Vocab 4 Flashcards
Perfidy ( nown)
Intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj- perfidious )
Perfunctory (adj)
Cursory; done without care or interest
Perspicacious (adj)
Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment ( noun _ perspicacity
Prattle (verb)
To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
Precipitate (adj) _ (verb)
Acting with excessive haste or impulse ___..: To cause or happen before anticipated or required.
Predilection (noun)
A disposition in favor of something; preference
PreScience (noun)
Forknowledge of events; knowing I wants prior to their occurring ( adj - prescient)
Prevaricate (verb)
To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead.
Qualms ( noun )
Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
Recant (arb)
To retract, especially a previously held belief
Refute (verb)
To disprove; to successfully argue against
Relegate ( verb)
To forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position
Reticent (adj)
Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
Solicit-ions lads)
Concerned and attentive; eager
Sordid ( adj )
Characterized by filth, grime or squalor; foul
