Vocab Quiz #3 Flashcards
Alacrity
cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond.
Belie
to give a false impression or contradict.
Culpable
deserving blame or responsibility for something wrong.
Debacle
a sudden, disastrous failure or collapse.
Depravity
moral corruption or wickedness.
Didactic
intended to teach, often with a moral lesson.
Elysian
relating to paradise; delightful or blissful.
Exhort
to strongly encourage or urge someone to do something.
Expedient
practical or convenient, often at the expense of ethics.
Fallacious
based on a mistaken belief or false reasoning.
Felicity
intense happiness; a pleasing ability to find the right expression.
Frivolous
lacking in seriousness or importance; trivial.
Incorrigible
impossible to correct, control, or reform.
Pretentious
attempting to impress by pretending greater importance or talent than is possessed.
Recant
to formally withdraw a statement or belief.
Rejoinder
a quick or witty reply, often in argument.
Scrupulous
very careful to do the right thing; having strong moral integrity.
Strident
loud, harsh, or forcefully insistent.
Vilify
to speak or write about someone in a harsh or critical way.
Wry
dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony or mockery.
