Vocab 8 Flashcards by Jeremy Intal

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Amities

n. friendly relationship

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Amelioration

n. improvement

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Ambulatory

adj. able to walk around

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Ambles

v. to walk or move at a slow pace

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Aloof

adj. distant; detached

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Allay

v. to dimish or put at rest

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Aleatory

adj. random

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Improbity

n. lack of honesty

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Importune

v. to beg; solicit

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Impious

adj. wicked

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Impecunious

adj. having little or no money

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Immutable

adj. unchanging

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Immoderate

adj. excessive or extreme

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Illusory

adj. based on illusion; deceptive

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Ignominious

adj. deserving or causing public disgrace

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Hypocritical

adj. insincere

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Hypochondriacs

n. a person who is abnormally anxious about their health

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Husband

v. to use economically

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Hortatory

adj. tending or aiming to exhort (strongly encourage)

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Hone

v. sharpen

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Homonym

n. a word that sounds the same as another word

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Homiletics

n. art of preaching and giving sermons

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Hoary

adj. old and trite

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Hinterland

n. an area lying beyond what is visible or known

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# Define: Languish

v. to make weaker

# Define: Languid

adj. tired and slow

# Define: Lampoon

v. to mock or deride

# Define: Lacunae

n. an unfilled space or interval; a gap

# Define: Lachrymose

adj. tearful; sad

# Define: Labile

adj. liable to change

# Define: Klutzy

n. clumsy or awkward person

# Define: Jurisprudent

n. (adj.) a legal system

# Define: Jurisprudence

n. science or study of law

# Define: Judicious

adj. wise

# Define: Jounce

v. to bounce up and down

# Define: Jouissance

n. physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy

# Define: Jocund

adj. cheerful and light

# Define: Iridescent

adj. showing luminous colors that seem to change

# Define: Ire

n. anger

# Define: Inviolable

adj. cannot be broken, infringed, or dishonored

# Define: Eddy

n. circular current; v. (of air, water, or smoke) move in a circular way

# Define: Puerile

adj. childish

# Define: Bilk

v. to cheat; defraud

# Define: Beguile

v. to charm or enchant, sometimes in a deceptive way

# Define: Solicitousness

adj. characterized by or showing interest or concern

# Define: Excoriation

n. censure or criticize severely

# Define: Prudence

n. caution; wisdom

# Define: Vertiginous

adj. causing vertigo

# Define: Sanguinary

adj. causing much bloodshed jejune, modish

# Define: Effected

v. to cause or accomplish

# Define: Defoliate

v. cause leaves to fall off

# Define: Cosset

v. care for and protect in an overprotective way

# Define: Indelible

adj. cannot be wiped out

# Define: Phlegmatic

adj. calm; imperturbable

# Define: Convoked

v. call together or summon (an assembly or meeting)

# Define: Effulgent

adj. brightly shining

# Define: Suborn

v. to bribe to commit an unlawful act such as perjury

# Define: Disquieted

adj. feeling of anxiety or worry

# Define: Auspicious

adj. favorable; promising to turn out well

# Define: Corpulent

adj. fat

# Define: Caprices

n. a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior

# Define: Meretricious

adj. falsely attractive; tawdry

# Define: Belie

v. fail to fulfill or justify (a claim or expectation)

# Define: Rococo

adj. extravagantly ornate

# Define: Exact

v. demand and obtain from someone; inflict (revenge) on someone

# Define: Tendentious

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

# Define: Minatory

adj. expressing or conveying a threat

# Define: Docile

adj. ready to accept control or instruction

# Define: Largess

n. generosity

# Define: Garish

adj. obtrusively bright and showy; lurid

# Define: Posterity

n. future generations

# Define: Parlous

adj. full of danger or uncertainty; precarious

# Define: Replete

adj. filled or well-supplied with something

# Define: Exasperated

v. to irritate intensely; frustrated and annoyed

# Define: Convivial

adj. friendly lively and enjoyable

# Define: Soothsayer

n. fortuneteller

# Define: Bulwark

n. fortification; barricades

# Define: Daguerreotype

n. forerunner of the photograph

# Define: Pith

n. forceful or concise expression; the essence of something

# Define: Dotard

n. an old person, esp. one who has become weak or senile

# Define: Akimbo

adv. flung out wildly

# Define: Glib

adj. (of words or the person speaking them) fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow

# Define: Levity

n. humor or frivolity, esp. the treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect

