Vocab 5 Flashcards
1
Q
Improve/make better
A
Ameliorate
2
Q
In every way - complete/thorough
A
Arrant
3
Q
Hard-working - diligent/sedulous
A
Assiduous
4
Q
Make thin - weaken/debilitate
A
Attenuate
5
Q
To beg/sponge off of another person - to borrow w/out the intent to repay
A
Cadge
6
Q
Insubordinate/rebellious - willfully disobedient
A
Contumacious
7
Q
Grumpy person - person who complains a lot
A
Curmudgeon
8
Q
Voracious - devouring/greedy
A
Edacious
9
Q
Lacking purpose or vitality - listless/not thorough
A
Feckless
10
Q
To distress - create stress/torment
A
Harrow
11
Q
Shame/state of dishonor - loss of one’s reputation
A
Ignominy
12
Q
To attack verbally - denounce/deprecate
A
Inveigh
13
Q
Causing tears - tearful/sad
A
Lachrymose
14
Q
An immoral person - debauched
A
Libertine
15
Q
Coming into existence - emerging
A
Nascent
