Vocab List #6 Flashcards
of a kind, gentle disposition; mild; favorable
benign
having keen discernment; able to use acquired knowledge to one’s own advantage; shrewd
astute
hardened in feelings or conscience; insensitive
callous
able to hold much; ample
capacious
grossly dull or stupid; unrefined; dense
crass
confessedly beaten or afraid of one’s opponent; weak-hearted; cowardly
craven
reserved or composed in bearing or manner; feignedly modest or serious; prim
demure
done cautiously or stealthily, sly
furtive
deserving or exciting hatred or repugnance; abominable; detestable
odious
pertaining to an evil omen; threatening or foreshadowing evil; foreboding
ominious
possessing great wealth or preprty; characterized by abundance
opulent
displaying peevish impatience and irritation; ill-tempered; fractious
petulant
corpselike; a corpselike pallor; emaciated; haggard
cadaverous
characterized by outward conformity to the recognized standard of propriety and good taste in manners, behavior, etc; proper
decorous
groundless; uncalled for; unjustified; without warrant or justification
gratuitous
characterized by shame or disgrace; deserving shame or disgrace; dishonorable; contemptible
ignominious
acting with sudden or rash energy or emotion; moving with grace or violence
impetuous
possessing or characterized by great skill in creating or devising; skillfully or cleverly fashioned
ingenious
honorably straightforward; undeceitful
ingenuous
characterized by a desire to injure another person; proceeding from ill will or hatred; spiteful
malicious
guilty of breaking faith or violating trust; treacherous; disloyal
perfidious
disrespectful or irreverent toward anything sacred; profane; impious
sacrilegious
holding fast; persistently continuing
tenacious
uttering loud cries or shouts; characterized by loudness or vehemence; clamorous
vociferous
