Vocab Group 1 Flashcards
Assuage (v)
To ease or lessen; to appease of pacify
Approbation (n)
An expression of approval or praise
Censure (v)
To criticize severely; to officially rebuke
Disparate (adj)
Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
Effrontery (n)
Extreme boldness; presumptuous ness
Enervate (v)
To weaken; to reduce in vitality
Ennui (n)
Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
Equivocate (v)
To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj form: equivocal)
Erudite (adj)
Very learned; scholarly (n form: erudition)
Exculpate (v)
Exonerate
Exigent (adj)
Urgent
Irascible (adj)
Easily angered–outbursts
Obviate (v)
To anticipate and make unnecessary
Onerous (adj)
Troubling; burdensome
Paean (n)
A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
Perfidy (n)
Intentional breach of faith; treachery (n form: perfidious)
Perfunctory (adj)
Cursory; done without care or interest
Perspicacious (adj)
Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
Precipitate (adj)
Acting with excessive haste or impulse
Precipitate (v)
To cause or happen before anticipated or required
Prevaricate (v)
To deliberately avoid truth; to mislead
Reticent (adj)
Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts or feelings
Solicitous (adj)
Concerned and attentive; eager
Truculent (adj)
Fierce and cruel; eager to fight
Veracity (n)
Truthfulness; honesty
Virulent (n)
Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
