Vocab for final Flashcards
Affluent
Having an abundance of wealth, property, or other material goods; prosperous; rich.
Conducive
Tending to cause or bring about; contributive; helpful
Facilitate
To make easy or easier; to help along or assist (not people but processes).
Innocuous
Having no adverse effect; harmless.
Integral
Essential, vital, fundamental, constitutional
Nonchalant
Seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent; not easily excited, even under pressure; casual.
Pompous
Characterized by an exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance
Stolid
Having or revealing little emotion or interest
Tangible
Discernible by the touch; palpable; possible to touch
Intangible
Not discernible by the touch; impossible to touch
Propogate
To spread or transmit (an idea, belief, doctrine) from person to person
Emulate
To seek to be like; to copy or imitate; to take as a model
Flagrant
Glaringly, obviously offensive; deliberate and conspicuous behavior
Gregarious
Seeking and enjoying the company of others
Innumerable
Too numerous to be counted; numberless.
Monotonous
Sounded or spoken in an unvarying tone
Ostracize
To exclude from normal social or professional activities; to shut out; to make one feel unwelcome and rejected.
Suave
Smoothly agreeable and courteous; effortlessly gracious and tactful in social manner.
Succinct
Clearly expressed in few words
Vindictive
Revengeful; unforgiving and bitter; spiteful.
Volatile
Following no predictable pattern; variable, uncertain, unstable, changeable, inconsistent
Affinity
A natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc
Benevolence
A desire to do good to others
Complacent
Marked by self-satisfaction accompanied by unawareness of actual deficiencies; total lack of concern
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