Vocab 3 Flashcards
Censure
- Don’t censure your employees infront of others
To criticize harshly
Chicanery
- The thief’s chicanery fooled the gateman
Trickery; deception
Cogent
- Eating neat seems cogent when trying to lose weight
Convincing; reasonable
Convoluted
- Med school is very convoluted
Intricate and complicated
Corroborate
- The cop was to corroborate with the court, going against the victim
To support with evidence
Credulous
- She’s so credulous and naive
Too trusting; gullible
Decorum
- The kids should have decorum at their grandparents
Proper behavior
Deference
- I have mass deference for PA’s
To respect
Deride
- Don’t deride me after I stutter
To ridicule; mock
Desiccate
- Desiccate the meat before putting it on the racks for jerky
To dry out throughly
Diatribe
- The protestors yelling was a diatribe towards the current mayor
A bitter and prolonged verbal attack
Diffident
- When it comes to public speaking, I’m very diffident
Lacking self confidence; shy
Dilatory
- I’m constantly dilatory with my homework during school
Tending to delay or procrastinate
Disabuse
- Lawyers try to disabuse victims to prove them innocent
To set right; to free from error
Disparate
- Bananas and apples are disparate
Fundamentally different
Dissemble
- Costumes are to dissemble others during Halloween parties
To disguise or conceal
Dogma
Centralized opinion
Dupe
- We’ve been duped by the thief!
To deceive; trick
Ebullient
- The little girl was ebullient to start school with her friends
Overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement
Efficacy
Effectiveness
Elegy
- Edgar Allan Poe wrote such an elegy, the crowd adored his works!
A sad or mournful poem
Eloquent
- The professors lecture was so eloquent and fruitful
Fluent or persuasive speaking or writing
