Vocab 221 - 240 Flashcards
Chicanery
—noun
1) trickery: He resorted to the worst flattery and chicanery to win the job.
Cadge
—verb
1) to obtain by taking advantage generosity or friendship.
—Related forms
cadg·er, noun
Circumspect
—adjective
1) well-considered: circumspect behavior.
—Related forms
cir·cum·spect·ly, adverb cir·cum·spect·ness, noun non·cir·cum·spect, adjective non·cir·cum·spect·ly, adverb non·cir·cum·spect·ness, noun o·ver·cir·cum·spect, adjective un·cir·cum·spect, adjective un·cir·cum·spect·ly, adverb un·cir·cum·spect·ness, noun
Contrivance
—noun
1) a scheme
Effrontery
—noun
1) bold rudeness: She had the effrontery to ask for two free samples.
Eschew
—verb
1) to avoid: to eschew evil.
—Related forms
es·chew·al, noun
es·chew·er, noun
un·es·chewed, adjective
Fractious
—adjective
1) unruly: an incorrigibly fractious young man.
—Related forms
frac·tious·ly, adverb frac·tious·ness, noun un·frac·tious, adjective un·frac·tious·ly, adverb un·frac·tious·ness, noun
Incarnadine
—adjective
1) blood-red.
Indolent
—adjective
1) slothful: an indolent person.
—Related forms
in·do·lent·ly, adverb
Jocular
—adjective
1) jestful: jocular remarks about opera stars.
—Related forms
joc·u·lar·ly, adverb o·ver·joc·u·lar, adjective o·ver·joc·u·lar·ly, adverb sem·i·joc·u·lar, adjective sem·i·joc·u·lar·ly, adverb
Masticate
—verb
1) to grind.
—Related forms
mas·ti·ca·ble [mas-ti-kuh-buh l] , adjective
mas·ti·ca·tion, noun
mas·ti·ca·tor, noun
half-mas·ti·cat·ed, adjective
re·mas·ti·cate, verb, re·mas·ti·cat·ed, re·mas·ti·cat·ing.
re·mas·ti·ca·tion, noun
un·mas·ti·cat·ed, adjective
Mendicant
—adjective
1) beggar.
—Related forms
non·men·di·cant, adjective
Occlude
—verb
1) to block
—Related forms
oc·clud·ent, adjective
un·oc·clud·ed, adjective
Pastiche
—noun
1) a work that imitates other works.
Phlegmatic
—adjective
1) apathetic.
—Related forms
phleg·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb phleg·mat·i·cal·ness, phleg·mat·ic·ness, noun un·phleg·mat·ic, adjective un·phleg·mat·i·cal, adjective un·phleg·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
Prescient
—adjective
1) having foresight: The prescient economist was one of the few to see the financial collapse coming.
—Related forms
pre·scient·ly, adverb non·pre·sci·ent, adjective non·pre·sci·ent·ly, adverb un·pre·scient, adjective un·pre·scient·ly, adverb
Replete
—adjective
1) abundantly supplied: a scholarly survey, replete in its notes and citations.
—Related forms
re·plete·ly, adverb re·plete·ness, noun re·ple·tive, adjective re·ple·tive·ly, adverb un·re·plete, adjective un·re·plete·ness, noun
Sinecure
—noun
1) an easy well-paying job.
—Related forms
si·ne·cure·ship, noun
si·ne·cur·ism, noun
si·ne·cur·ist, noun
Sinuous
—adjective
1) curvaceous: a sinuous path.
—Related forms
sin·u·ous·ly, adverb sin·u·ous·ness, noun sub·sin·u·ous, adjective un·sin·u·ous, adjective un·sin·u·ous·ly, adverb un·sin·u·ous·ness, noun
Torrid
—adjective
1) hot or passionate: a torrid love story.
—Related forms
tor·rid·i·ty, tor·rid·ness, noun tor·rid·ly, adverb hy·per·tor·rid, adjective hy·per·tor·rid·ly, adverb hy·per·tor·rid·ness, noun un·tor·rid, adjective un·tor·rid·ly, adverb un·tor·rid·ness, noun un·tor·rid·i·ty, noun