# Define: Fecund

adj. fertile

# Define: Palisade

n. fence made of posts

# Define: Indignant

adj. feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment

# Define: Ecumenical

adj. representing a number of different Christian churches

# Define: Upbraid

v. reprimand

# Define: Deference

n. respect

# Define: Luxuriant

adj. rich and profuse (abundant) in growth

# Define: Deride

v. ridicule; mock

# Define: Rectitude

n. morally correct behavior or thinking righteousness

# Define: Hidebound

adj. rigid in opinions

# Define: Precarious

adj. dependent on chance; risky

# Define: Centurion

n. roman soldier

# Define: Sanguine

adj. optimistic or positive, esp in difficult or bad situations

# Define: Verdant

adj. of bright green color of lush grass

# Define: Quotidian

adj. ordinary; daily

# Define: Dogmatic

adj. having stubbornly held opinions

# Define: Facile

adj. having simplistic or superficial knowledge or approach; (of success, esp. in sports) easily achieved; effortless

# Define: Shrewd

adj. having or showing sharp powers of judgment

# Define: Prescient

adj. having or showing knowledge of events beforehand

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

Amities

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

Amelioration

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. able to walk around

Ambulatory

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to walk or move at a slow pace

Ambles

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. distant; detached

Aloof

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to dimish or put at rest

Allay

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

Aleatory

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. lack of honesty

Improbity

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to beg; solicit

Importune

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

Impious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. having little or no money

Impecunious

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

Immutable

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. excessive or extreme

Immoderate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. based on illusion; deceptive

Illusory

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. deserving or causing public disgrace

Ignominious

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

Hypocritical

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a person who is abnormally anxious about their health

Hypochondriacs

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to use economically

Husband

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. tending or aiming to exhort (strongly encourage)

Hortatory

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

Hone

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a word that sounds the same as another word

Homonym

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. art of preaching and giving sermons

Homiletics

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. old and trite

Hoary

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. an area lying beyond what is visible or known

Hinterland

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to make weaker

Languish

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. tired and slow

Languid

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to mock or deride

Lampoon

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. an unfilled space or interval; a gap

Lacunae

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. tearful; sad

Lachrymose

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. liable to change

Labile

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. clumsy or awkward person

Klutzy

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. (adj.) a legal system

Jurisprudent

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. science or study of law

Jurisprudence

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

Judicious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to bounce up and down

Jounce

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy

Jouissance

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. cheerful and light

Jocund

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. showing luminous colors that seem to change

Iridescent

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

Ire

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. cannot be broken, infringed, or dishonored

Inviolable

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. circular current; v. (of air, water, or smoke) move in a circular way

Eddy

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

Puerile

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to cheat; defraud

Bilk

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to charm or enchant, sometimes in a deceptive way

Beguile

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. characterized by or showing interest or concern

Solicitousness

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. censure or criticize severely

Excoriation

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. caution; wisdom

Prudence

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. causing vertigo

Vertiginous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. causing much bloodshed jejune, modish

Sanguinary

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to cause or accomplish

Effected

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. cause leaves to fall off

Defoliate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. care for and protect in an overprotective way

Cosset

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. cannot be wiped out

Indelible

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. calm; imperturbable

Phlegmatic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. call together or summon (an assembly or meeting)

Convoked

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. brightly shining

Effulgent

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to bribe to commit an unlawful act such as perjury

Suborn

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. feeling of anxiety or worry

Disquieted

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. favorable; promising to turn out well

Auspicious

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

Corpulent

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior

Caprices

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. falsely attractive; tawdry

Meretricious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. fail to fulfill or justify (a claim or expectation)

Belie

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. extravagantly ornate

Rococo

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. demand and obtain from someone; inflict (revenge) on someone

Exact

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

Tendentious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. expressing or conveying a threat

Minatory

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. ready to accept control or instruction

Docile

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

Largess

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. obtrusively bright and showy; lurid

Garish

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. future generations

Posterity

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. full of danger or uncertainty; precarious

Parlous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. filled or well-supplied with something

Replete

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to irritate intensely; frustrated and annoyed

Exasperated

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. friendly lively and enjoyable

Convivial

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

Soothsayer

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. fortification; barricades

Bulwark

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. forerunner of the photograph

Daguerreotype

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. forceful or concise expression; the essence of something

Pith

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. an old person, esp. one who has become weak or senile

Dotard

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adv. flung out wildly

Akimbo

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (of words or the person speaking them) fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow

Glib

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. humor or frivolity, esp. the treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect

Levity

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

Fecund

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. fence made of posts

Palisade

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment

Indignant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. representing a number of different Christian churches

Ecumenical

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

Upbraid

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

Deference

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. rich and profuse (abundant) in growth

Luxuriant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. ridicule; mock

Deride

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. morally correct behavior or thinking righteousness

Rectitude

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. rigid in opinions

Hidebound

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. dependent on chance; risky

Precarious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. roman soldier

Centurion

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. optimistic or positive, esp in difficult or bad situations

Sanguine

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. of bright green color of lush grass

Verdant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. ordinary; daily

Quotidian

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. having stubbornly held opinions

Dogmatic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. having simplistic or superficial knowledge or approach; (of success, esp. in sports) easily achieved; effortless

Facile

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. having or showing sharp powers of judgment

Shrewd

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. having or showing knowledge of events beforehand

Prescient