Vocab Flashcards
Venerable
worthy of respect because
of advanced age, dignity,
etc.
puerile
foolish for a grown person
levity
lack of proper seriousness; improper gaiety
frugal
thrifty; not wasteful
antipathy
feeling of intense dislike
avocation
a hobby; supplementary
occupation
charlatan
one who poses as an
expert in a skill or
profession for which he is
not qualified
doughty
brave; strong and able
elucidate
to make clear; explain
indolent
lazy
ludicrous
causing laughter because absurd or ridiculous; laughably absurd
callow
young and inexperienced; immature
blithe
merry; cheerful; happy
nepotism
favoritism shown to
relatives, especially in
securing jobs
malign
to speak evil of; to slander
posthumous
occurring after death;
published after the
author’s death
heinous
outrageously evil or wicked
clandestine
kept secret or hidden
especially for some
illegal purpose; secretive
refute
to disprove or demonstrate the falsity of something
cursory
hasty, hurried or not thorough
reticent
quiet, reserved, or uncommunicative
travail
hard work; exhausting labor; agony
opulence
wealth, luxury, or abundance
arduous
difficult, strenuous, or hard to achieve
paltry
practically worthless; petty; trifling
abduct
to carry off by force
tractable
easily managed, taught, or controlled
obliterate
to do away with or destroy; to blot out completely
prodigious
extraordinary in size or amount; enormous
equanimity
Evenness of mind or temper; calmness; composure
exacerbate
To irritate or make bitter; to make more violent
gratuity
a tip; payment for service for which no bill is offered
incredulous
skeptical; doubtful; too extraordinary to be beleived
loquacious
talkative; chatty
reprehensible
deserving blame; wrong
stringent
strict;rigid;exacting
taciturn
habitually silent; not given to conversation
ubiquitious
present everywhere
vapid
having lost its spirit or zest; spiritless
haughty
having or showing great pride in oneself and disdain, contempt, or scorn for others
