Vocab Flashcards
Copious
Abundant
Perplex
Confuse
Traverse
Cross
Bibliophile
Book lover
Demography
Study of population
Sanguine
Cheerful
Ostentatious
Showy
Microcosm
Small universe
Defenstrate
Toss out the window
Animus
Intent or hatred
Nonplused
Perplexed
Interdiction
Prohibition
Commensurate
Of like measure
Neophyte
Beginner
Incredulous
Not believing
Demur
To object
Poignant
Sharp
Lassitude
Languor
Apprehend
To understand
Prodigious
Amazing
Indolent
Lazy
Persiflage
Flippant style
Ambiguous
Indefinite
Ambivalence
Conflicting feelings
Déclassé
Low class
Putative
Thought to be
Mollify
Make soft
Gregarious
Sociable
Altercation
Heated dispute
Alter ego
Second self
Philander
To engage in love affairs
Apocrypha
Unauthentic works
Tendentious
Slanted
Importune
To trouble with requests
Apothegm
A pithy saying
Cacoethes
A mania
Precept
A maxim
Veridical
Truthful
Pulchritude
Physical beauty
Expunge
Completely remove
Acerbity
Sharpness of temper
Perfidy
Breach of faith
Translucent
Semitransparent
Cacophony
Bad noise
Tangible
Touchable
Altruism
Concern for others
Obsequies
Funeral ceremonies
Exodus
A departure
Pensive
Sadly thoughtful
Salubrious
Healthful
Demure
Modest or affectedly modest
Undulate
To wave
Amiable
Friendly
Abate
To lessen
Serene
Clear and calm
Obsequious
Servile
Sedate
Calm
Condescend
Lower oneself
Nihilism
Belief in nothing
Interstice
Small space
Dialectic
Logical argument
Temerarious
Reckless
Sophist
A specious reasoner
Erudite
Scholarly
Denouement
Unraveling of plot
Concupiscence
Intense desire or lust
Esculent
Edible
Pertinacious
Holding stubbornly
Interlocutor
Person in conversation
Aphorism
A concise wisdom
Autodidact
Self-taught person
Reify
Treat as real
In medias res
In the middle of things
Circumvent
Get around
Exculpate
Free from blame