Vocab for final Flashcards by Kalani Jose Jr.

Affluent

Having an abundance of wealth, property, or other material goods; prosperous; rich.

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Conducive

Tending to cause or bring about; contributive; helpful

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Facilitate

To make easy or easier; to help along or assist (not people but processes).

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Innocuous

Having no adverse effect; harmless.

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Integral

Essential, vital, fundamental, constitutional

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Nonchalant

Seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent; not easily excited, even under pressure; casual.

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Pompous

Characterized by an exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance

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Stolid

Having or revealing little emotion or interest

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Tangible

Discernible by the touch; palpable; possible to touch

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Intangible

Not discernible by the touch; impossible to touch

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Propogate

To spread or transmit (an idea, belief, doctrine) from person to person

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Emulate

To seek to be like; to copy or imitate; to take as a model

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Flagrant

Glaringly, obviously offensive; deliberate and conspicuous behavior

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Gregarious

Seeking and enjoying the company of others

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Innumerable

Too numerous to be counted; numberless.

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Monotonous

Sounded or spoken in an unvarying tone

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Ostracize

To exclude from normal social or professional activities; to shut out; to make one feel unwelcome and rejected.

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Suave

Smoothly agreeable and courteous; effortlessly gracious and tactful in social manner.

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Succinct

Clearly expressed in few words

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Vindictive

Revengeful; unforgiving and bitter; spiteful.

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Volatile

Following no predictable pattern; variable, uncertain, unstable, changeable, inconsistent

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Affinity

A natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc

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Benevolence

A desire to do good to others

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Complacent

Marked by self-satisfaction accompanied by unawareness of actual deficiencies; total lack of concern

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Condescend

To put aside one's dignity or superiority voluntarily and assume equality with one regarded as inferior; To come down from higher level

Docile

Easily managed or handled; gentle, mild, tame

Dogmatic

Devoted to certain beliefs without regard to practicability

Momentous

Extremely memorable, having left permanent and significant impressions

Poignant

Affecting the emotions; touching; stirring; affecting

Satiate

To satisfy or totally fill

Insatiate

Incapable of being filled or satisfied

Transdescendent

Above and independent of the material universe; to rise up

Catalyst

Something that sparks a reaction

Chronic

Something that happens repeatedly; long time

Emaciated

To be extremely thin from starvation

Exude

to radiate; to ooze or seep out

Impervious

not able to be affected by; harmed

Nugatory

Useless; worthless and not affective

Ostentatious

Boastful showyness

Patronize

To go often as a customer; to treat in an condescending manner

Trepidation

Filled with fear

Intrepid

Bold; fearless

Vociferous

Noisy and loud; outspoken

Austere

Lacking decoration; strict, stern

Cogent

Effective in thought and expression; convincing; logical

Congenial

kind; warm; welcoming

Definitive

Conclusive; Authoritative; final

Expedient

Useful given the circumstance

Malice

A desire to harm others

Temerity

Disregard of danger; recklessness

Tentative

Hesitant; uncertain

Vehement

Enthusiasm; being sure

Wary

Being very cautious; careful

Aesthetic

Having to do with beauty

Avarice

Excessive desire for more than one needs or deserves; greed

Belligerent

Tending to be hostile and violent

Incontestable

Without contest; absolute; positive; without a doubt

Invariable

without variation; something that never changes

Intuition

A gut feeling

Meticulous

Very detail oriented

Precarious

lacking stability

Retribution

getting revenge; payment for something done wrong

Sagacious

someone with a lot of great advice

Ardent

Having intense feeling; passionate; Intensely devoted. eager. enthusiastic

Arduous

Imposing a a severe test of bodily strength

Augur

to divine or predict from omens

Despondency

Depression of spirits from lost of hope, confidence

Divulge

To disclose or reveal (secret or private)

Florid

bright with color

Formidable

anything that inspires fear or awe

Gingerly

very cautious or careful

Profane

Something that is inappropriate; defiled; spoiled

Thwart

Something that stands in the way of something else

Aberration

Different than usual or what is expected

Condone

To overlook something that was wrong

Cornucopia

An overflowing supply

Hyperbole

Exaggerating a fact

Ingratiate

To get on someone's good side

Iota

A very small quantity

Pernicious

Tending to cause death or serious injury

Rapport

Connection or relationship

Turbid

something that is not clear

Wheedle

To persuade by flattering