Vocab 5 Flashcards
Improve/make better
Ameliorate
In every way - complete/thorough
Arrant
Hard-working - diligent/sedulous
Assiduous
Make thin - weaken/debilitate
Attenuate
To beg/sponge off of another person - to borrow w/out the intent to repay
Cadge
Insubordinate/rebellious - willfully disobedient
Contumacious
Grumpy person - person who complains a lot
Curmudgeon
Voracious - devouring/greedy
Edacious
Lacking purpose or vitality - listless/not thorough
Feckless
To distress - create stress/torment
Harrow
Shame/state of dishonor - loss of one’s reputation
Ignominy
To attack verbally - denounce/deprecate
Inveigh
Causing tears - tearful/sad
Lachrymose
An immoral person - debauched
Libertine
Coming into existence - emerging
Nascent
A quack remedy - an untested cure
Nostrum
Transparent/obvious - easy to understand
Pellucid
Calm - unemotional/nonchalant
Phlegmatic
Heart of the mater - basic trait/crux
Pith
To prevent - stop/disable
Scoth
