Vocab 2 Flashcards
personal or business interests
affairs (noun) - his affairs were in disorder
open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations
ambiguous (adjective) - an ambiguous answer
to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee
anticipate (verb) - to anticipate pleasure
to present, mention, or praise as worthy of confidence, notice, kindness, etc.; recommend:
commend (verb) - to commend an applicant for employment
expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse:
concise (adjective) - a concise explanation of the company’s retirement plan
to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons):
deprive (verb) - to deprive a man of life; to deprive a baby of candy.
any situation or series of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting, or striking interest or results
drama (noun - definition #4) - the drama of a murder trial.
exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, especially in amount or extent; highly excessive
exorbitant (adjective) - to charge an exorbitant price; exorbitant luxury.
to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force
extract (verb) - to extract a tooth
without vitality or animation; lifeless; dull
flat (adjective - definition #14) - flat writing.
indelicate, indecent, obscene, or vulgar
gross (adjective - definition #4) - gross remarks.
adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.
integrity (noun) -
authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory
mandatory (adjective) - It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
to suppress; put an end to; extinguish
quell (verb) - The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
rank (noun) -
having lost novelty or interest; hackneyed; trite
stale (adjective - definition #3) - a stale joke
soiled, stained, or tarnished
sullied (adjective) - He was above the sullied reputations of some party members, who were thought to be corrupt, greedy, and arrogant.
shallow; not profound or thorough
superficial (adjective - definition #5) - a superficial writer.
physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired
weary (adjective) - weary eyes
a formal order under seal, issued in the name of a sovereign, government, court, or other competent authority, enjoining the officer or other person to whom it is issued or addressed to do or refrain from some specified act
writ (noun - definition #1, A) -
