Vocab 4 Flashcards by Jeremy Intal

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Ingrate

n. ungrateful person

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Inimical

adj. tending to obstruct or harm

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Iniquitous

adj. grossly unfair and morally wrong

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Inscrutable

adj. impossible to understand or interpret

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Insentient

adj. unfeeling or incapable of understanding things; inanimate

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Insipid

adj. dull; bland

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Insolent

adj. showing a rude and lack of respect

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Insolvent

adj. unable to pay debts owed

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Insuperable

adj. (of a difficulty or obstacle) impossible to overcome

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Peppery

adj. (of a person) irritable and sharp tongued

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Percipient

adj. (of a person) having a good understanding of things; perceptive; insightful

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Perdition

n. damnation

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Perfidy

n. deceitfulness; untrustworthiness; treachery

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Peripatetic

n. or adj. nomadic

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Pernicious

adj. destructive esp. in a gradual or subtle way; harmful

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Persnickety

adj. placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fastidious; fussy

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Perspicacious

adj. having a ready insight into and understanding of things

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Perspicacity

n. insight; shreadness

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Teeming

v. be full or swarming with

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Teetotalism

adj. total absence from alcohol

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Temerity

n. excessive confidence; audacity

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Temper

v. moderate

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Tendentious

adj. expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, esp. a controversial one; dogmatic; biased

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Protean

adj. tending or able to change frequently or easily; changing

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# Define: Prostration

n. lying face down; be overcome with extreme weakness or emotional exhaustion

# Define: Prosody

n. study of versification; the patterns of rhythm and sound in poetry and language

# Define: Proselyte

n. a person who has converted from one opinion to another

# Define: Prosaic

adj. lacking poetic beauty; commonplace

# Define: Propitious

adj. giving or indicating a good chance of success

# Define: Propitiate

v. appease; try to gain favor

# Define: Prolixity

n. wordiness

# Define: Proletarian

n. member of the working class

# Define: Progeny

n. offspring

# Define: Profligate

adj. licentious or dissolute people; adj. recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources

# Define: Gambol

v. frolic; leap about playfully

# Define: Gambit

n. opening move; transaction

# Define: Galleon

n. ancient type of sailing ship

# Define: Gall

n. bitterness (bad feeling); bold, impudent behavior; annoyance

# Define: Gadfly

n. an annoying person esp. one who provokes others into action by criticism

# Define: Fusillade

n. or v. long bursts of gunfire

# Define: Furtive

adj. attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically beacause of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble

# Define: Furrow

n. a long narrow trench made in the ground by a polw; groove

# Define: Fulmination

n. an expression of vehement protest

# Define: Fulminate

v. express vehement protest

# Define: Agglomerate

v. collect or form into a mass or group

# Define: Affected

v. influence or imitate; have an effect on or move emotionally; adj. influenced or touched by an external factor

# Define: Adumbrated

v. report or represent in outline; foreshadow

# Define: Admonitory

adj. giving or conveying a warning or reprimand

# Define: Adjuvant

n. a substance that enhances the body’s immune response to an antigen

# Define: Adduce

v. cite as evidence

# Define: Addlepated

adj. lacking common sense

# Define: Addled

v. or adj. confuse

# Define: Fettered

v. restraint or check on someone’s freedom to do something

# Define: Imputation

n. a representation (esp something undesirable) as being done, caused, or possessed by someone; attribute

# Define: Palliative

adj. a remedy that improves but doesn’t cure

# Define: Sobriquets

n. a person’s nickname

# Define: Mien

n. a person’s look or manner esp. one of a particular kind indicating their character or mood

# Define: Dilettantes

n. a person with an amateur interest in the arts without real commitment or knowledge

# Define: Fabulists

n. a person who tells fables; a liar esp. a person who invents elaborate stories

# Define: Miser

n. a person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible

# Define: Vassal

n. a holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance; a person or country in a subordinate position to another

# Define: Cads

n. a man who behaves dishonorably, especially towards a woman

# Define: Indelicate

adj. a lack of sensitive understanding or tact

# Define: Ululation

n. a howl or wail of strong emotion

# Define: Pantheon

n. a group of particularly respected, famous, or important people

# Define: Pidgin

n. a grammatically simplified form of a language, used for communication between people not sharing a common language

# Define: Amity

n. a friendly relationship

# Define: Gaunt

adj. emaciated (thin and weak); bony and angular esp. because of suffering, hunger, or age

# Define: Fissile

adj. easily split

# Define: Pugnacious

adj. eager or quick to argue

# Define: Vapid

adj. dull; uninspiring

# Define: Droll

adj. curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement; n. a buffoon

# Define: Sere

adj. dry or weathered

# Define: Potable

adj. drinkable

# Define: Dubious

adj. hesitating or doubtful

# Define: Undergird

v. support

# Define: Veneer

n. an attractive appearance that covers or disguises someone or something's true nature or feelings; surface coating

# Define: Capitulate

v. surrender

# Define: Dulcet

adj. (esp. of sound) sweet and soothing (often used ironically)

# Define: Billowing

v. swelling; fluttering; n. a large undulating mass of something, typically cloud, smoke or steam; a large sea wave

# Define: Celerity

n. swiftness of movement

# Define: Turgid

adj. swollen or distended; tediously pompous or bombastic

# Define: Doff

v. take off (an item of clothing)

# Define: Deracinating

v. tear up something from the roots

# Define: Moratorium

n. temporary prohibition or halt to activity

# Define: Somniferous

adj. soporific; tending to induce sleep

# Define: Calibrate

v. carefully assess, set, or adjust (something abstract); mark an accurate scale on a device

