Vocab Part 1 Flashcards
Deduce
To figure out using what you already know.
Eludicate
To give a clarifying explanation. Also to make lucid by explanation.
Corroborate
To support with evidence or authority: make more certain.
Substantiate
To give substance or form to. Also to establish by proof or competent evidence.
Sustain
To support as true, legal, or just.
To supply with sustenance.
To bear up under.
Perplexed
Filled with uncertainty or full of difficulty.
Lyrical
Musically or (of literature, art, or music) expressing the writer’s emotions in an imaginative and beautiful way:
Brevity
Of shortness of duration especially : shortness or conciseness of expression.
Taciturn
Temperamentally disinclined to talk.
Mendacious
It is given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth.
Erudite
It involves having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying
Incite
To move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on. Instigate.
Moniker
Synonm for nick name or alias.
Serendipitous
Obtained or characterized by serendipity.
Serendipity
The faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for. Also : an instance of this
Clandestine
Marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy.
Formidable
Causing fear, dread, or apprehension. Having qualities that discourage approach or attack. Tending to inspire awe or wonder.
Amicable
Characterized by friendly goodwill.
Endow
To furnish with an income or dower.
Hindsight
Perception of the nature of an event after it has happened.
Regale
To entertain sumptuously feast with delicacies.
To give pleasure or amusement.
Abate
To decrease in force or intensity.
To decrease in amount or value.
To nullify.
