Vocab Flashcards
Vacillate
To move back and forth between choices, unable to decide
Vilify
To defame; attack ones reputation
Viscous
Resistant to flow, thick liquid, sticky
Wane
To grow gradually smaller
Wanton
Excessive, uncontrollable, lustful
Wizened
Old and wrinkled, withered
Xenophobia
Fear/hatred of anything foreign
Animosity
Feeling of resentment
Blithe
Merry, carefree
Didactic
Informative, intended to teach
Diminution
The act of decreasing
Disputatious
Tends to argue
Duplicity
Sneakiness
Engender
To cause to exist
Equivocal
Misleading, uncertain
Exonerate
To free from blame
Grandiose
Large, grand, filled with splendor
Gratuitous
Free of charge, uncalled for
Impugn
To attack with words, to accuse of beg false
Indiscriminate
Without careful consideration
Insidious
Gradually harmful, educative
Interlocutor
Someone who participates in a conversation
Nebulous
Unclear,vague
Oblivious
Unaware, forgetful
Ostentatious
Overdone to the point of showing off
Perturbation
Disturbance
Provincial
Limited or restricted
Quixotic
Impractical, idealistic
Sagacity
Wisdom, shrewdness
Upbraid
To criticize, to scold