# Define: Interminable

adj. (often used hyperbolically) never-ending

# Define: Obstreperous

adj. noisy and boisterous , difficult to control

# Define: Drivel

n. nonsensel talk nonsense

# Define: Inexpedient

adj. not practical, suitable, or advisable

# Define: Fitful

adj. occurring spasmodicallyl not continuous; stopping and starting

# Define: Unwitting

adj. (of a person) not aware of the full facts; not deliberate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. ungrateful person

Ingrate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. tending to obstruct or harm

Inimical

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. grossly unfair and morally wrong

Iniquitous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. impossible to understand or interpret

Inscrutable

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. unfeeling or incapable of understanding things; inanimate

Insentient

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. dull; bland

Insipid

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. showing a rude and lack of respect

Insolent

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. unable to pay debts owed

Insolvent

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (of a difficulty or obstacle) impossible to overcome

Insuperable

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (of a person) irritable and sharp tongued

Peppery

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (of a person) having a good understanding of things; perceptive; insightful

Percipient

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. damnation

Perdition

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. deceitfulness; untrustworthiness; treachery

Perfidy

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. or adj. nomadic

Peripatetic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. destructive esp. in a gradual or subtle way; harmful

Pernicious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. placing too much emphasis on trivial or minor details; fastidious; fussy

Persnickety

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. having a ready insight into and understanding of things

Perspicacious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. insight; shreadness

Perspicacity

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. be full or swarming with

Teeming

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. total absence from alcohol

Teetotalism

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. excessive confidence; audacity

Temerity

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. moderate

Temper

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, esp. a controversial one; dogmatic; biased

Tendentious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. tending or able to change frequently or easily; changing

Protean

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. lying face down; be overcome with extreme weakness or emotional exhaustion

Prostration

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. study of versification; the patterns of rhythm and sound in poetry and language

Prosody

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a person who has converted from one opinion to another

Proselyte

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. lacking poetic beauty; commonplace

Prosaic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. giving or indicating a good chance of success

Propitious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. appease; try to gain favor

Propitiate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. wordiness

Prolixity

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. member of the working class

Proletarian

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. offspring

Progeny

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. licentious or dissolute people; adj. recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources

Profligate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. frolic; leap about playfully

Gambol

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. opening move; transaction

Gambit

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. ancient type of sailing ship

Galleon

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. bitterness (bad feeling); bold, impudent behavior; annoyance

Gall

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. an annoying person esp. one who provokes others into action by criticism

Gadfly

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. or v. long bursts of gunfire

Fusillade

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically beacause of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble

Furtive

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a long narrow trench made in the ground by a polw; groove

Furrow

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. an expression of vehement protest

Fulmination

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. express vehement protest

Fulminate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. collect or form into a mass or group

Agglomerate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. influence or imitate; have an effect on or move emotionally; adj. influenced or touched by an external factor

Affected

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. report or represent in outline; foreshadow

Adumbrated

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. giving or conveying a warning or reprimand

Admonitory

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a substance that enhances the body’s immune response to an antigen

Adjuvant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. cite as evidence

Adduce

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. lacking common sense

Addlepated

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. or adj. confuse

Addled

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. restraint or check on someone’s freedom to do something

Fettered

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a representation (esp something undesirable) as being done, caused, or possessed by someone; attribute

Imputation

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. a remedy that improves but doesn’t cure

Palliative

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a person’s nickname

Sobriquets

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a person’s look or manner esp. one of a particular kind indicating their character or mood

Mien

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a person with an amateur interest in the arts without real commitment or knowledge

Dilettantes

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a person who tells fables; a liar esp. a person who invents elaborate stories

Fabulists

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible

Miser

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance; a person or country in a subordinate position to another

Vassal

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a man who behaves dishonorably, especially towards a woman

Cads

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. a lack of sensitive understanding or tact

Indelicate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a howl or wail of strong emotion

Ululation

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a group of particularly respected, famous, or important people

Pantheon

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a grammatically simplified form of a language, used for communication between people not sharing a common language

Pidgin

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a friendly relationship

Amity

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. emaciated (thin and weak); bony and angular esp. because of suffering, hunger, or age

Gaunt

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. easily split

Fissile

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. eager or quick to argue

Pugnacious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. dull; uninspiring

Vapid

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement; n. a buffoon

Droll

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. dry or weathered

Sere

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. drinkable

Potable

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. hesitating or doubtful

Dubious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. support

Undergird

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. an attractive appearance that covers or disguises someone or something's true nature or feelings; surface coating

Veneer

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. surrender

Capitulate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (esp. of sound) sweet and soothing (often used ironically)

Dulcet

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. swelling; fluttering; n. a large undulating mass of something, typically cloud, smoke or steam; a large sea wave

Billowing

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. swiftness of movement

Celerity

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. swollen or distended; tediously pompous or bombastic

Turgid

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. take off (an item of clothing)

Doff

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. tear up something from the roots

Deracinating

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. temporary prohibition or halt to activity

Moratorium

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. soporific; tending to induce sleep

Somniferous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. carefully assess, set, or adjust (something abstract); mark an accurate scale on a device

Calibrate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (often used hyperbolically) never-ending

Interminable

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. noisy and boisterous , difficult to control

Obstreperous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. nonsensel talk nonsense

Drivel

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. not practical, suitable, or advisable

Inexpedient

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. occurring spasmodicallyl not continuous; stopping and starting

Fitful

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (of a person) not aware of the full facts; not deliberate

Unwitting

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