneyed
lacking significance, overused
aloft
high up, elevated
paltry
small, meager, worthless
scabbard
a sheath for a sword
conspicuous
easily seen
abashed
embarrased, ashamed
disconcerted
unsettled or confused
cumbersome
complicated, unwieldy
flimsy
insubstantial
beseech
beg, implore, entreat
implore
plead desperately, entreat
pretentious
ostentatious, trying to impress
fastidious
attentive to detail; scrupulous, punctillious
table
to postpone
enervated
drained of energy
impart
make known, bestow
profuse
plentiful, abundant, prolific
manumit
set free
expound
to present, explain
oust
drive out; expel
baleful
threatening harm; menacing
satiate
to satisfy; satisfied
quench
to satisfy; extinquish
detract
diminish the worth or value of
rife
common, widespread
rife
common, widespread
chortle
to laugh
frantic
distraught with fear or anxiety
pastoral
relating to shephards
brusque
rough and abrupt in manner or speech
brusque
abrupt in manner or speech
rotund
stout
igominious
deserving or causing public disgrace
blatant
done openly and unashamedly; overt
verbose
wordy, loquacious
voluble
talkative
exhume
dig out; expose
crescent
increasing or growing
fulgent
shining brightly
perfidious
deceitful and untrustworthy; treacherous
demur
express hesitation or objection to something
sallow
of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown color
sallow
of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown color
revile
criticize in an abusive manner; censure
surfeit
excess; surplus
mercurial
volatile, capricious, fickle
convivial
friendly, lively, and enjoyable
genial
friendly and cheerful
cordial
warm and friendly
bombastic
pompous
grandiose
excessively pretentious
imposing
grand and impressive in appearance
disclose
make known
tacit
understood or implied without being stated
faction
state if conflict
sycophant
somebody who flatters others for personal gain
pernicious
having a harmful effect
obfuscate
to deliberately make something unclear or difficult to understand
lugubrious
looking or sounding sad and dismal
insipid
lacking flavor or interest; dull
nefarious
wicked or criminal; villainous
sanguine
optimistic or positive
lachrymose
sad
abstruse
difficult to understand
acerbic
sharp or bitter in tone or taste
blithe
joyous; carefree, or cheerful
brevity
conciseness
crass
lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence
disparate
essentially different in kind
docile
submissive
effervescent
enthusiastic
equanimity
mental calmness
inexorable
impossible to stop or prevent; inevitable
intermittent
occurring at irregular intervals
intermittent
occurring at irregular intervals